| Display | 1.3-inch always-on AMOLED touchscreen, 416x416, up to 1,500 nits, mineral glass | Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons |
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| Processor | Ambiq Apollo510 (COROS claims more than twice the processing power of the PACE 3) | — |
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| Battery | Up to 20 days of daily use (up to 6 days with always-on display); up to 38 hours of GPS in All Systems mode (28 hours with always-on display); up to 31 hours in dual-frequency mode; under 2 hours to charge | Up to 15 days in smartwatch mode (970) and up to 11 days (570) (Garmin claims) |
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| Body | 46 x 46 x 12.25 mm; 37 g with nylon band, 49 g with silicone band; fiber-reinforced polymer case and bezel; 22mm quick-release bands | — |
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| Positioning | All-satellite dual-frequency GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS), downloadable global maps with turn-by-turn navigation | — |
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| Sensors | Optical heart rate and SpO2, electrical heart rate sensor for HRV, barometric altimeter, accelerometer, gyroscope, 3D compass, thermometer | — |
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| Controls | Touchscreen, digital dial and back button | — |
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| Memory | 32GB internal storage, about 1,200 hours of activity memory (COROS estimate) | — |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth, Wi-Fi for data sync and firmware updates, offline music playback with supported Bluetooth headsets | — |
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| Water resistance | 5 ATM (surface water activities, not for diving) | — |
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| Charging | USB-C (cable not included) | — |
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| Colors | Black, Grey, Blue | — |
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| Case | — | Forerunner 970: 47 mm, titanium bezel, sapphire lens; Forerunner 570: 42 mm or 47 mm, aluminum bezel |
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| Navigation | — | Multi-band GPS with SatIQ; full-colour built-in mapping with turn-by-turn directions and round-trip routing (970 only) |
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| Extras | — | Built-in speaker and microphone, LED flashlight (970 only), ECG app, Garmin Pay, music storage for Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music |
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| Training | — | Training readiness, Garmin Coach, Garmin Triathlon Coach, running power, running dynamics, VO2 max, PacePro; running tolerance (970) |
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| Health | — | Sleep score, Body Battery, HRV status, skin temperature, breathing variations, evening report |
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| Price | — | 749.99 dollars (Forerunner 970) and 549.99 dollars (Forerunner 570) at launch in the US |
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