Originally Posted by
Troul
how fragile is the E ink phone? Is it one drop away from being a paperweight? I'd like to think that the big names that make the bicycle computers expect the head unit to be skidded across the pavement doing 20 mph+ at times & maybe accidentally stepped on/ran over... I haven't tested the durability out, but that would be my expectation. Whereas a phone.... I'd at least expect some water resistance, but falling off a bicycle going 20 mph... not expecting a good outcome.
I wouldn't expect a good outcome from this for a Garmin 1040 (which is much more expensive). Maybe, they are statistically better but the Garmins do break.
I think the issue of weatherproofing is more significant. The Garmin devices do OK with that (still not always perfectly). There's no information about that for the Bigme phone.