LTE on a Fenix?

Nah, she's the better person! Living with me is hard enough :)

On a more serious note, it opened our eyes to what's truly important in life. She's always at the finish lines of events I do, and she's my greatest coach.... :) 

Thank you very much for the kind words BTW. Very much appreciated, but she's the one who needs them more than me - as she has to live with this cantankerous old fart :)

That's great to hear.  I didn't mean to offend or say something uncomfortable, I just meant there's a lot of people who take the easy way out and bail.  It takes a bigger person to stay with a person who may with limitations.  With that I'm going to shut the hell up before I say something that's misunderstood.  

"With that I'm going to shut the hell up before I say something that's misunderstood"

That's my job :)  no problem mate, all taken in the generous spirit it was given. Bless you!

You know what they say about opinions... I've owed Garmin "smartwatches" since the Tactix came out so many years ago. I've had both, cellular version, and non-celluar smartwatches. Trade-offs are unavoidable. Some mentioned that cellular is useless and shouldn't be on a fitness device. I'll bet if that person out on the trail and injured, s/he would fine cellular to be quite useful.

I've owned Garmin smart devices since the Tactix came out years ago. You know what they say about opinions... Some mentioned that LTE/cellular doesn't belong on a fitness device. I'm guessing that person has never been injured on a trail miles from any help. It can literally save your life. Of course there's a chance you can't get a signal, but that would affect a phone as well.

I have a Fenix 6 pro and a Galaxy watch 3 LTE version, and I wear my GW3 all the time. The Fenix is on my desk plugged in via USB collecting dust...

There really isn't any comparison between the two when it comes to battery life (Fenix is way ahead), and some of the fitness functions as well. The GW3 can monitor BP (if that is important to you) pretty accurately (assuming you set it up right). The GW3 is just more convenient and it fully integrates with Windows,and about 60% with Mac (bump that to 80% if you use DEX), the Fenix can't even play on that court. Garmin connect is great, but integration with the OS is limited to Music and some file transfer features.

Trade-offs are inevitable when you purchase any electronic gadget, especially a wearable. You don't want cellular, don't get a wearable with cellular.

If the Fenix had LTE I would buy it.

pepbrow said:

You know what they say about opinions...

What's clear to me is that there are as many use cases as there are opinions (and the correlation is fairly self-explanatory).

Some people are either in the middle of the city where help is always an arm's length away or completely out in the wilderness where there is no cell phone signal at all, and to them, LTE on a watch makes no sense. You either just need to to raise your hand for assistance or you need a satellite phone.

Some people have never been harassed/threatened in any kind of situation and don't see the value in having a connected "panic button," or think carrying a phone is the easy/obvious answer.

And those are entirely valid perspectives. But I think we can all agree that they're not EVERYONE'S perspective. 

In the main, I really like Garmin's approach on the 945 LTE. It's not perfect, but it's focused on what the watch does well and doesn't try to do something it would be bad at (especially compared to smartwatch platforms like the Apple Watch).

What feature of LTE would persuade you to buy a Fenix with it, even though it is a limited form of LTE compared with Apple or Samsung? Is LTE the dealbreaker that puts your GW3 ahead?

K2 said:

to them, LTE on a watch makes no sense. You either just need to to raise your hand for assistance or you need a satellite phone.

That pretty well describes me. In every scenario I can think of where I might need help, I'll either be close enough to people/civilization to just raise my hand or yell for help, or I'll be far away from both people and LTE signal. In the first scenario, I carry nothing. In the second scenario, I carry an InReach.

K2 said:

Some people have never been harassed/threatened in any kind of situation and don't see the value in having a connected "panic button,"

I can understand that, but honestly if someone is threatening/harassing/attacking you, the odds of help showing up fast enough to make any difference, when you press a button on your LTE watch, are pretty slim. Better bet is to carry pepper spray, taser, etc.