doogald
Trusted Member
There's one major problem - the touchscreen, which is unreliable if there's any moisture anywhere near it, whether that be from sweaty fingers or from rain. There's nothing quite like running for an hour and finding that a phantom press of the touchscreen ended your workout quite some time ago.
I agree with you that the AW is a poor running watch, for many of the reasons you list, but there is a solution (not a great one) to that particular issue - turn on water mode on the Series 2/Nike+ watch just after you start the run. It means a turn of the crown at the end of the run to turn it off, but at least there's that.
But, yes, the watch should use physical button presses for workout mode, or at least have the option. Then long-press the buttons to go home or to the dock, etc.