The Garmin Forerunner 955 and 255 watches have been discovered on a Singaporean authorities company web site, suggesting that their launch is imminent.
The leak was first noticed by Gadgets & Wearables, when the publication searched the web site of the Singaporean authorities’s Telecoms Licensing System company for the time period “Forerunner 255”. Listed below are at least six Forerunner 255 fashions: a normal 255, a 255s – which is presumed to be a smaller model of the already-lightweight mid-range watch – and a number of other barely extra premium “music” variations of each watches.
Nevertheless, we additionally tried a separate search on the identical web site for the Forerunner 955, and lo and behold, we discovered it. It’s a single mannequin reasonably than a number of, however you’ll be able to see the Singaporean authorities company’s itemizing under:
The Garmin Forerunner 245 and 945 watches have been first launched in April 2019, over three years in the past, they usually’re as fashionable as ever – which implies new fashions within the ranges are large information. In latest months, rumors of their impending replacements have been gathering steam, notably when a massive leak potentially revealed Garmin’s forthcoming watches.
Evaluation: Six new Forerunner 255 watches?
The six completely different fashions listed by the Singaporean company are restricted to names and transient descriptions. The Forerunner 255 and Forerunner 255s could possibly be thought-about the “base” fashions, with Bluetooth and ANT+.
Nevertheless, the 4 extra superior Forerunners (two 255 and two 255s) are listed as “music” fashions which are additionally packing Wi-Fi connectivity, however there aren’t many different clues to find out every other differentiating elements.
May certainly one of them be a photo voltaic watch, extending the battery life as you run? Doubtlessly, however it’s unlikely at a mid-range value level – though, it’s not the primary time Garmin would have used photo voltaic expertise on this replace cycle, as January’s Fenix 7 arrived with each photo voltaic and non-solar choices.
In the meantime, the Garmin Forerunner 955 is listed as simply the one mannequin, as you may anticipate: whereas the Forerunner 245 was a mid-range watch that may have to choose and select its options to remain in that aggressive value vary, the Forerunner 945 is a top-end triathlon watch that may do all of it – no want for an ‘s’ mannequin right here. We’re eyeing a possible June launch date for more information.
