The Polar Vantage M3 is now available. It is an AMOLED sports watch packed with features to help you track your activity and workouts. With its attractive design and features such as offline maps, multi-band GPS, and ECG measurements, the Polar Vantage M3 could shake up the mid-range market, where the Apple Watch Series 10 and Garmin Forerunner 265 compete.

At $399.90 in the US and £349 in the UK, the Polar Vantage M3 is considerably less expensive than Polar's flagship AMOLED watches, the Polar Vantage V3 and Grit X2 Pro, yet offers the same key features you get from the brand It offers most of the key features you get from the brand. It will be available today in two colors, Night Black and Glazed Sand.

More expensive Polar watches have more durable designs and longer battery life, but the Vantage M3 still lasts up to 7 days in watch mode and offers 30 hours of workout tracking. With a Gorilla Glass screen and steel bezel, the 1.28-inch AMOLED display is slightly smaller than the Vantage V3's 1.39 inches.

A significant upgrade from the Polar Vantage M2, which did not have an AMOLED display, maps, or dual-band GPS, the Vantage M3 is priced $100 higher, but given the new features gained and the fact that the Vantage M2 was launched in 2021 The price of the Vantage M3 is $100 more, which is reasonable considering the new features available and the fact that the Vantage M2 was released in 2021.

Polar has lagged behind several brands in the mid-range sports watch market in recent years, with Garmin watches offering more attractive designs and sports features, and Apple and Samsung offering better smartwatches with sports tracking.

The VantageM3 could make Polar competitive again, as it offers several key features not available on Garmin watches at this price (especially offline maps not available on the Forerunner 265), has buttons and longer battery life and dual-band GPS would provide a better sports tracking experience than a smartwatch like the Apple Watch 10.

In my years of testing, Polar also excels when it comes to sleep tracking, and the Vantage M3 provides insight into training load and recovery, and offers daily workout suggestions.

One area where the Vantage M3 still lags behind its rivals is in smart features; Polar's watch offers notification support and music control, but it cannot store music and has no NFC payment or app store.

I will test the Vantage M3 as soon as possible to see if it lives up to expectations as a competitive mid-range AMOLED sports watch, but for now, it is good to see Polar offering premium features like maps at a low price It is.