Race 3S & Race 3 rumours

[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.

[Egika]

My winter background in places is white, not grey.
Release FW of R3s has no extra map style.
The black structure at the bottom or the Pic is how cliffs are rendered.

[sky-runner]

@Egika Ok, in that case it was disingenuous to show the map in winter mode in that advertisement that shows a trail runner. Trails are nearly invisible on a winter map. The choice of colors is such that for a long time I thought that trails are not rendered at all.

[jthomi]

Also funny! https://amzn.eu/d/081B7uga

[Tami999]

@jthomi said:

Also funny! https://amzn.eu/d/081B7uga

Probably the same they used to sell for Race S (same size?). But anyway nice pre-order for screen protector

[aiv4r]

I guess it is officially out!
https://apac.suunto.com/products/suunto-race-3s-titanium-orchid

Nothing really what we already did not know. Can see Race Planner screen. Wonder when we will get that update.
Another a bit scary thing, seems that AI coach will get a bigger role and can be used as an assistant, we will see how it is implementet.

[Steven Hambleton]

@aiv4r Some questions remain -

Will there be a non-titanium version?
How much will the Race 3 be?
Will the Race 2 and Vertical get the same updates given they run on the same chip (Apollo 510) albeit with less storage
Will they reduce the Race 2 further?

[VoiGAS]

Nice Evolution, the Display brightness is the only thing I don’t like on the RaceS. Sounds like this is covered. But if Race3S is really double the price I will keep the “old” one
The name should be Race2S given the amount of news

[Tieutieu]

Is the route planer something new or enhanced ?

[aiv4r]

@Steven-Hambleton i really hope we will not see Race 3 until next year at least.
My assumption is that updates for Vertical 2 and Race 2 will be the same as for Race 3S anything else would not make sense. (But it is the new Suunto, so you never know for sure)

[jthomi]

But no silicone-carbon battery as it seems.

[Pavlas]

I don’t see any mention of a barometer… (?)

[johann.fuehrer]

@Pavlas This would be an indication that there is one…

[aiv4r]

@Pavlas You worried that there is no barometer in a watch that is marketed for trail running?
Or you wondering are there any updates?

[matram]

For us geeks. Here is more information about the new processor in the 3S.

https://ambiq.com/product/apollo510/

[martintrail]

“Every Race 3S bought before the end of 2026 includes three months of Suunto AI Coach.” So a subscription is almost a sure thing. I have no problem with that - happy to support Suunto - but I want to get something useful, so we’ll see.

[martintrail]

@matram The most interesting thing is that the Apollo 510 still supports MIP displays. It has its own dedicated interface for this, in addition to MIPI DSI for AMOLED. A Vertical 3 with MIP would be technically possible. The fact that the watch is going with AMOLED is therefore purely a product decision, not a hardware limitation. So we’ll see.

[Lazar Dimitrov]

@matram
It’s not actually that new
Has been out since 2024. Race 2 and Vertical 2 already use the same SoC.

[martintrail]

@Lazar-Dimitrov Yes, true, that’s probably why there’s no hardware-related reason to split the software for the 3s, V2, and R2. So I’m curious to see what features from the R3s will make their way into other models with the same hardware.