Originally Posted by
JohnJ80
And with this statement of yours:
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
For it to have connectivity without a separate phone, it would need to be a phone itself with a monthly fee for that connectivity. No thanks!
Thank you, you've eloquently and succinctly made my point for me. Now you realize the serious problem that PND suppliers face.
No, not really. Smartphones will keep mostly ignoring the (small) market that the 1000 fills.
You'll have to (genererally) keep buying new cases for every new phone and have to mount something overly large on your handlebar (if you want navigation) or be stuck with something limited like the
RFLKT+.
Using smartphones works for some people but they don't work for everybody (and it doesn't seem like the ways they don't work will be fixed anytime soon).
Originally Posted by
JohnJ80
You have to compare feature set to feature set. That's where the Edge 1000 comes in although the smartphone user has virtually the same feature set or better for a 45% or more discount under the cost of the 810 not to mention the 1000!
The 45% discount includes
no navigation with the
RFLKT+. It's not the "same feature set" at all! (The RFLKT+ is a completely reasonable product but it doesn't serve everybody's needs.)
The fact that the RFLKT+ works for you indicates that you bought the 1000 for wrong/unreasonable reasons.