Polar M600 – very soon. Very. Really. Well the announcement, anyway.

Just wonder if it will sync/upload to iOS devices, being Android Wear. Unless Polar thinks of it as a stand alone device. If it has wifi, then it would just upload once you got home.

Oh really? I used to have the M400 and had to send it back. Instead of buying another I decided to wait for M400 + Optical HR which is what this essentially seems to be. I’ve been waiting 9 months so I’m stoked. The only thing I’m worried about is how long they will take to support iOS android wear integration (if it’s not supported initially).

Agreed, if true this is very poor. One of the things that is keeping me away from the Apple Watch/Android Wear devices is the poor battery life. I can get 4+ weeks from my V800. Once you turn on all of the Andoid Wear features, it will reduce the 2 days even more. Whilst I can understand that this will help Polar by removing a large chunk of the software development (a weak spot for Polar), only offering parity with other devices does not allow them to differentiate themselves. Also, I am assuming existing M400 users with weeks of battery life will be less than impressed.

Interesting what this would mean for a V800 replacement. The competiion (new Suunto Spartan and Garmin Fenix) have good battery life (well, from the Suunto specs rather than testing), but I would not be happy with having to keep charging my device after every run, bike or trip to the gym.

Time will tell if this move pays off for Polar. All I can say is that us, as consumers will be having a greater choice when we are looking to upgrade.