Accidental Tech Podcast682: Medium Core
https://atp.fm/682
MacBook Neo details, Studio Display XDR tech and impressions, Marco tries a Garmin, and Casey tries to watch F1.
Pedro Fernandes@atpfm I won't debate @marcoarment points against the Garmin (valid from an Apple user).
However, Garmin is a sports watch first, not a smart watch. Key points that you don't have on an Apple Watch:
- Battery life => which translates into proper sleep tracking
- Physical buttons => you can actually use the watch when raining or if you sweat like crazy (which I do). Faster to navigate too.
- Incredible screen quality not a real issue reading on a circle
- Out of the box training insights
However, Garmin is a sports watch first, not a smart watch. Key points that you don't have on an Apple Watch:
- Battery life => which translates into proper sleep tracking
- Physical buttons => you can actually use the watch when raining or if you sweat like crazy (which I do). Faster to navigate too.
- Incredible screen quality not a real issue reading on a circle
- Out of the box training insights
@atpfm @marcoarment just one more for Garmin. A LARGE FONT on the data screens (highly configurable btw) that lets me read my metrics when running.
I never did sleep tracking on the Apple watch. The battery is not capable. I charge my Garmin once per week ,running and biking 14 hours / week.
I loved my Apple watches for more than 10 years but I feel that my Fenix 8 purchase is some of the best money I ever spent.
I miss the slickness and integration but value more what I gained.
I never did sleep tracking on the Apple watch. The battery is not capable. I charge my Garmin once per week ,running and biking 14 hours / week.
I loved my Apple watches for more than 10 years but I feel that my Fenix 8 purchase is some of the best money I ever spent.
I miss the slickness and integration but value more what I gained.
Reid@pfernandes I posted in the chat at the time "Garmin is an awful smartwatch and Apple is an awful activity watch".
I've gone back and forth over the years (AW3,4, Forerunner 945, AW Ultra, Forerunner 965) and just can't tolerate the Apple Watch as an activity tracker. The touchscreen basically makes it a non-starter, it's unusable for triggering laps when running and so on. I hoped the Action button would help, but it did not. It just has that unreliable "software-defined", "maybe it will do what you want, maybe not" feel. A computer on the wrist. On my older AWs I didn't mind charging every night, but now that I use sleep tracking, even with the improved battery life, living with the Ultra was more of a chore than living with an AW4.
On the flip side, Marco nails it with the Garmin complaints. Being unable to respond to notifications is truly a bad experience. And too often I get "your phone must be unlocked to do that" from Siri, since I don't have a watch keeping my phone unlocked.
Interestingly, I took both the FR945 and the Ultra on an all-day (12h) hike in the mountains, and they burned an equal amount of battery tracking the hike. It's the "idle" power consumption that hurts the Apple devices because they're simply doing so much more and have so much more processing power.
@atpfm @marcoarment
Lenora256@pfernandes @atpfm @marcoarment I’ve never had trouble doing sleep tracking with my Apple Watch. I just charge it while I take a bath/brush my teeth every day. A recent AW can charge quite a bit in that time.
I’m not saying you should get one, the Garmin seems to be working for you, just putting in my perspective.