Review on ⌚ Black Garmin Fenix 5X Plus Sapphire Smartwatch with Wi-Fi & NFC by Janis Berzins ᠌

About a year I used the previous flagship from Garmin - Fenix ​​​​5X, so there will be small comparisons with this model. Among the advantages I would highlight: 1. The changed shape of the bezel and the glass is flush with it. It is quite suitable for a sapphire model, they look more solid than compared to 5X, where the glass is recessed. But if you choose the option with mineral glass, then this will already be a minus, because. mineral glass is much easier to scratch. 2. Significantly increased autonomy. On average, with 3-4 workouts per week (in the gym and pool, i. E. without using GPS), the watch lives for about 12 days. Previous 5X's only lasted 7-8 days under the same regime. An important point - the autonomy is strongly influenced by the selected dial, I recommend using the standard ones, simply by setting the necessary data fields on them. All third-party watch faces still consume much faster battery, no matter how simple they are (especially options like Activeface and the like). 3. Built-in memory for music. Now I go to workouts without a smartphone, it's very convenient. By the way, those who use the iPhone can synchronize music with iTunes, but only downloaded tracks on the computer, i. E. an Apple Music subscription is useless. Ah, one more nuance. Owners of waterproof headphones can forget about the music in the pool. I tried - the signal is lost. 4. Garmin Pay. Everything works perfectly with Alfa-Bank, we connected without any frills the first time. It is a pity that once a day you need to enter a password (and this is not very convenient from the buttons) and you can’t hang up quick buttons to call the wallet for some reason. Those. You can only go through the menu (long press the backlight) to go there. 5. Significantly increased speed. This is manifested in widgets, and in the menu, and in the search for satellites. Directly noticeably faster than in 5X. 6. Small visual improvements in the software. Well, for example, when scrolling through widgets, the position of the selected widget in the list of configured widgets is now visible. Animation when scrolling through widgets, etc. 7. All other advantages of the previous 5X remained in place.