Comment by 1970-01-01
4 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.
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).
When the port pins break and you have no way to recharge it until a new USB port arrives, yes.
garmin cable thing became non-issue as cheap garmin cables came out.