RE: Some bad news about Garmin, as a company
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Not surprised at all unfortunately. I don't know about their repair policy, but in terms of features, everybody I know who ever tried a Coros watch never went back to anything else. I tested a few, they're pretty cool indeed. They're usually quite expensive too though. Myself, I've been in the Samsung ecosystem for so long now that I will probably not change, especially with their excellent trade-in offers for upgrade. But if you don't need LTE, it's probably not the best fitness choice (leaving my phone at home or in the car during runs or bike rides is a given, and in the past I still needed to be reachable, hence the LTE need)
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I was talking to a friend the other day that had a watch that was significantly cheaper than a Garmin and this was because it didn't have features that make your watch double as your phone with notifications and abilities to access email etc. I can't even use these features because my eyesight isn't good enough. I only need it as a watch (to tell time) and to track my runs and other physical activities. I actually find the notifications from various messengers to be quite annoying. Do you have any experience with these sorts of watches?
Sorry for the delayed response, I think you're already looking at fitness bands anyways. I really have no experience with these. At least not since my very old Garmin 'watch' before smartwatches actually existed. It was a humongous piece of hardware, and its only functions were to record distance and heartbeat (via a chest strap). But like I said, on top of the normal tracking features, one of my main criteria when I made the jump for a smartwatch was the ability to make actual phone calls without having my phone with me. At the time and in the US, the only LTE version for that was basically the Samsung watch. I could easily live without that now, but it's just easier to stay in the same ecosystem.
Good luck in your search!
Thanks. I don't really need the features of the smart watches but what I am discovering is that the fitness bands that are not smartwatches tend to not have GPS and for me, that is absolutely essential .