Nicked from the above review:
The 530:
– Increased battery life from 15 to 20 hours, and to 48 hours in battery saver mode
– Significantly increased processor speed: Results in much faster route calculation (see videos)
– Maintained complete on-board turn by turn map database for your region
– Added WiFi: Used for syncing of activities/metrics/routes (not during ride)
The 830 has that plus:
- Touchscreen (thankfully different than the older Edge 820 touchscreen)
– Address-specific routing, whereas on the Edge 530 you can’t enter a street address
– Searchable points of interest database, for finding food/monuments/hotels/etc…
– Edge 830 has four less buttons than the 530, since it’s a touch screen (and also has some slight differences in user interface, since you can touch it – most easily seen in the mapping pages)
The biggest change is that it all seems to actually work. I doubt if I would have bought the Elemnt if these had been available at the time.
