Race 3S & Race 3 rumours
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I have a hypothetical question since there seems to be a lot of se in here.
IF (big IF) Suunto moves away from the old OS running in V1/V2/R1/R1S/R2 and instead Run future watches on the Run OS. What does that mean for the current line of watches? Can they be flushed with the new OS or are they relics (albeit working still, but still abandoned in a sense).
Wondering if I should return my V2 and just wait this out as my Run is working just as well as the day I bought it.
Why not? Considering the upgraded resources and what we are seeing in Q1/Q2 (and if the new OS is coming), I think Suunto will flash the R2/V2 with the new OS but not the previous watches (this is speculation, of course)
Oh lol noticed my embarrassing typo now, flash not flush.
Yeah it was a reflection/question on my part—wether or not it was possible for the V2/R2 to be flashed with the newer OS. I don’t know much about how these things work but that was my hope when raising the question.
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If they do flash the V2/R2 then the R2 could be a great purchase when the R3 is released.
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Interesting…
Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.
User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV2 :)
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@stromdiddily they are discounted since a few weeks (or month) in Austria. So I don’t think its a sign of something new arriving
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@VoiGAS the discount isn’t the interesting bit, the note about “This item is discontinued” is new (for me at least).
Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.
User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV2 :)
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Interesting…
Today 523$ for Vertical Titanium dropped in Poland in one of biggest electric market here.
For what I’ve read, Race 3S (aka OW261) will be RUN 2.0
There are Suunto Run 2 photo already and box with watch graphic and new watchface. Seems legit but we know how easy AI can do that. Photo dropped 31/07 at Suunto group on facebook. No photo rule, so if someone’s interested can find on his own.
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Interesting…
Today 523$ for Vertical Titanium dropped in Poland in one of biggest electric market here.
For what I’ve read, Race 3S (aka OW261) will be RUN 2.0
There are Suunto Run 2 photo already and box with watch graphic and new watchface. Seems legit but we know how easy AI can do that. Photo dropped 31/07 at Suunto group on facebook. No photo rule, so if someone’s interested can find on his own.
Photos are at the referenced patent’s site, seems legit
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@stromdiddily Ah, sorry - thats strange. Its discontinued, but you can buy it?
Race S
Vertical Titanium Solar
Ambit3 Vertical
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@VoiGAS the discount isn’t the interesting bit, the note about “This item is discontinued” is new (for me at least).
Not “discontinued” note in the official site, at least here. I don’t think Suunto is discountinuing yet the support of a watch that had a cost of 800 euro.
Said this and with the inminent release of a Fenix 9 MIP/Enduro 4 and considering that it seems the Apex 4 is selling very well, I really hope the next Vertical will be MIP. I think it is interesting for Suunto for making the Race and Vertical really different and capture all people.
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I don’t think Suunto is discountinuing yet the support of a watch that had a cost of 800 euro.
In my books the price of the watch has nothing to do with the number of months it is supported. (I always read this as one of the main arguments about the Fenix 7 / Epix Pro lineup that Garmin clearly left behind.
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I don’t think Suunto is discountinuing yet the support of a watch that had a cost of 800 euro.
In my books the price of the watch has nothing to do with the number of months it is supported. (I always read this as one of the main arguments about the Fenix 7 / Epix Pro lineup that Garmin clearly left behind.
)As explained before with official links, Polar and Coros maintain the support for at least 5 and 4 years… If you look at Garmin, everything is different. But we are not Garmin here.
Btw, even in Garmin, the Fenix 7 Pro and the Epix Pro are still receiving updates. Only security updates though (no new features), but the watches are still maintained with bug fixes.
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@stromdiddily Ah, sorry - thats strange. Its discontinued, but you can buy it?
Allows them to sell whatever stock they have left. It could just mean they don’t plan to restock it after whatever else comes out next.
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@dreamer_ said:
As explained before with official links, Polar and Coros maintain the support for at least 5 and 4 years…That’s what I meant. The argument is not “The watch costs $800”, but “The watch is only 3 years old”.
Btw, even in Garmin, the Fenix 7 Pro and the Epix Pro are still receiving updates. Only security updates though (no new features), but the watches are still maintained with bug fixes.
Sadly, those do not only fix bugs but introduce new ones. And the last one has been 4 months ago with no new beta in sight, yet…
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The grass is always greener on the other side.
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@2b2bff
About the bugs, the Vertical has not received any kind of bug fixes in the whole year. It is not my intention to compare (at all), but that’s a fact. -
@dreamer_ as I said: As the watch is only 3 years old, it should get updates…
On the bright side: the Vertical is unaffected from the newly introduced crashes mid-activity… It only has the old ones… -
S Squirrel referenced this topic
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Sadly, those do not only fix bugs but introduce new ones. And the last one has been 4 months ago with no new beta in sight, yet…
Btw, It seems I can count 3 mayor betas in 2026 (splitted in 15 minor announced versions only this year). It is not the same release calendar/features as for the supported watches, but the bug fixes are there (even for Garmin). It is also more than nothing.
I understand Suunto is focused in the new watches but it’s also a lot of time a watch like the Vertical is forgotten with the remaining bugs. And, when bugs, this can be a very bad image of the brand for the users that have the watch.
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@dreamer_ said:
Btw, It seems I can count 3 mayor betas in 2026 (splitted in 15 minor announced versions only this year). It is not the same release calendar/features as for the supported watches, but the bug fixes are there (even for Garmin). It is also more than nothing.Yeah, on paper it sounds good, but essentially each version had some serious issues for some people. Always the question of “Should I really upgrade beyond version …?” in the forums.
I understand Suunto is focused in the new watches but it’s also a lot of time a watch like the Vertical is forgotten with the remaining bugs. And, when bugs, this can be a very bad image of the brand for the users that have the watch.
Reminds me on Nokia and its N9, where they pushed a final update eliminating most of the bugs (over 1000 IIRC) before pulling the (support) plug. I also feel that is the right thing to do.
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