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Re: Garmin FR935 release [krez]
I think we're all guilty of exaggerating our knowledge of who does what to get our point across at one time or another. We know lots of people run with headphones in. We know lots of people run with telephones. What we don't know is how many of those people are prepared to invest in a watch with the ability to wirelessly play music through headphones from the device.

I'd like to think Garmin (and other GPS watch manufacturers) have done some market research. If that is the case, do they believe that sacrificing storage space and battery life is what their market wants? I'd suggest the answer is they do not. At least they've given you music control from the 935. Apple now have a GPS enabled device that will retain some music and play it back without the iPhone, but the battery life is pretty woeful. Extending battery life means increasing the size of the device so unlikely Apple will go that way. Clearly, even with the volume available in the F5 series, Garmin have decided that perhaps it's not possible to implement the feature in any meaningful way.

Arguably cost of storage is irrelevant if it impacts on the overall functionality of the device.

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Last edited by: PhilipShambrook: Mar 30, 17 23:54

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