speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches

[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]

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[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).

[Jugger]

@DMytro Battery life seems ok then. About barometer I ment that S9PP can also measure under water. I think it’s also in new watch.

Weather watchface would be nice. I miss baro watchface from S9B. If there would be possibility to sync outside temperature to it, it would be perfect.

[Likarnik]

I just hope that new watch has all the capabilities of S9PP and more, not missing something out. Not counting weight/size, that is more personal preference…

[Highlands]

Can’t wait to have a look at the new Suunto.

[DMytro]

@Likarnik what I could imagine might be missing is snorkeling ready baro sensor and ambient light sensor.

[suzzlo]

I expect new OHR, so HRV can be measured… hopefully

[DMytro]

@suzzlo can’t hrv be measured already?

[Andi Buzer]

@DMytro according to a blog article about the sleep tracking it’s measured and taken into account for the sleep quality score. But we have no values over the whole day or at least while in activity, which if you use certain partners is really a pitty

[DMytro]

@Andi-Buzer I mean, according to some old surveys we should eventually get it in suunto coach tab. Maybe in the next updates. Like nightly hrv or smth.

[suuntastic]

Dreaming of a “bare” Suunto without internal OHR, sleeptracking, resources… But of course with Suuntos advanced accurate outside features (fusedalti, accurate distance …). I am aware that I am pretty alone with this, because everybody wants wellness features. I always use external HR and know how to train and to pause… training peaks app plugin is useful…

[dulko79]

@Andi-Buzer But does it make sense to measure hrv with ohr during the day and sport activities? Are hrv measurements reliable? I understood it makes sense to measure hrv during night when you sleep still for recovery assessment.

[A Former User]

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

Dreaming of a “bare” Suunto without internal OHR, sleeptracking, resources… But of course with Suuntos advanced accurate outside features (fusedalti, accurate distance …). I am aware that I am pretty alone with this, because everybody wants wellness features. I always use external HR and know how to train and to pause… training peaks app plugin is useful…

The ambit 3 peak?