Garmin Forerunner 70 vs Garmin Forerunner 735XT

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Forerunner 70 compared with Forerunner 735XT

	GarminForerunner 70	GarminForerunner 735XT
Overview
Released
Released	May 2026	May 2016
Display
Case sizes
Case sizes	42.6 mm	44.5 mm
Panel
Panel	OLED	Memory-in-pixel
Always-on display
Always-on display	Yes	Yes
Display detail
Display detail	1.2-inch (30.4 mm diameter) colour AMOLED touchscreen, 390 x 390 pixels; optional always-on display and large-font setting; five physical buttons	1.23-inch (31.1 mm) sunlight-readable semi-round colour MIP display, 215 x 180 pixels, with button controls.
Screen protection
Screen protection	Chemically strengthened glass	–
Health and fitness
ECG
ECG	No	No
Blood oxygen
Blood oxygen	Yes	No
Skin temperature
Skin temperature	No	No
Sleep apnoea alerts
Sleep apnoea alerts	No	No
High blood pressure alerts
High blood pressure alerts	No	No
Body composition
Body composition	No	No
Fall detection
Fall detection	No	No
Crash detection
Crash detection	No	No
GPS
GPS	Single-band	Single-band
Water resistance
Water resistance	50 m	50 m
Sensors
Sensors	Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate; Pulse Ox; accelerometer; ambient light sensor; no built-in barometric altimeter or body-temperature sensor	GPS, GLONASS, Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate and accelerometer.
Health features
Health features	Continuous heart rate with high/low alerts; HRV status; Body Battery; stress and respiration; advanced sleep, sleep coach, breathing variations and nap detection; smart wake alarm; Health Snapshot; lifestyle logging; Health Status; women's health tracking via Garmin Connect; no ECG app	All-day heart rate, steps, calories and sleep tracking.
Fitness features
Fitness features	More than 80 sports apps; training readiness, status, load, load focus and recovery time; Garmin running, cycling and strength coaching; daily suggested running workouts including run/walk; quick workouts; wrist-based running dynamics and running power; PacePro; VO2 max and race predictions; breadcrumb course navigation, back-to-start and TracBack; pool swimming; no open-water swim or triathlon mode; no full offline maps	Running, cycling, pool and open-water swimming, triathlon, hiking and skiing profiles; auto multisport switching, VO2 max estimate, race predictor and recovery advisor. Detailed running dynamics need an HRM-Run or HRM-Tri strap; underwater heart rate needs an HRM-Swim or HRM-Tri strap.
Safety features
Safety features	Incident detection during selected activities, assistance and LiveTrack require a paired compatible smartphone; live event sharing is Android-only; screen flashlight, not a separate LED torch	–
Battery and connections
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 13 days	Up to 11 days
In low-power mode
In low-power mode	Up to 28 days	–
Mobile data option
Mobile data option	No	No
Works with
Works with	iPhone and Android	iPhone and Android
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Smartwatch up to 13 days, or 5 days with display always on; battery saver smartwatch up to 28 days; GPS-only GNSS up to 23 hours; all-systems GNSS up to 16 hours; actual life depends on enabled features and usage	Up to 11 days in watch mode with activity, notifications and optical heart rate; 14 hours in GPS activity mode with optical heart rate, or 24 hours in UltraTrac without it.
Charging
Charging	Garmin proprietary plug charging/data cable; rechargeable built-in lithium-ion battery; USB charging temperature 0–45 °C	Rechargeable lithium-ion battery with charging/data clip.
Connectivity
Connectivity	Bluetooth and ANT+; GPS, GLONASS and Galileo; no multi-band GNSS; Android-only text responses and notification images; Connect IQ apps/watch faces/data fields; Garmin Share; controls smartphone music without offline playback; no Garmin Pay, speaker/microphone calls or cellular connection	Bluetooth and ANT+; smart notifications, Garmin Connect, Connect IQ, LiveTrack through a paired phone and phone music controls.
Storage
Storage	512 MB memory/history; not storage for offline music playback	Stores 80 hours of activity history.
Design
Weight (lightest version)
Weight (lightest version)	40 g (better)	40.2 g
Software
Software	Garmin	Garmin
Case materials
Case materials	Fibre-reinforced polymer bezel; silicone band; chemically strengthened glass; 5 ATM water rating; operating/storage temperature –20–60 °C	Silicone band and 5 ATM water rating.
Size
Size	42.6 x 42.6 x 11.9 mm; Garmin lists 40 g without a separate body-only weight	44.5 x 44.5 x 11.9 mm; 40.2 g.
Bands
Bands	Standard 20 mm quick-release silicone band; fits 126–203 mm wrists	–
Colours
Colours	UK Black, Whitestone, Citron and Cool Lavender; global range additionally offers Tidal Blue and Soft Pink	Black case and band.
In the box
In the box	Forerunner 70; charging cable; documentation	–