Although the starting gun for electronic payments with smartphones was not given by Apple, it has become a reference in this sector and we can increasingly find it in the market a greater number of devices and platforms that allow us to make payments directly from our wrist or from our smartphone.
Samsung is one of the veterans along with Apple Pay in this sector, a sector that Fitbit has recently joined with its latest smartwatch called Iconic and also Garmin with the Vivoactive 3, a device that debuts the Garmin contactless payment platform. This device, like the Fitbit Iconic, hit the market to compete directly with the Apple Watch Series 2.
Garmin is not a stranger in this sector, since it has always been a reference in the world of sports activity and since it got fully involved in the world of wearables the company has not disappointed at any time. The Garmin Vivoactive 3 monitors our heart activity, along with the level of oxygen in the blood (a function that is also available in the Fitbit Iconic but not in the Apple Watch), integrates a GPS to know at all times the route we take when we go out to exercise, it is waterproof ...
As we can see, Garmin has done its best, like Fitbit, to launch this new generation of wearables that They go straight to compete against the Apple Watch Series 2, but as we can see integrating more functions. But as usual, the Apple ecosystem is the Apple ecosystem and users who use all Apple products I doubt that they will not even consider opting for any of these models at any time. But not everyone uses only the Apple ecosystem for everything. That's where Garmin and Fitbit have to carve out, especially for their price tag, $ 299.
