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    Preference for a 3- or 5-Button Configuration?

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    • Tomas5T Offline
      Tomas5 @mikekoski490
      last edited by Tomas5

      @mikekoski490 well, todays trend is touch screens. I think in few years when i will need a new watch, there would be no other option. I will adjust my preferences, but it would be painfull, especialy fingerprints and wet hands, rain, water. But for now i have S5. I have it only for 2 years so it must survive at least another 2. So for now i don’t plan to buy anything new.

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      • Tomas5T Offline
        Tomas5
        last edited by

        And how is it wil vertical anyway? Do i need to use touch screen or is possible to do every possible action with just 3 buttons? In that case it would be OK even with 3 button only for me 😉 just a little toggle switch to disable touch screen in settings.

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        • mikekoski490M Offline
          mikekoski490 Bronze Member @Tomas5
          last edited by mikekoski490

          @Tomas5 Im going for the Vertical just because Im hoping for bigger font with a brighter, bigger screen, which seems to be the case based on reviews. I really dont want to start bringing my reading glasses with me on trail runs but Im sure its inevitable. 🙄

          FYI I have absolutely no problem with the 3 buttons on my 9PP. It has been really solid and the design and UI work together well, or you get used to the 3 buttons and how they react. I dont use the touch screen when doing an activity - buttons only and touchscreen disabled. I will want the touch screen for maps though - if I can see them! Hopefully good contrast or Ill be back to the breadcrumb black and white on my 9PP.

          Past Suuntos: X-Lander/Observer/T6/X9/X10/X6HR/CORES/Ambits/Spartan/9P/9PP Ti/Vertical Ti

          Current: Suunto Race Ti

          Past other GPS watches: Polar Vantage V; Garmin 6X Pro Solar; Coros Vertix 2

          Suunto App running on Google Pixel 8/Android 14

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          • freeheelerF Offline
            freeheeler @Tomas5
            last edited by

            @Tomas5
            you can operate the watch entirely without touch with few exceptions. the watch face complications can’t be changed/cycled by buttons.

            regarding touch screen only, I don’t see this coming any time soon. adventure watches need to operate in all kind of conditions. we use our watches not only on a sunny 30min tuesday evening run in the city… when weather gets bad, buttons are the way to go

            living sideways

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            • Mff73M Offline
              Mff73 @freeheeler
              last edited by

              @freeheeler said in Preference for a 3- or 5-Button Configuration?:

              @Tomas5
              you can operate the watch entirely without touch with few exceptions. the watch face complications can’t be changed/cycled by buttons.

              regarding touch screen only, I don’t see this coming any time soon. adventure watches need to operate in all kind of conditions. we use our watches not only on a sunny 30min tuesday evening run in the city… when weather gets bad, buttons are the way to go

              another exception (quite annoying in case of glove usage) : switching from zoom to full track view in navigation. Only single tap on the screen enable this

              Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
              Suunto Vertical all black
              Wife : S9PP
              SA: Always the latest beta :)
              Android 13, Galaxy S205G

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              • freeheelerF Offline
                freeheeler @Mff73
                last edited by

                @Mff73
                that’s valid for previous touch enabled watches, yes. not for Vertical

                living sideways

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                • Mff73M Offline
                  Mff73 @freeheeler
                  last edited by

                  @freeheeler
                  How do you know it won’t be the case for Vertical ? Will there be a special button pressing to switch from zoomed path to full navigated track? 🙄

                  Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
                  Suunto Vertical all black
                  Wife : S9PP
                  SA: Always the latest beta :)
                  Android 13, Galaxy S205G

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                  • freeheelerF Offline
                    freeheeler @Mff73
                    last edited by

                    @Mff73
                    2 things:

                    • 500m is max zoom level
                    • when you touch the map it will be to pan the map
                      this makes tap to view full route impossible, no?

                    living sideways

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                    • Mff73M Offline
                      Mff73 @freeheeler
                      last edited by

                      @freeheeler
                      We will see next week 😋

                      Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
                      Suunto Vertical all black
                      Wife : S9PP
                      SA: Always the latest beta :)
                      Android 13, Galaxy S205G

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                      • Tomas5T Offline
                        Tomas5 @freeheeler
                        last edited by Tomas5

                        @freeheeler thats great 😉 and there is no problem with touch screen when raining? I mean in watch mode, doesn’t rain create some problems?

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                        • freeheelerF Offline
                          freeheeler @Tomas5
                          last edited by

                          @Tomas5
                          in watch mode? I would say only as bad as with any other watch 😉 when no button is pressed, nothing happens

                          living sideways

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                          • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                            Brad_Olwin Moderator @Tomas5
                            last edited by

                            @Tomas5 I have not had any issues in watch mode with rain. However, I am not interacting with the watch two to three times per minute either….

                            Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

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                            • mikekoski490M Offline
                              mikekoski490 Bronze Member @Tomas5
                              last edited by mikekoski490

                              @Tomas5 I just watched this really cool video review of the Vertical. It goes into some fantastic detail on the navigation features AND its done showing the touchscreen in the rain.

                              Shout out to this channel! I think I enjoyed it more than DCR or Desfit to be quite honest: Active Ideas:

                              https://youtu.be/Ldx_YPgU87c

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                              Past Suuntos: X-Lander/Observer/T6/X9/X10/X6HR/CORES/Ambits/Spartan/9P/9PP Ti/Vertical Ti

                              Current: Suunto Race Ti

                              Past other GPS watches: Polar Vantage V; Garmin 6X Pro Solar; Coros Vertix 2

                              Suunto App running on Google Pixel 8/Android 14

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