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My Sony was put into use when the 1000 got wet in the storm in Montenegro. So, I think if you have a waterproof phone you're probably at least as good as Garmin.
I have a map screen w/ 2 fields, elevation screen w/ 2 fields and normally two data screens with maybe 7 fields each on them and just flick through them. If I'm racing a TT, I turn off elevation screen and turn on a screen with 3 fields on it (so the numbers are bigger and easier to read when I'm tucking).
hippy
Agree. If I never did multi-day rides I would just stick to phone. It's a bit shit in the rain but workable, and a plastic bag could make it better if I was going to do a long wet ride, which I hardly ever do nowadays anyway. And hard to adjust back to Garmin once you've got used to phone-quality mapping.
With 1030 what do you do about data fields? On 705 I can have map + 4 data fields and never have to scroll screens. But 1030 doesn't do that. I tried the app to get more data fields and it didn't have the right ones plus it kept having to be reloaded.
What do you do - just don't want / need the data fields, or is it ok to keep scrolling once you're used to it?