| Display | 1.32-inch LTPO AMOLED, 466 x 466, up to 2,000 nits, sapphire crystal lens | Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons |
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| Case | 46 mm, titanium bezel and caseback, polymer case, about 56 g with the silicone strap | Forerunner 970: 47 mm, titanium bezel, sapphire lens; Forerunner 570: 42 mm or 47 mm, aluminum bezel |
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| Battery | Up to 10 days in daily use; up to 38 hours of dual-band GPS in Performance mode, up to 45 hours in Endurance mode (Suunto claims) | Up to 15 days in smartwatch mode (970) and up to 11 days (570) (Garmin claims) |
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| Navigation | Dual-band (L1+L5) multi-constellation GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS), compass, barometer, free global offline maps | 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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| Storage | 64GB for maps, routes, training data and music; offline music via a later software update | — |
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| Sensors | Valencell optical wrist heart rate with SpO2, barometric altimeter, temperature sensor, compass | — |
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| Training | Suunto AI Coach, Race Planner, Intelligent Trail Race Strategy, Climb Guidance, wrist-based running power, more than 120 sport modes | Training readiness, Garmin Coach, Garmin Triathlon Coach, running power, running dynamics, VO2 max, PacePro; running tolerance (970) |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth; Suunto app for iOS 17 or later and Android 8 or later | — |
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| Durability | 5 ATM water resistance, 22 mm quick-release strap | — |
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| Colors | Titanium Black, Feather Purple, Feather Gray | — |
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| OS | Suunto firmware; pairs with Android and iOS through the Suunto app | — |
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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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| 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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