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Old 03-02-16 | 08:04 PM
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TimothyH
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DC Rainmaker did a review of the V650 prior to its release. Keep in mind that this was January 2014.
Next on the Bluetooth side it’s worthwhile pointing out that while the unit does actually include a full Bluetooth 4.0 chipset, Polar will only be leveraging the Bluetooth Smart Smart side of things, which means that it will require a Bluetooth Smart compatible phone. On iOS this means the iPhone 4s and newer. And on Android, it requires a phone with Android OS 4.3 + compatible hardware. Now, even with that hardware – the V650 will not support connecting to a phone to upload workouts in May. That functionality is coming “later in 2014”. Polar hopes that will be ‘sooner’ rather than later, but declined to publically state an exact target.

Once that update comes though, the unit will allow you to automatically upload workouts to the Polar Flow web service upon completion. Once online you’ll get ride overview, details and analysis capabilities. Further, while online using the service you can customize bike profiles and view configuration (such as data field displays).


First look at Polar V650 GPS bike computer | DC Rainmaker
Uploading workouts to Polar Flow through the phone via bluetooth was clearly on Polar's feature roadmap at that time.

I recommend contacting Clever Training at 800.577.8538 or Sales@clevertraining.com. They had the V650 on sale yesterday for $170.55. That price might have been a mistake but it is $249.95 right now.
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