Its funny, but I have the opposite reaction. I want a fitness band / smartwatch that can do everything:
o Ability to run w/o phone:
- BT transmitter & music storage
- GPS independant of phone
o Accurate HRM
- background hear rate monitoring
o Smartwatch features
- notifications
- Android smart unlock device
- useful for 2FA (eg, Google Authenticator, or Duo)
o 2+ days of battery life
o sleep tracking
I think only 4 of them have been made:
First was Moto 360 sport. The battery life was horrific, the HRM and GPS were inaccurate, and the BT transmitter was weak. Mine finally died.
I now have a Polar M600, which is nice, but lacks background HRM. Its also very bulky for the size of the screen, and the battery life, while better than the Moto 360, is only about 2 days.
The others are a TomTom Spark Cardio+Music, which I've never tried. And the Apple Watch 2, of course; which being an Android person, I have never tried.
I wish that Fitbit would make a device like this. Or that Garmin would add a BT transmitter and music storage to the Fenix.
Why do you need to run without a phone? Phones aren't that heavy and devices can be significantly cheaper and smaller if they don't need a GPS chip and music storage (smaller battery).
I stopped using my Garmin watch since I have a fitbit charge and find that measurements via phone are surprisingly accurate. In cities, pure GPS watches often lose signal (buildings, tunnels), phones can track much more accurately there.
I use my Garmin because I track heartrate when running and the Charge HR - whilst surprisingly accurate for step counting and distance and resting HR - is woeful when trying to track HR during exercise.
(Also for cycling with a variety of ANT+ sensors.)
o Ability to run w/o phone:
o Accurate HRM o Smartwatch features o 2+ days of battery lifeo sleep tracking
I think only 4 of them have been made:
First was Moto 360 sport. The battery life was horrific, the HRM and GPS were inaccurate, and the BT transmitter was weak. Mine finally died.
I now have a Polar M600, which is nice, but lacks background HRM. Its also very bulky for the size of the screen, and the battery life, while better than the Moto 360, is only about 2 days.
The others are a TomTom Spark Cardio+Music, which I've never tried. And the Apple Watch 2, of course; which being an Android person, I have never tried.
I wish that Fitbit would make a device like this. Or that Garmin would add a BT transmitter and music storage to the Fenix.