"Whereas Garmin has been expanding into the smartwatch space with features such as speakers, microphones, payment systems, subscription music support, and satellite services, Polar (like Coros and Suunto), continues to focus primarily on health and wellness. Polar's rugged watches are built to withstand the rigors of an active lifestyle while providing some basic smartwatch functionality, such as app notifications."
"I tried out the Polar Grit X2 Pro in 2024. The Grit X2 provides the same experiences, but in a slightly smaller and sleeker package, priced $200 less. (The Grit X2 Pro increased in price by $250 to $1,000 since my 2024 review.) The $800 price point of the Grit X2 remains rather expensive for a GPS sports watch with limited smartwatch capabilities."
Polar Flow delivers powerful training and analytics tools accessible online and via smartphone apps. The Polar Grit X2 captures comprehensive health and fitness metrics and syncs them into the Polar Flow ecosystem for performance measurement and trend tracking. Polar emphasizes health and wellness over broad smartwatch features, producing rugged watches that offer basic notifications but lack advanced functions like speakers, payments, music subscriptions, and satellite services. The Grit X2 matches the Grit X2 Pro’s core experience in a smaller, lighter package and is priced at $800, positioning it above some competitors that offer more smartwatch capabilities or lower price points.
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