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Big Garmin Public Beta Update Adds 25 New Features to 2025 Watches (www.dcrainmaker.com)
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[–] 0 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Fenix 7 which was only released in 2023. Surely nobody keeps an $800 watch for more than a year, right?

I mean, even if it was released end of 2023, that's two years now, not just one...

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (5 children)

    The point being, they abandoned updating it last year after roughly only a year and a half since its release.

    People who still own one now have had it for two years and possibly some change. That doesn't have anything to do with how quickly Garmin dropped it.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    AFAIK they are still fully functional with all features at time of sale still available to them. It's not like they bricked the devices or stopped supporting them in the app or the Garmin ecosystem.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I'm still using an FR630 and have an old etrex legend as a backup on my boat. I've never seen Garmin take anything away featurewise. Battery life or charge ports have typically be the end of life or repair decision for the Garmin devices I've had over the years. The ones that take AAs are all still good to go.

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