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Garmin Forerunner 955 Status

What is the latest timing expectation for the Garmin Forerunner 955? I’m trying to hold off replacing my 935 and am getting anxious.

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jmto over 5 years ago +7

It used to be 3 years, but now it has been more like two years.

Forerunner 310XT 2009-04-02 Forerunner 910XT 2011-10-04 Forerunner 920XT 2014-10-01 Forerunner 935 2017-03-29 …
rtperna over 5 years ago +5

Unless your 935 is at death's door, just wait. I had a 935 and now have a 945, and you really aren't missing that much. Some of the new stuff is cool, but in no way worth the steep upgrade price…
badbri over 4 years ago in reply to Fredrik_Coulter +5

I agree, the 945 screen is small, it gives the illusion of larger size with the big bezel.

I'm not sold on LTE, but I'd upgrade my 945 to a 955 if the screen saw a sizeable increase.

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0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to jmto

You've named the biggest reasons I want LTE, tracking and emergencies. I currently have the Apple Watch for that reason. It's great for integration with my iPhone but it's not great as a fitness tracker. My daughter is only 1 and when I'm out for 2-3 hours running, I don't take my phone but having LTE ability to receive messages is very helpful for my wife and I. There are also times when I have to bail on a run due to various reasons and can use messages to alert my wife/friends.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

Yep, I agree. I’m not sure how it’s so difficult to understand. I’ve got a 945 on my left wrist, and AW4 with cellular on my right. I don’t want to take my phone with me if I’m only out for half an hour or an hour, but if I fall in the middle of nowhere, I can still call for help (there is signal in all these places, just very few people).

if the 955 has an LTE version I can see a lot of people will be interested - me for one. It’s also a good backup for a phone on longer days out too as phone batteries do often die before my Garmin and AW...

0 Jan502 over 5 years ago

In the next year 2021 will be question to buy 955 or f7

0 yannlux over 5 years ago in reply to jmto

I started to buy a Garmin for the live track, absolutely essential and dream of a LTE version to not take my phone with me.

If it could come with a WhatsApp app, with some keyboard capabilities ...

0 jmto over 4 years ago

https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/202008/20-069E/

Oh it would be nice that the next one would use these new chipsets! :) Just look at the picture! Well, I'll add it here!

And the extra power usage from single channel 6-7 mW to dual channel 9 mW doesn't sound bad!

0 Lazybird over 4 years ago in reply to jmto

I hope so, the extra power consumption will probably be an no go for Garmin. But hopefully i am wrong.

0 jmto over 4 years ago in reply to Lazybird

Well, hopefully with GPS setting, that chipset promises the same 6 mW as the old ones, so they can market the same GPS times and provide switch to use 50% more power with 9 mw to hopefully getting more accurate results.

0 thetrickstergib over 4 years ago in reply to Jan502

With the way the fenix side of things are getting faster, better firmware updates - I'll be going with a Fenix next time around.

0 dpupkov over 4 years ago in reply to rtperna

It depends on the specific need. For myself as ultatrailrunner 935 didn't have satisfying battery and 945 battery last much longer.

0 Fredrik_Coulter over 4 years ago in reply to thetrickstergib

For me, the best reason to get a Fenix is my age. The screen is bigger, so the maps will be clearer. (Hopefully)