Race 3S & Race 3 rumours

jthomi

Haha, I was kinda wondering if this all isn`t a plan from Suunto after all, letting really few online shops have some details here and there, another user who accidentally uses a new watch in a video, another one is allowed to sell or maybe only post them on eBay…who knows, as far as I can tell, it works, we are all hyped up!

Those pics on the Japanese site with the details of the watch and even the insides of the watch is nothing new as far I can recall. Before some other model we had such leaks as well… but now, this new amount of leaks is new.

2b2bff

@VoiGAS said:

But they do very different models with different capabilities. Also Hardwarewise, not only with software limitations.

I know this is off topic here, but I have an example of my past devices that is intentionally crippling the device experience for the sake of selling a more expensive device.
I had a Vivoactive 4 and later a Fenix 6S Pro. The latter had Training Effect and Recovery time, what the Vivoactive did not. Until you look at the FIT file in Runalyze. There you see that all the Vivoactive FIT files also have those metrics. Garmin simply does not make them accessible in Garmin Connect.
That’s simply greed…

SuperFlo75

@martintrail you can also see the new watch on Instagram… look at the account of Hannes Namberger… he‘s wearing a new watch…

martintrail

@jthomi Yeah, it’s a well-known tactic. In the industry I work in, they do it too—hide something in the code, post a blurry screenshot somewhere, and the internet goes crazy. It’s cheap and has a measurable impact. But we’ll never know the truth.

Tami999

Iam not psychologist but Iam curious about next watches, but after all leaks iam less interested about this one :D.
I always wanted to give a try smaller Race watch, but lack of Sapphire was huge minus for me. Now seeing all leaked infos, i gonna stay with Race 2. I get used to 49mm which is a bit big on my hand, but still not oversized in terms how big watch should be to not looks funny.

The more i know, the more I can think if i really need to exchange. If race 3 or 4 would hit tommorow, maybe becouse of “impulse” I would order right now.

Probably If I would buy first Suunto right now I would get 3S instead of 2.

PS: To be still in topic. Iam wondering if this new battery type was installed in Vertical MIP, how long it would last. Race 3S seems got nice upgrade over Race 1S.

jthomi

Only six days left and we will know more, there is an announcement on Suunto Instagram about a new watch. Well at least I think its a watch, It could also be a head lamp?

GiPFELKiND

@jthomi https://amzn.eu/d/0aaqdiLG

Available at Amazon since today

martintrail

@GiPFELKiND That’s crazy. How can they already be selling it officially before they’ve even officially announced it? Only Suunto can do that.

GiPFELKiND

@martintrail shipping at 21.10

aiv4r

@GiPFELKiND most interesting part:

At least we know what future update will carry (Race planner and offline music)

Squirrel

Previous Amazon link does not work for me, but this one does: https://amzn.eu/d/02nLG6C1

Too bad the display stays at 1.32, I was hoping they would bump it closer to 1.4

sky-runner

@aiv4r The same Amazon listing shows a photo of a runner wearing the watch with the map screen, and the map rendering looks quite different vs. the current version - with more high contrast colors. Let’s hope that Suunto has listened and optimized map contrast.

With regards to music storage - I couldn’t care less.

Squirrel

@sky-runner said:

and the map rendering looks quite different vs. the current version

From the video, to me it looks pretty much the same

aiv4r

@sky-runner interesting about the maps there is also a frame in video where some kind of AI assistant is used, looks horrible. Could not care less about music, but interesting how race planner will be implemented, but also not on top of my wishlist.

Steven Hambleton

Offline music would be great, it would mean I can leave my phone at home for shorter runs - I’d still take it with me for longer runs like trail etc.

sky-runner

@Squirrel here is what I saw:

Note the white background and the black trails.Also the current position arrow looks different - more like in Run 2 software.

Rayfox

https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Support/Product-support/suunto_race_3s/suunto_race_3s/getting-started/

The Race 3S is probably coming soon—there’s a manual for it, at least.

Egika

@sky-runner said:

@Squirrel here is what I saw:

Note the white background and the black trails.Also the current position arrow looks different - more like in Run 2 software.

This is the Winter map style. Available in your watch too

sky-runner

@Egika said:

This is the Winter map style. Available in your watch too

I don’t think so. In the winter map style the background is grey rather rather than while, bodies of water are light blue and almost invisible against the background, trails are nearly invisible against the background too because their color is just a shade different from the the background. If trails were visible on winter map, it would be my favorite map theme, but I think it is intended for winter sports rather than trail running.

OutdoorMan

@sky-runner I think this is just because of photo editing. I think the t-shirt is also white, but looks yellow-ish due to that.