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Upgrade from S7 to S9?

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    Kai Liu Bronze Member
    last edited by 16 Jun 2020, 00:40

    Thanks! @Egika S9 baro’s weight is 2.68oz while S7 is 2.47oz that is no much difference so I think S9 is a good alternative of S7. I bought S7 for wear os feature, but I find that I don’t use wear os feature at all. As you mentioned HR measurement is not an issue, the only concern for me is that S9 is already a watch 2 years old, it seems stupid to buy it for now while new version may come out in half year, maybe I should bear with S7 a little bit longer.

    @Brad_Olwin Thank you! I do deleted all 3rd party apps later except “sleep as android” but I don’t see it on battery stats. I just factory reseted the watch today I hope that it can become better. I do remember when I just bought the watch, it could last from 9am to 4pm when I was skiing, I hope reset it brings it back to original state. I usually do hiking in the summer and ski in the winter, the activity can range from 5 hours to 10 hours (backpacking long hike), so 5 hours is definitely not enough for me.

    S7, S9P, Vertical Solar / boxing, skiing, hiking, running

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      lexterm77 Bronze Member @Egika
      last edited by 16 Jun 2020, 09:26

      @Egika said in Upgrade from S7 to S9?:

      @Kai-Liu
      The S9 has no HR measurement issue.
      It is more a physical limitation.
      Firstly, wrist heart rate measurement is limited in general an influenced by various factors (skin color, blood pressure, temperature, wearing style, wrist shape, etc.).
      The S9 has one disadvantage though: it’s rather heavy. That makes it more prone to bouncing around on the wrist and intruding measurement errors.
      S7 is better in this respect, but in general for accurate data, you should get a chest strap anyway.
      Additional benefit: watch can be worn over clothing or attached to a bike handlebar, plus you get r-r data, which records heart rate variability and enables FirstBeat to do some magic calculations like deriving respiration rate from HR data etc.

      Battery wise the S9 is king. Plus for running you get the awesome battery modes that use additional sensor data to get accurate tracks even at low GPS chip power.

      Respiration rate was amazing feature of MC, it accurately recorded me gulping up bottle of water without drawing a breath 😁 where is it in SA?

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        Brad_Olwin Moderator @Kai Liu
        last edited by 16 Jun 2020, 12:32

        @Kai-Liu i think 10h is about as long as you will get with the S7 and that is quite good. It sounds for your needs you may require more battery.

        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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          Kai Liu Bronze Member @lexterm77
          last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 14:12

          @lexterm77 what is MC?

          S7, S9P, Vertical Solar / boxing, skiing, hiking, running

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            tomahawk5000 @Kai Liu
            last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 14:25

            @Kai-Liu MovesCount probably

            Kind regards,
            Tomek

            Suunto 9 baro + Android

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              lexterm77 Bronze Member @Kai Liu
              last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 18:01

              @Kai-Liu said in Upgrade from S7 to S9?:

              @lexterm77 what is MC?

              Movescount.com used to be a website for analysis of activity for all Suunto devices back in the days of Ambits. 😁
              It had most features you have to pay for now via third party apps.

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                Brad_Olwin Moderator @lexterm77
                last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 18:21

                @lexterm77 Except QuantifiedSelf is free and provides most of what MC used to.

                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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                  zhang965
                  last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 19:23

                  Hello,

                  You only heard of the HR issue?

                  Have you heard about the GPS issue…battery issue…strap issue…

                  Winners Wear Winners

                  T B 2 Replies Last reply 17 Jun 2020, 19:26 Reply Quote -1
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                    tomahawk5000 @zhang965
                    last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 19:26

                    @zhang965 I have S9B since Feb and didn’t have any of those

                    Kind regards,
                    Tomek

                    Suunto 9 baro + Android

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                      zhang965 @tomahawk5000
                      last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 19:29

                      @tomahawk5000 said in Upgrade from S7 to S9?:

                      @zhang965 I have S9B since Feb and didn’t have any of those

                      Hello,

                      Congratulations,You are a lucky guy!

                      Have you won any lottery in your life?

                      Winners Wear Winners

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                        Bulkan Moderator @zhang965
                        last edited by Bulkan 17 Jun 2020, 20:03

                        @zhang965 Did you have all those issues? Lottery winner!

                        Tu comunidad Suunto en Telegram: https://t.me/suuntocommunity (spanish)

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                          zhang965 @Bulkan
                          last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 20:30

                          @Bulkan said in Upgrade from S7 to S9?:

                          @zhang965 Did you have all those issues? Lottery winner!

                          I’ve got the GPS issue, strap issue,

                          I accept all payment, will you pay me your lottery?

                          Winners Wear Winners

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                            Bulkan Moderator @zhang965
                            last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 21:02

                            @zhang965 if you later pay a round to everyone maybe…

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                              zhang965 @Bulkan
                              last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 21:04

                              @Bulkan said in Upgrade from S7 to S9?:

                              @zhang965 if you later pay a round to everyone maybe…

                              Sure of course, but you should pay me first so I can pay someone others.

                              Winners Wear Winners

                              B 1 Reply Last reply 17 Jun 2020, 21:05 Reply Quote 0
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                                Bulkan Moderator @zhang965
                                last edited by 17 Jun 2020, 21:05

                                @zhang965 I will try my best, let’s hope the bug of payment doesn’t show up.

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                                  A Former User @Kai Liu
                                  last edited by 20 Jun 2020, 23:44

                                  @Kai-Liu it’s not an upgrade. It’s more of a lateral move. The S9 has a good battery life relative to the S7 sure, but the S9 has about a three day battery life in always on with daily activities.

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                                    Bulkan Moderator
                                    last edited by 21 Jun 2020, 07:04

                                    Perfect description. Both watches are targeting different needs.

                                    One is an smartwatch sport oriented.

                                    The other is sport watch.

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                                      Kai Liu Bronze Member
                                      last edited by 22 Jun 2020, 01:14

                                      But I really like S7 map, it has more information than the hiking project map on my phone and more accurate. S9 does not come with a map but only route, but I always diverge from my planned route depends on unanticipated situations (rain, hiking buddy tired, sunset, etc) so I need a map.

                                      S7, S9P, Vertical Solar / boxing, skiing, hiking, running

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                                        Saketo Nemo Moderator @Kai Liu
                                        last edited by 22 Jun 2020, 10:29

                                        @Kai-Liu
                                        you can create a new itinerary on suunto app and sync it to suunto 9 during the activity. However, this requires data connectivity

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                                          lexterm77 Bronze Member @Brad_Olwin
                                          last edited by 24 Jun 2020, 15:27

                                          @Brad_Olwin said in Upgrade from S7 to S9?:

                                          @lexterm77 Except QuantifiedSelf is free and provides most of what MC used to.

                                          Yes, for S series.

                                          A3P data that syncs to SA is crippled and then it goes to QS, my distance, heart rate, ascend, descent lap data is blank. Power is non existent and no built in epoc graph for endurance pacing analysis. Epoc would need licensing from FB, and Ambit power data would need to be included from SA side. Maybe it is possible to import from stryd and merged? 💡

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