@Brad_Olwin said in Will OpenSuuntoPlus be coming to Suunto Run?:
@thanasis said in Will OpenSuuntoPlus be coming to Suunto Run?:
@JebClydeNC I don’t follow your rationale … You cannot be arguing that you lose something by having additional options … on the contrary, not having options means you lose the option of having something
Well, I see @jebclydenc point. The Run has many S+ features built into the watch so fewer S+ features would be used. Second, if future S+ features require more memory that an older watch does not have that could be problematic.
Theoretically, couldn’t Suunto have a setup where an app that has a demanding requirement not show up for Run users but only for those who meet the requirements? Feels like this objective is a QA user more than anything else. Alternatively, if someone on any watch downloads a S+ app and finds it “problematic” then they can remove that app (and ideally, report it as bugged to Suunto).
I personally like the Run a lot, it has dramatically improved since I started testing for Suunto. I typically don’t need maps when following a route and often will check my phone anyway.
I don’t have a quarrel with the Run for its lack of S+ ability, as I think that makes for a clear line showing why one might pay for for a Race, etc. However, it also means S+ isn’t a “core experience”.
I do think the limited sport modes is silly in comparison. People will just end up tagging some sessions with a slightly less useful tag in most cases. Now if there is a limitation of how many modes a watch can “hold” then have a core set and let people select from a list what secondaries they have — I think maybe Polar does something like this?
Finally, while I’m here, I’ll repeat I think it was silly for Suunto to give the Run the ability to do offline music playback but not include it further up the line. People say that’s due to limitations of the older watches, but Race 2 came out after Run and still doesn’t have it.
Yes, I realize the Run has its own OS and that’s probably part of the reason, but I think it’s kind of dumb they rolled a new OS for just one thing. Mostly though, I think it makes purchasing decisions sillier than they need to be. If I want both maps and offline music, there’s no Suunto solution for that, even though they have watches that offer either solution. This makes Suunto feel more like Garmin in my mind, giving an impression of being more fragmented with different teams on different watches not paying attention to what the other team is doing.
