Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
In both cases, the quality of the connection depends a lot on the phone. I've used both devices with cheap Android phones and have had disappointing results. If the connection breaks a few times with a cheap phone (like if you go out of range, maybe at a bathroom stop) it would never resume until I'd reboot the phone, or turn BT off on the phone and then back on. With higher quality Android phones, it's been flawless.
I have to disagree with this. A quick search of any of the Garmin device forums will show that expensive and cheap phone both have BT issues with Garmin. Garmin fixes BT with one update then breaks it again with the next. It's great hardware loaded with flakey software.
I never buy cheap phones. I've had BT and sensor issues on just about every Garmin I've ever owned. BT dropout wise:
Edge 1000 BT disconnects when used with the following phones: iPhone 6S, Sony Xperia Z5, Google Pixel
Edge 820 BT disconnects when used with the following phones: iPhone 7, Google Pixel
It's not the phones, it's Garmin.
A lot of Garmin users do not even know they are getting disconnects. I thought my Edge 820 was fine until I started noticing text messages were not coming in. I then left the status page open on a ride and guess what? Flashing BT icon with no alerts to the disconnect. If you were not specifically paying attention to BT on the status page you'd never know BT was disconnected. On that ride, I saw about 20+ disconnects and reconnects during that 3-hour ride and received no alerts to any of the disconnects.