Garmin
Instinct 3 AMOLED
2025 Instinct with an AMOLED display, 45 and 50 mm
The Instinct 3 AMOLED puts a colour AMOLED display in the Instinct's fibre-reinforced polymer case, with a torch, multi-band GPS and Garmin Pay, in 45 and 50 mm sizes. It has no maps, touchscreen or solar charging.
Key specifications
- Overall score
- 2.7 out of 10,EntryHow we score
- Case size
- from length 45 mm, width 45 mm, height 14.9 mm, to length 50 mm, width 50 mm, height 14.4 mm
- Weight
- from 53 g to 59 g
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- from 18 days to 24 days
- Battery life, multi-band GPS
- from 23 h to 30 h
- Display type
- AMOLED
Full specification
Bars, drawing and score: 45 mm, Black, Black band (standard model)
Size and build
- Case size
- from length 45 mm, width 45 mm, height 14.9 mm, to length 50 mm, width 50 mm, height 14.4 mm
- Weight
- from 53 g to 59 g
- Analogue hands
- No
- Water resistance depth
- 100 m
- Materials
- Fibre-reinforced polymer case, fibre-reinforced polymer/aluminium bezel, silicone band
Battery and charging
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- from 18 days to 24 days
- Battery life, multi-band GPS
- from 23 h to 30 h
- Solar charging
- No
Display
- Display type
- AMOLED
- Display size
- from 30 mm to 33 mm
- Touchscreen
- No
- Sapphire lens
- No
Navigation and connections
- Navigation to a set point
- Built-in GPS
- Multi-band GPS
- Yes
- Preloaded maps
- No
- Wi-Fi
- No
- Satellite messaging
- No
- LTE mobile connection
- No
Sensors
- Digital compass
- Yes
- Altimeter and barometer
- Yes
- Thermometer
- Yes
- Step counter
- Yes
- ECG app
- No
Smart features
- Built-in torch
- Yes
- Contactless payments
- Yes
- Music storage
- No
- Speaker and microphone
- No
- Dive computer (EN 13319)
- No
- Tactical features
- On some models
Variants
6 variants
010-02936-0045 mm, Black, Black bandStandard model- Colour
- Black with black band
- Case size
- length 45 mm, width 45 mm, height 14.9 mm
- Weight
- 53 g
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 18 days
- Battery life, multi-band GPS
- 23 h
- Display size
- 30 mm
- Tactical features
- No
- UK model code
010-02936-00- RRP
- £299.99
010-02936-0245 mm, Citrine, Citrine band- Colour
- Citrine with Citrine Band
- Case size
- length 45 mm, width 45 mm, height 14.9 mm
- Weight
- 53 g
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 18 days
- Battery life, multi-band GPS
- 23 h
- Display size
- 30 mm
- Tactical features
- No
- UK model code
010-02936-02- RRP
- £299.99
010-03020-0050 mm, Black, Charcoal band- Colour
- Black with Charcoal Band
- Case size
- length 50 mm, width 50 mm, height 14.4 mm
- Weight
- 59 g
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 24 days
- Battery life, multi-band GPS
- 30 h
- Display size
- 33 mm
- Tactical features
- No
- UK model code
010-03020-00- RRP
- £349.99
010-03020-0250 mm, Fern green, Fern green band- Colour
- Fern Green with Fern Green Band
- Case size
- length 50 mm, width 50 mm, height 14.4 mm
- Weight
- 59 g
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 24 days
- Battery life, multi-band GPS
- 30 h
- Display size
- 33 mm
- Tactical features
- No
- UK model code
010-03020-02- RRP
- £349.99
010-03020-0350 mm, Black, Black/bolt blue band- Colour
- Black with Black/Bolt Blue Band
- Case size
- length 50 mm, width 50 mm, height 14.4 mm
- Weight
- 59 g
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 24 days
- Battery life, multi-band GPS
- 30 h
- Display size
- 33 mm
- Tactical features
- No
- UK model code
010-03020-03- RRP
- £399.99
010-03020-5050 mm, Black, Black band, Tactical- Colour
- Black with Black Band
- Edition
- Tactical Edition
- Case size
- length 50 mm, width 50 mm, height 14.4 mm
- Weight
- 59 g
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 24 days
- Battery life, multi-band GPS
- 30 h
- Display size
- 33 mm
- Tactical features
- Yes
- UK model code
010-03020-50- RRP
- £479.99
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Garmin newsroom, Instinct 3 series announcement (opens in a new tab)checked
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Garmin UK, Instinct 3 – 45 mm, AMOLED (opens in a new tab)checked
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Garmin UK, Instinct 3 – 50 mm, AMOLED (opens in a new tab)checked
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