When a karoo 3 XL with more screen and less frames?

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Antonio Tijeras Alonso

• July 08, 2022 11:31
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I think Karoo currently have the best software (especially the visual navigation part), but the screen is too small for me. The karoo1 was a little big, thick and heavy with so many frames, but a karoo3 (for those who want something small) and a karoo3 XL with a screen almost as big as karoo1, with hardly any frames, and more refined, would be very, very revolutionary.

 

For those who need a lot of autonomy, an additional battery pack (such as the Garmin solution) would be very convenient.

 

I changed my Karoo1 for a Garmin 1030+ (because it didn't support TyreWiz), now I have a 1040, but I miss the Karoo screen... and I would love to return to the karoo world. But the karoo2 is too small for me.

 

We need more Karoo models because not all cyclists have the same needs.

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  Andreas Lauinger

  • July 11, 2022 06:56

  According to the specification, both the 1040 and the Karoo 2 have 3.5 inch screens.

  I certainly don't need a bigger size, in fact I think a smaller unit like the bolt v2 would make sense as well. Smaller frames would be nice, but Garmin and Wahoo have thick frames as well. 

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  Antonio Tijeras Alonso

  • July 11, 2022 07:31
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  I've had both in hand and the karoo 2 is 3.2", smaller than the Garmin's 3.5".

  In some specifications I read that the Karoo's screen is 3.2" and others 3.5". I don't know if 3.5" is with frames.

   

  I have superimposed the screen of the karoo on the 1030, with a comparative photo of both on a table maintaining proportions

  

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  Ralph

  • August 26, 2022 16:01
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  I've got the Karoo1 and I'm happy with the screen size. It was also one of the reasons not to join the trade in offer.
  What I would prefer to be better as the Karoo1:
  - battery life or exchangable battery
  - 5G
  - body size
  The rest is fine for me.
  With the end of the trade in offer (selling remaining stock?) I'm expecting the launch of Karoo3 soon.

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  Antonio Tijeras Alonso

  • August 30, 2022 09:52

  5G doesn't make any sense. The only thing you get is to kill the battery, and there is no 5G coverage anywhere, only in the center of major cities... why do you want 5G? it contributes nothing to the karoo.

  Even on my mobile I have 5G disabled...

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  Ralph

  • August 30, 2022 10:29

  Only to be future proof. In Germany e.g. the 3G network has been switched off

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  Antonio Tijeras Alonso

  • August 30, 2022 11:09

  4G is the best option. price, consumption, etc.

  But if it does not have a large screen and few frames, as if they put a Starlink connection

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