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There Will Be NO ‘Garmin’ ‘Fenix’ In 2021. It Is The Chip Shortage, Stupid … & Next Will Be ‘Fenix 8’.

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by Anura Guruge
on October 1, 2021

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From my August 17, 2021 post.

No, I have NOT received anything directly from ‘Garmin‘ per se. But, I have done some digging around.

It is definitely, definitely the global (& sensor) shortage. Garmin has not been immune — &, furthermore, in the scheme of things compared to ‘Apple’, ‘Samsung‘, ‘Huawei’, etc. Garmin is not near the top of the list in terms of priority.

By all means you can keep on hoping that there will be a new Fenix by Christmas. Best of luck. Do NOT promise one to any kids.

It is also likely that the next Fenix, likely to be available around March or April 2022 will be called the ‘Fenix 8‘.

There is sense & precedence for this.

The ‘Enduro’, as many of you know, was basically a Fenix 7. See above chart. Especially with them missing out all of 2021 it makes marketing sense to make it even more ‘exciting’ by going for ‘8’. Garmin will NOT, by a long chalk, be the first to pull this little marketing trick.

So that is the best ‘G2’ I currently have. I don’t make this stuff up. I do dig around & ask questions. This is the best that I have received. Yes, I too am waiting for the next Fenix.

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That ‘Garmin’ Celebrated Its Supposed 50th Birthday With A Sale Rather Than Announcing A Milestone Watch IS Telling.

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by Anura Guruge
on September 17, 2021

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Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google News’.
From my August 17, 2021 post.

Something just does NOT seem to be right with dear ‘Garmin‘.

We haven’t had an exciting new watch announcements in months. The last watch of significant impact was the ‘Venu 2‘ in April 2021. That was 6-months ago. Yes, I have a Venu 2 & have been wearing it, 24×7, for the last 143-days. [Yes, I keep track of my trackers. Don’t you?]

Quite a few of us have been waiting for the ‘Fenix 7’ (or equivalent). It is due.

I have speculated that the ‘Fenix 7’ MIGHT have been delayed by the horrendous ransomware attack on Garmin last year.

But, I am now beginning to think that there is another MAJOR factor.

The global CHIP SHORTAGE!

Garmin, obviously, cannot be immune. Like all others it too has to be dependent on others for much needed chips & SENSORS. I think that is a big factor though Garmin has yet to publicly say anything about this. Yes, it is possible (as always) that I am wrong.

Contrary to some crazy stuff I have been reading on the Web, I do NOT believe that Garmin’s next major watch — i.e., ‘Fenix 7’ (or equivalent) — will be based on Google’s ‘Wear OS 3‘. No way. Not yet, at least. It will take a quite a bit of work to get all of Garmin’s proprietary software integrated with Wear OS. So, that is not the reason for any delays.

I am getting fairly sure that it has to be the chip shortage.

I keep on checking sources on a daily basis — though I have none within Garmin per se.

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