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@miniforklift hahaha, my training buddy pretty much did the same thing
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@peringmar as far as I know the main limitation for Suunto watches to gain this feature is storage for the data that would tell the watch that it is approaching a segment…true they can store a certain amount of routes and POIs however typically the Garmin watches that have this feature also can cache offline music and other heavy things like that so they are already configured with better specs. Others might be able to tell us exactly how many segments the S line could store if no routes or POIs were loaded (S9baro and S9 for instance). But I am all for this feature and am surprised that Suunto doesn’t have any watch that offers this since even Polar has this in their Vantage V watch.
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@northeast_trekker I don’t think that much storage is needed. Each segment is pretty much a GPX track and as far as I can tell points on it are fairly wide spaced - probably every 10 seconds or so.
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@sky-runner I think even the 735xt had implementation of live segments from memory and that had none of the modern bells and whistles, just the ability to follow a route.
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@sky-runner maybe but I still know there is a limit and thus there would be a limit for number of segments you could “star” to have synced to the watch. If it was enough of a limitation by the hardware it of course would not be worth it for the Suunto software teams to pursue…that was mainly my point.
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So, an update for S7 went live yesterday. I wonder if S9 will get one before the vertical week.
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Too risky for Suunto.
It for that i love Suunto. Nice design, good hardware and bugless software.
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@mi_chael They could clearly work on the reliability of their functions like stepcount / VO2max, Resources etc.
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@theguyfromthesummit VO2max and resources aren’t technically theirs. And step count is deliberately ignored to invest time in other things.
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@mi_chael too bad, I was hoping to try out new firmware in the mountains over the weekend.
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@dmytro Oh yes. Me too! Come on, still 1,5 days before the weekend.
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New firmware will come with new watch. When you see new watch teasing, firmware update will be just around the corner…
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@mi_chael New watch - new firmware sounds reasonable. Any idea when? I know there are already ongoing speculations in the forum: https://forum.suunto.com/topic/6772/suunto-ow202 World Vertical Week would have been also a good moment for a firmware update. Still hoping.
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@mi_chael yes, but it will be the second release from this point. I remember that embargo on the new watch should drop around Hollidays. This is also consistent with suunto releasing something new in late autum/winter.
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@dmytro Investing time in what?
sorry if I sound like a haterboy or something, but since spring my S9B is getting less and less reliable, and the constant new app UI is kind of annoying.
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@theguyfromthesummit well, it is not getting bad for everyone, apparently just for you and few others, and I already told you the results you get are totally not normal and you should contact support.
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@dmytro Just spoke to the guy at the shop where I buy my watches for years and he told me that the upcoming Suunto product was planned for a September/October delivery but is delayed to early 2022. He is super reliable and a nice guy.
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@patrick-löffler watch from other thread?
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@theguyfromthesummit ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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@dulko79 Yes. I also know some details. But not shure if it is welcome to disclose here. And honestly it’s easy to guess if you look closely at the other thread covering that topic.