{"id":624187,"date":"2026-09-14T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T08:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/624187\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T08:30:09","slug":"garmin-birthday-sale-several-smartwatches-get-substantial-price-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/624187\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin Birthday Sale: Several smartwatches get substantial price drop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garmin\u2019s Forerunner 70<\/a> and Forerunner 170 have received their first discounts just months after launching earlier this year in May. The price cuts arrive as part of the company\u2019s Birthday Sale<\/a>, which sees a range of models get substantial discounts. What makes the Forerunner discounts notable, however, is that both watches are among Garmin\u2019s latest running-focused offerings. <\/p>\n

The Forerunner 70 is now the more heavily discounted option, falling to $219.99<\/a> from $249.99. Its specifications include a 1.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, built-in GPS and up to 13 days of smartwatch battery life. It also supports a substantial set of training features, such as Training Readiness, Training Status, wrist-based running power and running dynamics, making it much more comprehensive than a basic entry-level running watch. <\/p>\n

The Forerunner 170 is priced at $269.99<\/a>, down from $299.99. It adds several features over the 70, including a barometric altimeter, Garmin Pay and additional cycling functionality. For an extra $60, a “Music” variant with onboard music storage is also available. Other models that have received discounts as part of the Birthday Sale<\/a> include several Fenix 8<\/a> and Enduro 3<\/a> models, the Venu X1<\/a>, Venu 3<\/a>, Venu 4<\/a> and Vivoactive 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Jacob<\/a>Jacob Fisher<\/a> – Tech Writer \/ Translator – 3097 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022<\/p>\n

I first became acquainted with computers in my early teens after a broken leg from a football (soccer) match temporarily condemned me to a predominately indoor lifestyle. Soon afterwards I was building my own systems. Having studied philosophy and anthropology, I am particularly fascinated by how computer technology has fundamentally and dramatically reshaped human culture, and how it continues to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garmin\u2019s Forerunner 70 and Forerunner 170 have received their first discounts just months after launching earlier this year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[3468,36654,2214,569,18956,4741,21837,265135,36652,499,7265,203,5215,10176,570,61,60,562,278,568,561,571,567,563,564,4740,9795,5065,80,566,565,3683,57029,265136,3926],"class_list":["post-624187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-amazon","tag-amoled","tag-battery","tag-benchmarks","tag-birthday","tag-cycling","tag-discounts","tag-enduro","tag-fenix","tag-fitness","tag-forerunner","tag-gadgets","tag-garmin","tag-gps","tag-graphics-card","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-laptop","tag-music","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-running","tag-sale","tag-smartwatches","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-training","tag-venu","tag-vivoactive","tag-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}