Now, sure, I’ve had the same problem with a Charge before, but that was with a $12 third-party mesh bracelet I bought on Amazon. Plus, the mesh bracelet doesn’t sit flush with the edges of the body (see below). it still looks like a Fitbit, albeit one with rounded edges and a shiny exterior. The Luxe is about aesthetics - the name says as much. Granted, with the Inspire you’re sacrificing GPS (which, incidentally, I’m convinced is faster to connect on the Luxe than the Charge 4), but I expect most people doing substantial workout sessions are carrying their smartphones for music anyway and might as well use them for tracking, too. Or, for $99.95, you can get the same core feature set and double the Luxe’s battery life with the Inspire 2. With the Charge 4 you get more features for the same money, or less. It’s a case of something that looks like an upgrade proving to be functionally a downgrade. Compared to the Charge 4, you’re also losing Fitbit Pay (admittedly, only available on the $149.95 Charge 4 Special Edition, not the regular $129.95 one), Spotify controls, on-wrist SpO2 metrics (useful if you think you’ve contracted COVID), and an altimeter (which admittedly for most people won’t be a big deal, but for someone who chose to live on the top floor of a five-floor walkup for the sake of the unavoidable exercise, is minorly vexing). Sure, you get a color display, but it’s one that’s less responsive and more likely to have you swiping incessantly to escape its menus than its monochromatic brethren.
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