speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches

[EzioAuditore]

@DMytro I think the 48.8 is the bezel size and if I am not mistaken the 50 mm of S9Baro is a bit beyond the bezel so I expect same size as the S9Baro.

[EzioAuditore]

@StefanoMorgan Once released and naming is confirmed I would love some explanation behind the naming strategy by some Suunto affiliates (if any)

[DMytro]

@Hristijan-Petreski maybe, I don’t know if e.g. buttons are included in measurement. But in principle I wouldn’t mind retaining the screen size while shirking the overall watch profile.

[Tieutieu]

@DMytro said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@Ultrawalker I’d bet on high end model.

Wouldn’t bet the same ; high model will have maps for sure, and the packaging leaks don’t show maps…
(One of my other expectation is that the strap will be 24mm)

I hope I’m wrong and you’re right…because if I’m right, that means I’ll have to wait more to change my S9B !!

[EzioAuditore]

@Tieutieu Maybe the new chip will be able to handle the computing power needed so it will come in future upgrade (3.x.x) and the older watches will stay in 2.x.x.
Or maybe the packaging is not final and these are devices sent to test, review, etc…
But based on previous timing we will soon know it all in 10-14 days hopefully. May the 4th is nice date

[DMytro]

@Tieutieu we’ll see soon enough. I actually hope they’ll retain 22mm, since it’s much more popular strap width.

[el2thek]

@Tieutieu said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@DMytro said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@Ultrawalker I’d bet on high end model.

Wouldn’t bet the same ; high model will have maps for sure, and the packaging leaks don’t show maps…

Garmin and Coros watches with maps also don’t show maps on the box. So lack of that doesn’t indicate anything if you ask me.

@DMytro said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@Tieutieu we’ll see soon enough. I actually hope they’ll retain 22mm, since it’s much more popular strap width.

Based on the image I’ve seen I suspect it will have a 22mm strap.

[Mitch9]

@el2thek said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@Tieutieu said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@DMytro said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@Ultrawalker I’d bet on high end model.

Wouldn’t bet the same ; high model will have maps for sure, and the packaging leaks don’t show maps…

Garmin and Coros watches with maps also don’t show maps on the box. So lack of that doesn’t indicate anything if you ask me.

Right! The package is “clean” and no other functions are named. So everything is possible…

I expect a high end model.

[Tieutieu]

@el2thek said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@Tieutieu said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@DMytro said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@Ultrawalker I’d bet on high end model.

Wouldn’t bet the same ; high model will have maps for sure, and the packaging leaks don’t show maps…

Garmin and Coros watches with maps also don’t show maps on the box. So lack of that doesn’t indicate anything if you ask me.

Fair enough ! But my packaging reference was the suunto’s only watch with maps so far AKA S7, which shows maps

@DMytro said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@Tieutieu we’ll see soon enough. I actually hope they’ll retain 22mm, since it’s much more popular strap width.

Based on the image I’ve seen I suspect it will have a 22mm strap.

what will I do with my whole collection of 24mm strap I use with my S9B !!

[DMytro]

@Tieutieu said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

But my packaging reference was the suunto’s only watch with maps so far AKA S7, which shows maps

Well, S7 packaging was showing heat maps as the watch face. Not quite the same as showing off in-training map capability.

[Tieutieu]

@DMytro Also very fair enought !! Can’t wait anymore !! Please Suunto release our pain !!

[Freezer]

@Tieutieu the new model (Vertical) will have maps. It’s all in the documents on this forum. From the leaked photos the strap seems 22mm. Some other tidbits are also available, if you look for them

[Jurjen]

Thanks all for building this topic, i’m still happy with my Ambit3 vertical, and more a small watch guy, but this topic makes me really happy anyway. I look forward to all the reviews!

[Ivan Vasilev]

The original Ambit3 Vertical introduced hardware changes (new GPS sensor, no antenna bump, vibration alerts), but the software was very similar to the existing Ambit3 watches. I can only speculate that this could be the case now as well. Does this mean no maps? Let’s wait and see…
On a side note, S9PP already introduced significant hardware and software changes, so hopefully, maps will be available in the new watch. This (other than the size) could be the major differentiator between the two watches.

[LitchiMonster]

Anyone?

[freeheeler]

@LitchiMonster

[EzioAuditore]

@freeheeler Good one

[Jugger]

No one seems to talk about battery life of new watch. Hopefully battery lasts atleast as long as in S9PP. Better resolution screen and maps would be awesome. Is there new HR sensor? How about barometer? Is it similar to S9PP? So many questions and no answers, yet.

Also I’m waiting if there is something intresting coming to S9PP with FW update. After all it has new UI.

[Ivan Vasilev]

@Jugger Given that the new watch will be larger than S9PP, it does make sense that the battery life is going to be equal or better. On the other hand, the original Ambit3 Vertical had shorter battery life compared to Ambit3 Peak… So there’s that

[DMytro]

@Jugger I’ve done some rough estimates of the battery life somewhere above. It was something like 30h with multiband and 50h with all-sat gps. Reasonable I think.
Probably it’ll be either the same hr sensor as in s9pp but tuned to this new watch or the newer sensor.
Barometer - isn’t the one in s9b/s9p/s9pp already quite good? It’d be interesting to see, where they put the hole tho.
It seems like the new watch comes with a new watchface and there were some rumours about the weather - I guess both should come to s9pp at some point. A more interesting question is that whether suunto will make their play on widgets with the reveal of this watch or whether they’ll come in some forseeable future (by widgets I essentially mean more customizability of the watchface).