Garmin’s Newest Smartwatches Push Luxury to Its Limits
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Garmin is leaning into premium materials and niche segmentation—titanium, sapphire, multiple styles—as a margin defense against commodity wearables. If you’re in consumer hardware, this is another data point that differentiation is shifting to brand, build quality, and vertical depth, not just sensors and apps.
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