Depending on whether you get the music or non-music option, the watch costs $300-350. This is $150-200 cheaper than the Forerunner 745, making it a more budget-friendly option. The Forerunner 245 also has 50% longer battery life on GPS without music. It’s a difference of 16 hours for the FR745 vs. 24 hours for the FR245. Buy now, pay later. Garmin Vivoactive Smartwatches Garmin Forerunner watches Forerunner 245 Music Forerunner 45S Forerunner 245 | Image source: Garmin The watches share a sunlight-readable colour display. The 245 has a 1.2″ (30.4 mm) diameter one with 240 x 240 pixel resolution, the 45 a 1.04″ (26.3mm The extra sport modes, Garmin Pay, music storage, and a touchscreen are all awesome perks that you won't find on the Garmin Forerunner 245. Let's not forget about the altimeter for floors climbed. The Garmin Forerunner 945 is available to buy from now at Garmin US and Garmin UK. The recommended retail price is $599.99 / £499.99. The recommended retail price is $599.99 / £499.99. Software. Support Center. $129.99 USD. $149.99 USD. $599.99 USD. Forerunner® 245 is a running watch that includes training status to indicate if you’re under training or overdoing it, and training plans from Garmin Coach. 11. Battery life on the Forerunner 245 is excellent, with Garmin claiming that it’ll last 24 hours of GPS tracking or six hours of GPS tracking with music playback. I found if you don’t use The Forerunner 245 battery life is 24 hours with GPS and no music, while the the Venu gets 20 hours. With music, the Forerunner 245 and Venu have equal battery life of 6 hours. On smartwatch mode, the Forerunner 245 gets 7 days, while the Venu gets 5 days. Keep in mind that these are this is Garmin’s stated battery life, which may vary Forerunner 945 / 955 / 965 Forerunner 255 / 265 Instinct / Instinct Crossover / Instinct 2 MARQ (Gen 1 & Gen 2) D2 Delta series Tactix 7 series Venu / Venu 2 series Venu Sq / Venu Sq 2 Forerunner® 245 Music; Forerunner® 255; Forerunner® 255 Music Like to use watchface because I use Garmin Pay and when using the app you can’t Pay your coffee FyHN4q.