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    Suunto Race All black or Titanium 😜

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    • isaziI Offline
      isazi Moderator @leafs93
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      @leafs93 Vertical is also getting the same GPS update the Race already has in the next update.

      Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

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        General_Witt @isazi
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        @isazi Is the gps module the same in the two watches? What is this update?

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          GiPFELKiND Silver Members @isazi
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          @isazi what an update for GPS? The Battery Modes in Vertical ā€œCustomā€ will be on the Vertical after the GPS Update?! What exactly are changes while the Vertical will got an GPS update? GPS ist the best in the Vertical

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            Egika Platinum Member @GiPFELKiND
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            @GiPFELKiND the GPS chip in there is built by third party. It has it’s own firmware.
            This will sometimes be updated as well. Even if it the best, it still can be improved, for example to make re-acquisition of the signal faster after exiting a tunnel or so.

            t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal,
            Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

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              ChrisA Platinum Member @GiPFELKiND
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              @GiPFELKiND I got the black steel, mainly for the looks of the all black body, but also because for my purposes the weight doesn’t really matter. I never run longer than 90 minutes and for hiking it’s no problem. In martial arts I don’t wear the watch at all most of the time and use a HR strap, which I prefer for strength training also.

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                David l
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                I’ve gone for the basic, again because the weight difference is negligible for me, with longest activities being 3:30 - 4h depending on the marathon.
                Also wear it all the time so used to weight.

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                  Brad_Olwin Moderator @GiPFELKiND
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                  @GiPFELKiND Patience, the update will come and hopefully with few if any bugs…lots of testing and some major changes.

                  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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                    isazi Moderator @General_Witt
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                    @General_Witt it’s the same as far as I know. Sony makes the chip and the firmware for Suunto.

                    Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                    Blog: isazi's home

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                      David l @Brad_Olwin
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                      @Brad_Olwin said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium 😜:

                      @GiPFELKiND Patience, the update will come and hopefully with few if any bugs…lots of testing and some major changes.

                      Is there any chance we could get a widget that would display a barcode/QR šŸ™ ? Given the price point for the Race, I think it could be good competition for the various Garmins for those into the shorter distances as well as the longer.

                      Or I’m just being very ā€˜it’s all about me’!

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                        BrunoH Gold Members @David l
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                        @David-Lown an honest question from an old geezer; why do you need a code on your watch screen? Is it for identification purposes in some race or smth? I am really curious!

                        Compasses: M-311, A-10, SK-7
                        Diving: Finnlight Navy 90, Vyper
                        Sports: Metron, S7, S9B and Vertical

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                          David l @BrunoH
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                          @BrunoH said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium 😜:

                          @David-Lown an honest question from an old geezer; why do you need a code on your watch screen? Is it for identification purposes in some race or smth? I am really curious!
                          Barcode is for Parkrun - saves having to take a phone and/or a printed copy. Very useful as I tend to visit different places and don’t necessarily take my car.
                          Possibly a bit personal to me but my memory isn’t the best but there’s nothing worse than running a parkrun and realising you’ve left your barcode at home. No barcode, no result šŸ˜”. Have done that about 10 times in the last 360 parkruns (over the last 10 years). 🤦

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                            Egika Platinum Member @David l
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                            @David-Lown I think this is mainly about you - have never heard of parkrun before…
                            At least I am pretty sure that there are many things on the list that are of higher priority for a bigger user base…

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                            Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

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                              TonyG Silver Members @Egika
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                              @Egika said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium 😜:

                              @David-Lown I think this is mainly about you - have never heard of parkrun before…
                              At least I am pretty sure that there are many things on the list that are of higher priority for a bigger user base…

                              hmm, there are approx 3 million parkrun runners worldwide
                              https://www.parkrun.com/about/#:~:text=parkrun started back in 2004,million parkrunners (and counting).

                              should be enough of a user base / incentive for Suunto to at least look at, i would have thought.

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                                The_77 Silver Members @TonyG
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                                @TonyG to be fair, it would be useful, I’m forever losing the sodding barcode and printing it out again

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                                  I went with the Titanium model. Main reason is the weight. It looks and feels lighter and less bulkier on the wrist as the Vertical Titanium. And to me the Titanium model looks better than the stainless steel (I never liked black watches). In my eyes the watch doesnā€˜t look like plastic at all, I really like the looks. But: beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. šŸ˜‰

                                  The 16GB extra memory are not important to me.

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                                    David l @Egika
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                                    @Egika said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium 😜:

                                    @David-Lown I think this is mainly about you - have never heard of parkrun before…
                                    At least I am pretty sure that there are many things on the list that are of higher priority for a bigger user base…

                                    Not too sure I agree with you about this - Parkrun may not be present/many where you live but Parkrun is possibly the biggest worldwide running movement.

                                    As for priority, it’s possibly going to be on par with turning the face around, dimming display time at night etc.

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                                      Brad_Olwin Moderator @David l
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                                      @David-Lown If Parkrun is managed the Suunto API is available commercially to create a SuuntoPlus app that would display a barcode. I think this would be an ideal use case for a SuuntoPlus app. I would enquire with Parkrun and see if you can get this started, not sure it would be implemented from the Suunto side.

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                                        Egika Platinum Member @David l
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                                        @David-Lown thank you for enlighting me! I read and tried to understand the concept.
                                        Priorities are given by Suunto’s product managers, not by you or me…

                                        Anyway, I don’t really understand why I need a barcode, if the watch tracks the run with GPS. What is the difference to let’s say a Strava segment?
                                        Could parkrun maybe use Suunto’s API to sync runs from Suunto App that happen at the designated time and place? Like syncing to other services.
                                        QR codes seem to be a little analog in our digital world…

                                        t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal,
                                        Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

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                                          David l @Egika
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                                          @Egika said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium 😜:

                                          @David-Lown thank you for enlighting me! I read and tried to understand the concept.
                                          Priorities are given by Suunto’s product managers, not by you or me…

                                          Anyway, I don’t really understand why I need a barcode, if the watch tracks the run with GPS. What is the difference to let’s say a Strava segment?
                                          Could parkrun maybe use Suunto’s API to sync runs from Suunto App that happen at the designated time and place? Like syncing to other services.
                                          QR codes seem to be a little analog in our digital world…

                                          Barcode needed to get the result and the run. Trust me, once you start it gets quite addictive for a 5km at 0900 every Saturday!

                                          Then add in some of the external challenges like alphabet, Cowell, various bingos and suddenly life revolves around it.

                                          Well, at least that’s what my wife says…… šŸ˜‚

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                                            BrunoH Gold Members @Egika
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                                            @Egika if I understood the Parkrun use case correctly, you need the code to register your personal result with the Parkrun organization and ranking list by beeping your code someplace. With Strava it would (probably) only be for your own bookkeeping.

                                            Correct me if I’m wrong.

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                                            Diving: Finnlight Navy 90, Vyper
                                            Sports: Metron, S7, S9B and Vertical

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