{"id":611480,"date":"2026-02-23T23:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/611480\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T23:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:29:12","slug":"garmin-permanently-cuts-price-of-high-end-smartwatch-with-satellite-and-cellular-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/611480\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin permanently cuts price of high-end smartwatch with satellite and cellular connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost six months have passed since Garmin released the Fenix 8 Pro<\/a> with an optional MicroLED display plus satellite and cellular connectivity across all variants. In the interim, the company introduced the Quatix 8 Pro as a boating and sailing-focused alternative. More recently, there have been suggestions that Garmin is preparing to deliver its first Fenix 9 smartwatches<\/a> during the second half of the year, too.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Garmin has silently dropped the pricing of its most expensive Fenix 8 Pro SKU with a MicroLED display. Conversely, prices for AMOLED versions remain unchanged. Thus, the Fenix 8 Pro starts at $1,199.99 and rises by $100 for a 51 mm variant (curr. $1,299.99 on Amazon)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Initially, an $800 gap existed between 51 mm versions of the Fenix 8 Pro with AMOLED and MicroLED displays. As a result, the only way of optioning Garmin’s new ultra-bright display technology was to spend $1,999.99.<\/p>\n

Now, Garmin has silently slashed $300 off this variant. As far as we can tell, this is a permanent price drop. Unfortunately, Garmin has not replicated this 15% reduction in other markets like the Eurozone or the UK.<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/a>Alex Alderson<\/a> – Senior Tech Writer – 14292 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2018<\/p>\n

Prior to writing and translating for Notebookcheck, I worked for various companies including Apple and Neowin. I have a BA in International History and Politics from the University of Leeds, which I have since converted to a Law Degree. Happy to chat on Twitter or Notebookchat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Almost six months have passed since Garmin released the Fenix 8 Pro with an optional MicroLED display plus…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":611481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[18],"tags":[18106,103463,705,18094,31178,50015,18107,18102,175533,18105,18101,18108,10545,2290,11853,3742,158,18104,18103,67,132,68,3075],"class_list":["post-611480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-benchmarks","tag-fenix-8-pro","tag-gadgets","tag-garmin","tag-garmin-fenix","tag-garmin-fenix-8","tag-graphics-card","tag-laptop","tag-microled","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-smartwatch","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wearable"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116122547925593286","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}