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      theorydude Bronze Member
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      After reading through multiple forums, I have the impression that Suunto will not be supporting swim functions beyond basic lap swimming - is that a fair perception? It seems that the majority of all comments have to do with land-based activity updates, and hardly anyone makes any comments about swimming. The Ambit 3 was the last watch to have real swim functionality.

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        Brad_Olwin Moderator @suzzlo
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        @suzzlo Primarily no FB features for Spartans as the majority need 24/7 HR and that is not possible with the Spartans.

        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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        • Brad_OlwinB Offline
          Brad_Olwin Moderator @zhang965
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          @zhang965 That is a nice watch…my favorite color, I almost purchased one.

          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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            suzzlo Moderator @Brad_Olwin
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            @Brad_Olwin ? I have 24/7 HR in my Spartan. Perhaps something related to RR?

            BR

            Suunto: Race, S9Peak, Spartan Sport Wrist
            Garmin: FR745, Edge 530
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            • Guides - https://forum.suunto.com/tags/guides
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            • Frédéric FiandinoF Offline
              Frédéric Fiandino @Brad_Olwin
              last edited by Frédéric Fiandino

              @Brad_Olwin said in Spartan update complains:

              @suzzlo Primarily no FB features for Spartans as the majority need 24/7 HR and that is not possible with the Spartans.

              hi, can you explain this ?
              There are SSUs without OHRs and SSSs / SSTs with OHRs

              Race
              S9P with a firmware too
              SSSWHR with a firmware inside
              Ambit 3 Run

              https://runalyze.com/athlete/Fred13270

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              • zhang965Z Offline
                zhang965 @Frédéric Fiandino
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                @Frédéric-Fiandino
                why do you need any explain ? i don’t get it

                Winners Wear Winners

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                  mraka Bronze Member @suzzlo
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                  @suzzlo said in Spartan update complains:

                  Let’s see if Suunto has some November Santa gift (FW+SA) for Spartan users…

                  🤞 🤞 🤞

                  Sad thing here is that all this is just another industry/marketing(let people talk and hope about our product) hype bullshit.
                  Like they could just announce that this long awaited update will be only for S3-9. And that SSU update will come latter, if it comes at all, (but it has to come if they want keep selling anything in the future).

                  I could easily fall for this, and “knowing” that update is coming in October go ahead and buy SSU for 450 euro. But something stank during my research, and i went for A3 Peak for 266 euro. And btw A3 was built in 2019. while SSU in 2016. or 2017.

                  Be honest, listen to your customers, give them legit announcements regarding new products/product updates. And i bet in return you get far more respect and loyalty from your customers/clients then this secretsy bullshit.

                  But they will not, because this is all just hyper-production, hyper-marketing, hyper-money making age we live in.

                  Vertical Solar Titanium
                  Ambit3 Peak Black

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                  • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                    Brad_Olwin Moderator @suzzlo
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                    @suzzlo Yep the WHR models do have 24/7 and OHR, it is a good question and could potentially be hardware dependent.

                    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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                      Brad_Olwin Moderator @Frédéric Fiandino
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                      @Frédéric-Fiandino My bad!

                      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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                      • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                        Brad_Olwin Moderator @mraka
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                        @mraka I stated this in a prior post but the Spartan development was much more significant than the S series, I bought an Ultra when it was released and it is nothing near the watch you have now. Similar complaints were made with the Ambit series upgrades, which I also owned. I think Suunto did an amazing job with Spartan development.

                        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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                        • Frédéric FiandinoF Offline
                          Frédéric Fiandino @zhang965
                          last edited by Frédéric Fiandino

                          @zhang965 What do not you understand ?
                          Perhaps Brad had technical information explaining the impossibility of implementing features FB on the all Spartan series

                          Race
                          S9P with a firmware too
                          SSSWHR with a firmware inside
                          Ambit 3 Run

                          https://runalyze.com/athlete/Fred13270

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                            mraka Bronze Member @Brad_Olwin
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                            @Brad_Olwin said in Spartan update complains:

                            @mraka I stated this in a prior post but the Spartan development was much more significant than the S series, I bought an Ultra when it was released and it is nothing near the watch you have now. Similar complaints were made with the Ambit series upgrades, which I also owned. I think Suunto did an amazing job with Spartan development.

                            I didn’t say SSU is not a good watch, and that it didn’t get updates. Just people are waiting for more much needed (as i read) updates, and i am sure that those are coming, but tell people what is coming and what is not coming in next update. Make honest kind of connection with customers…

                            Honestly, i prefer SSU over S. But it is just not there yet. Specially for that amount of money, that is my opinion.

                            Vertical Solar Titanium
                            Ambit3 Peak Black

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                              Fenr1r @mraka
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                              @mraka Re: your earlier post

                              No disagreement on your wider points of tech business but are you sure you have not fallen into the same trap you describe? Full A3PS integration into SA is a similar ambition/hint/aspiration (“hype bullshit”) rather than promise. Older models may get less and less connectable as the app develops and MC(web)'s continuation becomes a lost dream.

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                                mraka Bronze Member @Fenr1r
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                                @Fenr1r said in Spartan update complains:

                                @mraka Re: your earlier post

                                No disagreement on your wider points of tech business but are you sure you have not fallen into the same trap you describe? Full A3PS integration into SA is a similar ambition/hint/aspiration (“hype bullshit”) rather than promise. Older models may get less and less connectable as the app develops and MC(web)'s continuation becomes a lost dream.

                                Good point 🙂 Sure i did nice research before i bought my watch. There is no official statement, but from what i have found they will continue to make older models connectable in the future. (ops, just found official statement:
                                https://forum.suunto.com/topic/2595/may-transition-update) - but its still shallow as hell 😅

                                But you didnt understand me quite well i think. I didn’t say they give false advertisement for future updates, like they say something is coming and it doesn’t come ever. I sad that they should improve community communication in terms of giving people full announcements, not partial.

                                Vertical Solar Titanium
                                Ambit3 Peak Black

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                                  Fenr1r @mraka
                                  last edited by Fenr1r

                                  @mraka I got your point; I was just interested that you still showed optimism (faith, even: similar to @TELE-HO) in buying the A3PS without guarantee of continued connectivity (and warnings to the contrary). In practice Suunto, for all their lack of transparency on this, got a sale to a cynic.

                                  No criticism: I made (in retrospect) inadvisable assumptions on eventual feature development/recovery on the SSU.

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                                    mraka Bronze Member @Fenr1r
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                                    @Fenr1r Optimism and faith come from good research, i didn’t buy it just like that… 🙂 Plus, now they seem to confirm it with this new announcement. And as shallow as it may be, i think that the support will be full (there’s your optimism and faith right there) 🙂

                                    Vertical Solar Titanium
                                    Ambit3 Peak Black

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                                      Fenr1r @mraka
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                                      @mraka Fair enough, I reckon. Hope Suunto come through for you.

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                                        borgelkranz Bronze Member @Fenr1r
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                                        @Fenr1r said in Spartan update complains:

                                        […] I made (in retrospect) inadvisable assumptions on eventual feature development/recovery on the SSU.

                                        So did I. I bought my SSU on day one for 698.99 € to replace my Ambit 2r. When buying it (August 2016) I thought i had bought the flagship model and not the budget one.

                                        Then I had to realise that this watch performed worse than my Ambit 2r in almost any respect. When it finally was acceptable (May 2018), I began to regain hope. Until (from my perspective) suddenly new models were popping up.

                                        Now I begin to feel that I never bought a flagship model but a dead product unfinished product that never will be finished.

                                        In retrospection, it deeply angers me that I advised people to buy Suunto Spartan models because I hoped for the best.

                                        Enough letting off steam…

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                                        • zhang965Z Offline
                                          zhang965
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                                          Yes, I do understand,
                                          My spartan ultra,it doesn’t even have a decent “do not distribute” function util the end of 2018, six months after Suunto 9 released.

                                          Winners Wear Winners

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                                            BobMiles Bronze Member @borgelkranz
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                                            @borgelkranz my story exactly. It’s a trap.

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