Garmin Forerunner 410 vs Garmin Forerunner 920XT

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Forerunner 410 compared with Forerunner 920XT
GarminForerunner 410GarminForerunner 920XT
Overview
Released2010October 2014
Display
Case sizes48 mm48 mm
Panel–Memory-in-pixel
Always-on displayYesYes
Display detailBacklit monochrome screen, 27 mm diagonal and 124 × 95 pixels; touch-sensitive bezel and two buttons. Up to three configurable training pages with one, two or three fields each; panel technology is unpublished.1.1 x 0.8-inch (29 x 21 mm) rectangular colour MIP display, 205 x 148 pixels, with button controls.
Health and fitness
ECGNoNo
Blood oxygenNoNo
Skin temperatureNoNo
Sleep apnoea alertsNoNo
High blood pressure alertsNoNo
Body compositionNoNo
Fall detectionNoNo
Crash detectionNoNo
GPSSingle-bandSingle-band
Water resistance–50 m
SensorsHigh-sensitivity GPS receiver; ANT+ heart-rate chest strap and optional foot pod or cycling speed/cadence sensor. No optical wrist sensor.GPS, GLONASS, barometric altimeter and accelerometer. Heart rate requires an optional ANT+ sensor.
Health features–Steps, distance, calories and sleep tracking; no wrist optical heart-rate sensor.
Fitness featuresHeart-rate-based calorie estimates, custom and interval workouts, courses, Virtual Partner, Auto Lap, Auto Pause, Auto Scroll and pace, heart-rate, time and distance alerts.Running, cycling, pool and open-water swimming, and multisport activities; swim stroke and SWOLF metrics, race predictor and VO2 max with an external heart-rate sensor. Running dynamics require an HRM-Run strap.
Safety featuresStores up to 100 locations and provides navigation to a saved location; no base maps.–
Battery and connections
Battery life (maker's claim)Up to 8 hoursUp to 24 hours
In low-power modeUp to 14 days–
Mobile data optionNoNo
Works withNo phone pairingiPhone and Android
Battery life detailRechargeable lithium-ion battery; up to eight hours with GPS or two weeks in power-save mode, according to Garmin China and the English manual. Garmin Slovakia instead quotes nine GPS hours. Can be shut down manually.Up to 24 hours using GPS alone, 20 hours with GPS and GLONASS or 40 hours in UltraTrac. Garmin's manual also says up to one month in watch mode with activity tracking and over four months in watch-only mode; the main battery figure uses the exact 24-hour GPS claim because a month has no fixed hour count.
ChargingUSB contact charging clip and AC adapter.Rechargeable lithium-ion battery with charging/data cradle.
ConnectivityANT+ wireless computer transfer through a USB ANT stick; Garmin Connect and Garmin Training Center. No direct phone pairing.Bluetooth, ANT+ and Wi-Fi; smart notifications, Garmin Connect automatic uploads, LiveTrack through a paired phone and VIRB camera control. Connect IQ support arrived in a later software update.
StorageUp to 1,000 lap records and 100 stored locations.Stores 100 hours of activity history and up to 100 waypoints.
Design
Weight (lightest version)60 g (better)61 g
SoftwareGarminGarmin
Case materialsIPX7 immersion protection, one metre for thirty minutes; Garmin Slovakia explicitly excludes swimming.Hinged band and 5 ATM water rating.
Size48 × 71 × 16 mm without the strap and 60 g. Width is used as the case size.48 x 55 x 12.7 mm; 61 g.
Colours–White case with red band.
BandsStandard wrist strap and additional fabric wrist straps.–
In the boxWatch, AC adapter, USB charging clip, USB ANT stick, additional wrist straps and documentation; premium heart-rate chest strap included in HR bundles.–

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