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    suzzlo Moderator
    last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 07:01

    Are these numbers Suunto’s responsibility or are they assigned by FCC?

    For me S5P could make sense.

    This is my whishlist:

    • New GNSS
    • New BT5.0
    • LiveQ HR + SOp2
    • Updated HW
    • Baro (please please please)
    • 300€
    • S9P like design (like S3 but with GPS)
    • Smaller battery
    • Training Peaks integration
    • Firstbeat metrics (with adaptative training)

    Love that!

    BR

    Suunto: Race, S9Peak, Spartan Sport Wrist
    Garmin: FR745, Edge 530
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      Tomas5 @dulko79
      last edited by Tomas5 26 Jul 2021, 08:28

      @dulko79 exactly, and in some countries, S9P cost is more than one month salary. Not everyone can afford to pay that much for watch. And price difference between S5 and S9P meens you pay over 400€ just for compas and barometer and better battery but for lot of people battery life 16-20h for hiking on S5 is enough.

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        zhang965 @Tomas5
        last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 08:57

        in summary, there is a couple of possiblilities:

        a new flagship watch, as the firmware version is 2,16 in the fcc report, so it could be a new flagship sharing the same firmware with 9/5/3, Do you think this is necessaire? As the S9P is already completed flagship a new flagship more expensive than S9P? will you buy it?

        a Suunto 9 successor, I know we had S9P now, but don’t forget the S9 has a mark as GEN1, will it be a GEN2 soon? I don’t think so, S9 serie is messed up a little bit now, we have original S9(B) Gen1 and new design S9B but still marked GEN1, S9P has no GEN marks but if ow 161 is spartanultra, 183 is S9, 202 could be a real successor (GEN2) for S9, So the S9P 194 is an … Expansion pack of S9B GEN1 ? If 202 could be the S9. GEN2, well, the Suunto 9 serie will be more complex than whole suunto serie. S9P, S9(B) GEN2, new S9B GEN1, S9(b) GEN1. And you know the S9 is almost the same price as Suunto 5 now… if it’s true, it’s nighmare

        Suunto 5 Gen 2, it’s the most logic answer, it’s the time for redesign S5 now, but if the new S5 costs 300 euros, why you don’t buy a S9?

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          Mi_chael Bronze Member
          last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 09:13

          I think the next watch will be a « new » S3. The S3 fitness was released in June 2018. The S5 in June 2019.

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            Łukasz Szmigiel @zhang965
            last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 09:14

            @zhang965 said in Suunto OW202?:

            Suunto 5 Gen 2, it’s the most logic answer, it’s the time for redesign S5 now, but if the new S5 costs 300 euros, why you don’t buy a S9?

            Size.

            What I miss in my S5 are two things - compass and more battery modes (as in S9). I don’t need baro - it’s nice to have but not a deal breaker.

            S9P would be an ideal successor for me but since my S5 works like a charm - I see no need to spend 2000+ PLN for a new watch.

            If we’re talking about S5 replacement, it would have to be rather affordable and - perhaps - fitness oriented?

            But as I see it right now, S5/S9 works mostly as a size difference (mind the baro) and S9P is something new.

            S9PP 2.40.38

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              zhang965 @Mi_chael
              last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 10:32

              @mi_chael said in Suunto OW202?:

              I think the next watch will be a « new » S3. The S3 fitness was released in June 2018. The S5 in June 2019.

              Well, I got you, but, the story of suunto 3 is more complexe, the suunto 3 that we know today, is the new one, not the 2018 original one

              https://www.suunto.com/fr-fr/Actualites/la-suunto-3-fitness-devient-la-suunto-3-avec-une-fabrication-finlandaise-de-precision/

              Précommande disponible sur Suunto.com/suunto3 à partir du 23 janvier 2020

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                Mi_chael Bronze Member
                last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 10:54

                @zhang965

                Yes, i know. But new S9 baro was released 2 months before the S9 Peak so wait and see…!!
                😉

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                  zhang965 @Mi_chael
                  last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 12:23

                  @mi_chael said in Suunto OW202?:

                  @zhang965

                  Yes, i know. But new S9 baro was released 2 months before the S9 Peak so wait and see…!!
                  😉

                  Yes it’s why I said if the 202 is another successor of s9 It could be a nightmare

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                    A Former User @zhang965
                    last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 12:35

                    Yes it’s why I said if the 202 is another successor of s9 It could be a nightmare

                    Why would it be a nightmare? I’m fairly certain S9P pretty much kills existing S9 model sales. As such, S9 is being heavily discounted. Just compare its prices now to what it used to cost 2-3 years ago. People might want a bigger watch and a bigger screen, but that’s all they are getting with existing S9.

                    As far as the new S5, which is going to be S9P but with cheaper hardware. I’ll bite… Smaller battery, no baro. OK. Anything else you can take away? Sapphire screen? Fine. But you still have quite a price differential? Unless you turn S5 into S3 or better still, into Suunto version of Forerunner 45 or Pace 2, I don’t see how materials alone would account for almost $300 difference you want to obtain. Especially while still getting new features.

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                      DMytro @Guest
                      last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 12:38

                      @nickk actually saphire screen is pretty pricey. The reason being: one needs to grow a solid saphire crystall from the ground up and then somehow smoothly cut it into round pieces.
                      Procedure is really spectacular btw

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                        A Former User @DMytro
                        last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 12:44

                        @dmytro Price difference between sapphire and regular Gorilla is less than $100. You can readily observe that with Garmin watches.

                        I understand people want to see a deep refresh of S5, and maybe that’s it. But I don’t see how you can get $300+ difference between S9P and existing S5 and new features.

                        Neither do I see why you need 2xx code name when all other iterations bumped a version by 10-20 at most.

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                          DMytro @Guest
                          last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 18:24

                          @nickk not a fair comparison. Firstly, who says Garmin and suunto has sapphire of the same quality. Secondly, even if we assume the same price of raw materials the men-hours needed to perfect and assemble a more complicated glass type would cost much more in EU than in China.
                          And it’s just the glass, maybe some other factors can contribute too: different more simple build that sacrifices sleekness of s9p to keep the cost low, lower quality steel, etc.

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                            A Former User @DMytro
                            last edited by A Former User 26 Jul 2021, 19:17

                            @dmytro Honestly, I’m no expert on watch glass, but my Fenix 6X sapphire screen looks every bit as great as S9P. in fact, I’d wish Suunto used a similar oleophobic coating Fenix is using. You can fault Garmin for many things, but build quality of their high end watches isn’t one of them. Then again, COROS Apex is sapphire too, and it’s only $299.

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                            Regardless of how it’s sourced or assembled, it’s just not a major cost contributor, marketing aside. Honestly, I wonder if sapphire is that much more complicated to produce than Corning Gorilla Glass or Garmin’s PowerGlass.

                            I’m saying this only to underscore my basic point: S9P with its size straddles the difference between S5 and S9, and that makes S5 a somewhat tricky proposition going forward. If you want to retain the same $300 price point, you can’t really hope for S9P design, thinness, battery life, or any new features, which makes me wonder what’s going to be there that deserves a jump to OW2xx range?

                            I’m happy to be mistaken.

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                              DMytro @Guest
                              last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 19:38

                              @nickk I’m just talking about saphire glass manufacturing process, not arguing with your conclusions:)
                              You can’t tell whether saphire is quality by eyeballing it, you need precise tools. What exactly determines the quality? Amount of impurities I would think. How is this achieved? You take a big chunk of saphire crystall, which you grow in-house, it needs to be a cylinder form. Then you attach a high temperature ring around its region. You melt a portion of the crystall with this, so that other materials in the crystall will either float up or sink down. As this happened only in a single region, you slowly move your heat ring up and down, till most of “other stuff” floated to the top or sank to the bottom. Now you cut top and bottom off and you’ve got yourself a nice peace of saphire. Depending on amount of trips of the ring, you can vary the purity of saphire, procedure is rather expensive and delicate. And didn’t even mention the grown of the crystall itself, which is also not an easy task.
                              It’s way easier with regular glass. And gorilla glass is just regular tempered glass with some extra stuff added into the mix. Sure, it’s not easy to cook the reciepe, but once you have it - it’s no longer that complicated.
                              Btw fun fact: corning became popular due to its fiber glass manufacturing and original gorilla glass formula was long known but never used, until the iphone came along.
                              I’m no expert of course and someone more knoledgeble may correct me.

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                                zhang965
                                last edited by 26 Jul 2021, 20:40

                                are we still talking about OW202, aren’t we?

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                                  zhang965
                                  last edited by 28 Jul 2021, 19:05

                                  S9P is still out of stock on the suunto site,

                                  could it be…placed directly by OW202?

                                  The biggest mystery for me is, will there be a S9(B) GEN2?

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                                    Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @zhang965
                                    last edited by 29 Jul 2021, 15:32

                                    @zhang965 no it won’t be replaced by open water 202 😅

                                    It’s out of stock both due to demand and supplier issues.

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                                      Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @zhang965
                                      last edited by 29 Jul 2021, 15:33

                                      @zhang965 actually if you subscribe to get notified when back on stock you can order from a special link that the email has.

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