That's quite a list of missing features. One great thing about the 830 is battery life.
Originally Posted by
base2
With the Explore, you can not read/respond to text messeges unless you stop riding & check your actual phone. With other devices a simple screen tap either dismisses the messege or allows a canned response.
You can't race against a Virtual PartnerŪ (train against a digital person as this is not offered.
No virtual partner is a feature.
Not sure about the notifications. I don't really like them, but I see it could be helpful in some cases. But the device is pretty tough to keep connected to my phone anyway.
My Garmin watch is taking up the slack on that front though.