Suunto 7

pilleus

Definitely my watch! Thank you, Suunto!

danisius

At first look i found it fascinating it is the most beautiful watch to me. There was i moment that i thougth i would upgrage my Ambit 3 with this piece of art.

But than checked the specs and price i am bit skeptical to the feature of this watch.
It is in lower end of premium watches price. Just offering Maps and super pumped Display with limited battery life.
There are no customizeble sports and no connecton to bluetooth sensors.
My outdoor activities are short runs of 30-60 mins and open water swimm up to 60 min,with battery life up to 48 hours i don`t like the idea to recharge it every day.

My conclusion is: I would not spent almost 500 euro just for the perfect look and i think that most people would not do it too.
I`m starting to wonder where Suunto is heading hope it would not follow Fitbit.

Jonathan Newby

I do run/walk ultras and looking at S7 I like it. The question is should i get it to complement my S9 or should i wait and get the S10.

Jonathan Newby

@solid_dd I was thinking daily use S7 racing S9.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

Suunto 7 is a smartwatch @silentvoyager ,

I suunto waited to make $$ from the mountain lovers, well that is bad news. There are only a few like us in this word.

It would not be called ultra if anyone could run one

Shrek3k

There are a lot of really good comments that hit the mark in my opinion. I have to say -
1 - surprise accomplished
2 - accomplished that I now fear a little bit, that the focus drifts away from ‘real sport watches’ although I read @Brad_Olwin commentary about the Ultra domination I still see the limited capacities of Suunto … and as mentioned before - to become another Fossil-watch-adaptor might not be enough
3 - the features of the watch are interesting, nevertheless, but, it it is not for me

kurko

I have to say that this model is a huge opening for Suunto towards mass markets. Some people seem disappointed due to limitations on very niche features e.g. triathlon. This watch is not meant for hardcore athletes but fancy daily driver for most. If this turns out successful and Suunto development team gains good learnings on integration, I would not be surprised if we see Suunto 11 or so with more athlete’s approach later on.

margusl

Interesting timing, considering it’s based on Sanpdragon Wear 3100. Not that there were much other options and I can only guess how long they have been working on this. And they probably could not afford waiting any more. But still - the next gen Snapdragon Wear chipset is expected somewhere during this year. And progressing from 28nm process A7 cores to 12nm A53 cores (2013 vs 2018 tech) is likely to bring along Wear OS watches with longer battery life, smother user experience and longer Wear OS support cycle by the end of the year.

With competitive pricing this would make sense - testing a new(ish) solution on customers while preparing for more polished next release. But going for premium knowing that there’s a good chance it will sell for about a half after 12 or so months?

https://9to5google.com/2019/10/28/qualcomm-snapdragon-wear-3300-wear-os/

suzzlo

I really love the idea, but I’m absolutely socked about this Suunto disruptive step. I have been using my Sony SW3 smartwatch for years, but finally sold it. Just 2h of GPS + Music.

Let’s see how Suunto integrates in Google platform.

BR

freeheeler

a while ago I mentioned that my impression is that Suunto is streamlining their products. But this release proofs my impression was wrong.
It’s logic that Suunto can not survive on a handful of ultra runners and mountaineers that need a new watch every 7 years…
the other question is if following apple and fitbit is the way to go? …why not as long as Suunto keeps the mountain spirit alive and surprises us with tough and useful watches in the future, too!

cosme.costa

At least now there should be structured workouts , the ones that use them will be happy.

Jokes aside, the watch is nice and pricy, and made in China, not Finland (zoom Suunto’s pictures).

I think is a good move from Suunto, not for me but to have more presence in the market.

Companies should make money to continue in business and sports watch market probably is not enough for Suunto with the actual competition.

I hope Suunto doesn’t forget the sports watches, and continue improving the S line and Spartans too.

kurko

@margusl said in Suunto 7:

Interesting timing, considering it’s based on Sanpdragon Wear 3100. Not that there were much other options and I can only guess how long they have been working on this. And they probably could not afford waiting any more. But still - the next gen Snapdragon Wear chipset is expected somewhere during this year. And progressing from 28nm process A7 cores to 12nm A53 cores (2013 vs 2018 tech) is likely to bring along Wear OS watches with longer battery life, smother user experience and longer Wear OS support cycle by the end of the year.

With competitive pricing this would make sense - testing a new(ish) solution on customers while preparing for more polished next release. But going for premium knowing that there’s a good chance it will sell for about a half after 12 or so months?

https://9to5google.com/2019/10/28/qualcomm-snapdragon-wear-3300-wear-os/

Hear hear. One has to always remember (in tech) that you cant use but the latest available hardware. I’ve been hoping for something like S7 for long time, as that suits my needs nicely. At the same time the “legacy” chipset from qualcomm has not been ideal with less operating time than S9 for example. This very same phenomenon happened with smartphones years back and we got adjusted. I will likely continue with S9B and S7. One day they get merged

jw cou

fyi the user guide is available, with all the details : https://www.suunto.com/en-ie/Support/Product-support/suunto_7/suunto_7/

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@kurko You are correct. When a processor comes out it takes a long time till the manu, fixes the issues. And yes there are maaaaaaaaaaaanyyyyyyyyyy from Qualcomm

Fenr1r

Hmm. Makes Suunto a more appealing mouthful for Google if Amer/Anta want to sell. A partially-integrated, robust brand addition to Alphabet holdings, along with all that juicy personal data. Soontle? Guugtu?

Bulkan

I like it. If Suunto would monitoring my sleep and sync it to health in iOS I will buy at this moment. Is very nice and the screen looks gorgeous!

Innovation, good maps and quality.

freeheeler

@Bulkan said in Suunto 7:

If Suunto would monitoring my sleep and sync it to health in iOS

that is the logical next step…

I hope Suunto 11 will be more of a S9/A3 combo than S9/iWatch

Likarnik

@TELE-HO I’m waiting for it

jsr184

It’s interesting approach but I’m hoping Suunto will not go where Fitbit went (their attempts of building a smartwatch with Ionic to be the major issue, almost killed the company). I like smartwatch features but I want to stay in control of what runs on the device and be able to shape the power saving the way I can get good battery life. With WearOS it may not be possible (yet) but this is something I’d like to see in the future. Smartwatch that can turn into low-color, GPS, long-battery life sports watch just by changing the profile in the settings or something like that. However, S7 is not my cup of tea at all. I went through the user guide and see things missing like pairing with external sensors (and knowing history of horrible WHR in Suunto watches this feature is a must). Battery life isn’t great either (my wife owns Galaxy Active and the need of charging the watch almost every day made her abandon it). However, I’m curious what the future will bring. I’m currently thinking to change either to new Garmin Fenix or Polar Vantage but waiting for a good deal and I need to know how well those watches can handle impacts (last Saturday my Spartan went through a lot during bouldering and this is what I like about it - it actually earned the name ).

freeheeler

@jsr184
if a watches battery lasts one day and it has a sleeptracking feature… when would you charge the watch?
during dinner?