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How does the operating speed compare to original Fenix 5X?
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I've had a F5X for more than a year. The ClimbPro, improved battery life, and blood oxygen saturation monitoring all appeal to me. But it's an expensive watch. Can anybody who's owned a Fenix 5X compare how quickly the two watches operate? Is the new one faster cycling through CIQ watch faces, widgets, and in using the maps? Thanks!
Just an observation, given that it is "known" that current firmware builds are suffering lag when using CIQ watchfaces, there is absolutely no point in making a video comparison claiming there is noticeable lag between the two when the plus version is running a Garmin built in watchface and the original 5x running a CIQ custom face. The plus clearly has a significant advantage for this reason.
This test should have been undertaken with all watches running the same or similar Garmin watch faces, it's not rocket science, just common sense.
The absolute numbers mean nothing but the relative difference is very noticeable. I have both the 5X and 5X Plus and the Plus is faster in every metric. Cycling through widgets, menus, app loading, GPS acquisition, map scrolling etc, etc. The Plus has handled my putting the phone into airplane mode on a night and reconnects without issue on the morning whereas the 5X wouldn't....I would have to quit the connect app and reload it. So from a user experience point of view, the 5X Plus is much better. This could be related to hardware, software or a combination.
Just an observation, given that it is "known" that current firmware builds are suffering lag when using CIQ watchfaces, there is absolutely no point in making a video comparison claiming there is noticeable lag between the two when the plus version is running a Garmin built in watchface and the original 5x running a CIQ custom face. The plus clearly has a significant advantage for this reason.
This test should have been undertaken with all watches running the same or similar Garmin watch faces, it's not rocket science, just common sense.
I have run the tests again with the same watch faces and the 5x plus is still faster. The scrolling of the menus are more fluid, redrawing of maps is faster and even accessing past workout information is faster.
Sorry the video was not precise first time and I will update it if I have time, but the Fenix 5 Plus is faster
