Comment by 1970-01-01

8 hours ago

How is USB a feature?? Everything done via USB-C can be and should be entirely wireless for a watch.

>Gone are the days of brand specific charging cables.

Returned are the days of worn-out, broken ports and searching for another charging cable.

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tomhow  8 hours ago

Charging? It likely adds a lot of cost and complexity to add mag-charging if you’re not Apple or Samsung. Does Garmin even have it yet? (Edit: only on a small number of models at the premium end of their range.)

So it’s an important differentiator from Garmin, which uses a proprietary connector for its charging cable, that is easy to lose/break and expensive to replace (from personal experience with a 2022 Epix).

  • LeifCarrotson  4 hours ago

    I love the Garmin pogo chargers. I've got a few of their $3 puck cables scattered about my home, car, and office, a USB-C to Garmin adapter in my keychain and backpacking kit, and someone recently made a neat little portable battery that I wore under my strap in an ultra to recharge mid-activity.

    Yeah, if you only use the stock Garmin cable (why isn't it at least right-angle?!) it kinda sucks, but there are lots of products that do it really well:

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5L632HM

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4F71WQC

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N18DX6Y

    I would much rather these totally waterproof surface-level pads that put the spring pogo pins in the cable than give up internal device volume to a USB receptacle or magnetic charging coils.

  • 1970-01-01  8 hours ago

    When the port pins break and you have no way to recharge it until a new USB port arrives, yes.