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^this.
E.g. when I was commuting 7 miles, I didn't bother charging my Garmin every day. Sometimes I'd go a week or more without plugging it in to anything, and then I'd upload a load of rides in one go. And sometimes it was a bit of a faff to remember which bike I was riding etc.
Wireless upload as soon as you hit "end ride"just makes it so much more convenient.
One of the things I like about strava is tracking the mileage I've done on each bike, cassette etc. It's certainly not all about segments for me.
ChasnotRobert
It's not effort, it is the inconvenience.
I intended to do this when I got the 800, and did it a handful of times and generally just do not bother.
Upgrading is about convenience not about effort. If it's one more thing I don't have to remember to do, one more time I don't need to put the computer on, remove the SD card or GPS from the bike... then great. I'm far more likely to use it.
The 800 gets a few outings a year for solo rides where I need routing, an 820 that constantly syncs via the phone would be used on every ride.
The value I get from the 800 because of the inconvenience is low. The value I'd get from the 820 would be high if the sync'ing just means I'd leave it on the bike all the time and only charge it every few days.