[Gadgets] Garmin Venu 3 vs Garmin Venu 4 — biggest upgrades explained

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The Garmin Venu 3 is the older model but still a very capable sporty smartwatch with a bright AMOLED display. Along with being cheaper than the Venu 4, it has a couple of small advantages like an extra button and slightly longer battery life.The Garmin Venu 4 has a more attractive metal design than the Venu 3 with a built-in flashlight, and adds most of Garmin’s advanced sports tracking and training analysis features, including training readiness and multi-band GPS tracking.The Garmin Venu 4 is a major upgrade on the Garmin Venu 3, introducing a raft of new software features as well as being a significant design upgrade thanks to its all-metal case and built-in flashlight. While the Venu 3 remains a very capable sporty smartwatch in its own right and is more affordable than the Venu 4, if you are looking at both Garmin watches then it’s worth knowing all the extra features you do get on the Venu 4.The Garmin Venu 4 comes in two sizes — 41mm and 45mm — with both costing $549, unless you opt for one with a fancier leather strap, which costs $599. That’s a $100 price rise on the Garmin Venu 3, which is $449 for both the standard Venu 3, which is a 45mm watch, and the Venu 3S, which is a 41mm watch.That’s if you have to pay full price on the Venu 3, which is often in sales as an older model. It has dropped as low as $349 on Amazon in the past and if it does so again in the Black Friday sales period coming up, you could save $200 by opting for the Venu 3 over the Venu 4.The main change to the design of the Venu 4 is that it has a steel case and bezel, whereas the Venu 3 had a steel bezel but a plastic case. While the watches are the same size, the Venu 4 is a bit heavier as a result — the 45mm watch is 56g with its silicone band, the Venu 3 45mm is 46g with a silicone band. Garmin has made the AMOLED screen brighter on the newer watch as well, though the size of the display remains the same at 1.2in for the smaller watch and 1.4in for the larger model.

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