Good and bad of the Race S
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I’ve had the Race S to test for a few days now and I have to say it’s a very beautifully designed watch that feels great!
There are just a few things about the software that bother me and I hope they will be addressed or forwarded as a suggestion:- Pressing complications on the dial often doesn’t work.
- UI: you can only ever select the middle element directly during operation. If I select a menu item above or below the middle one, this item first jumps to the center for selection and then you can only press it. I find this irritating and hope this will be improved with an update.
- No tap-to-wake for the display! I Wonder why?
- I really miss a quick selection (like on the Garmin) where 10 symbols are arranged IN A CIRCLE at a glance!
- Sleep Tracking doesn’t work good
I hope Suunto will fix this with firmware updates so that the Race S becomes a real classic.
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@Aladdin Perhaps we can collect all small and large things here.
https://forum.suunto.com/topic/12816/small-and-larger-improvements
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Here is my feedback concerning the touch screen (also came from Garmin):
Pros:
- there is a lovely ‘minimal’ mode for a wake up gesture. It is just great, love it!
- entire dynamics in switching between wigdets and scrolling works just perfect for me.
- Navigation/maps in sports mode is implemented incredibly good. It works way better and more responsive than in Garmin.
Cons:
- as pointed above - no tap-to-wake option. I really hope this will be updated soon!
- also compilations are not equally responsive on all watch faces - I suppose this can also be fixed in next updates.