I think Garrett gets what most people want, and I'm not sure "most" users are represented on the online forums. Most people that post here often are the exception, they are out every chance they get. This hobby is to them what the guys that live and breath golf is. Those guys buy the hot new club by pre-order. And maybe they can even make use of it.
But most people on the course are not those guys. Most have hand me down clubs, mismatched sets, bags from a yard sale. If they order a set of matching clubs it's a big step up. Most will never even dream of going to blades, they are very happy that the correction clubs they have help lower their score on the weekends they can get out.
I think Garrett gets what most people want, they want easy to use. Good but not too complicated. Options but not overwhelming.
My first detector was a White's coin master, you had to ground balance. It don't remember much about it because I only used it a half dozen times 30 years ago. But I do remember that I thought ground balance was a pain.
When I got my ACE 250 about 2008, I considered the built in ground balance as a huge selling point! I still do in my current ACE 400. But to many of the folks on the forum that is a deal breaker.
I won't be able to get out every week, it may take me months to get 100 hours in on a machine. Like most say you need to, to really know it. But it seems like the learning curve is not as steep with the controls I see on a Garrett.
I would think that more entry and intermediate level machines are sold than high end machine ever will be. I think Garrett hits that part of the market pretty hard. I would love to see what they come up with next, even if I can't make much use of it.