Suunto 7
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@TELE-HO I’m waiting for it
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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
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@jsr184
if a watches battery lasts one day and it has a sleeptracking feature… when would you charge the watch?
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@TELE-HO You got it. In modern etiquette terms, the watch charges on the left of the place setting, just outside the prawn fork. The phone remains in its traditional position on the far right, next to the grape spoon.
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@Fenr1r
that’s a good hint and I will consider this when we rearrange our dining room next time…
maybe it would even make sense to install powerbanks into the table?
…or future proof: a slightely inclined wireless charge pad for the phone where the desserts spoon is placed, so we can still watch TV on the phone while charging and dining…
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@TELE-HO I like your thinking. That way you won’t risk missing the on-watch notification of a message sent to your phone by your dining companion(s).
It’s important for families to communicate at meal times.
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@Fenr1r
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This is definitely meant to hit a different customer base than the S9/Spartan/Ambit/Traverse crowds, which from a business standpoint is probably a very good thing, because Suunto has never really had anything catering to the “smartwatch” wearing type before.
There’s no reason the company can’t make different watches catering to different crowds, and there’s no reason the S7 or something like it in the future can’t function like a “gateway drug” for people who gradually get more into endurance sports and eventually want to switch to something more S9/Ambit-like. Consider this thing like the S3 for people who wouldn’t consider an S3 because it isn’t a full-blown internet connected smartwatch that plays music, runs apps, does mobile payments, etc.
I do wonder a bit about the decision to go with WearOS for this thing, though, especially in light of Google’s recent purchase of Fitbit. What happens to this or future, similar watches if/when Google decides to come out with something different of its own and neglect or kill off the platform? That company has quite the extensive history of doing stuff like that.
That said, between the announcement of the S7 and the recent release of Fossil’s Hybrid HR watches, it’s probably the best bits of news WearOS has had in a while.
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Does anyone know if it’s possible to use a route planned in SA with the S7?
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@jean-william-cousin not at the moment. At least from my tests. I asked about it and got no answer
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@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos thanks, I got confused by DC rainmaker initial review that (wrongly) says “the Suunto 7 supports breadcrumb trail routes sent to it from the Suunto smartphone app. So if you’ve got a route there, you’ll be able to send it to the Suunto 7 watch to guide you”
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@jean-william-cousin We are about 1 months away from launch so idk what will be there. Honestly
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@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos well I pre-ordered it, that’s how much faith I have in Suunto
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@jean-william-cousin said in Suunto 7:
@Brad_Olwin do you know if it’s possible to directly use 3rd party apps (like Runkeeper / strava /…) to track runs with the gps / altitude of the watch? In other words, does the Suunto 7 allows to use only Suunto’s hardware and to not rely at all on Suunto’s software?
Yes, third party apps will run on the watch.
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It’s an important turn taken by SUUNTO, but the battery life is very far from the S9 and there are no firstbeat features and no SuuntoPlus (with more than Strava RE ;-))… Now (from my side) we have to wait for the S10/11 to have, I hope, a complete new generation watch for running, outdoor activities and everyday life without forget the reliability…
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Do I read that right, no heart rate from a chest belt?
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@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos or @Brad_Olwin Can it work side by side with S9 in Suunto app, or the little forget-add device dance is still required? What about external sensors like Stryd or bike speed/cadence? Finally, a really enormously stupid question – ANT+?
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@jthomi Yes but the OHR is very, very good. I do not need a belt with this watch. It has been working quite well in cold weather.
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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@NickK The “dance” is required so far but we are a month away from release so I don’t know what is planned for SA by release date.
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@Frederick-Rochette said in Suunto 7:
the battery life is very far from the S9
Suunto says if you use it in watch mode you get up to 40 days battery… you can forget about that with S9B and even with A3PS
living sideways
