Suunto 9 Peak Pro?

[gerasimos]

@thanasis because without Lock button in main screen it’s not pro…

[seanvk]

Comparing to the S9 Peak, all the dimensions mostly match. The only difference is about 2g of weight. Aside from software changes, looks like the battery size increase is the only change really.

[thanasis]

@gerasimos i m not sure why you mentioned me on that . What do you mean ?

[DMytro]

@seanvk I think it’s more than 2g, since this is a titanium model - comparing s9p titanium, we get an 8g difference. Also I assume the feature list is incomplete, since you can notice one additional sensor and 2 metal dots on the back. We’ll have to wait and see.

[ChrisA]

@DMytro Yes it’s awful I wished for a “cleaner” easy to read watchface, or even better for a userdefineable - but it really looks like the S7’s menues and sportsmode screens. So perhaps here comes a complete interface overhaul and therefore- who knows - Maps like on the S7 now on this S9 Peak Pro? The two aditional sensors are placed away from the main sensor, so they maybe not coniderd to have skin contact -> maybe for betteroutdoor/water temperature?

[DMytro]

@ChrisA doubt the watch has maps, otherwise they’d show them of on the leaked images. Maybe as an update though?

But to me new animation suggests more powerful processor. Or maybe some optimization at least. Wouldn’t mind getting new interface on the S9, however I doubt this will be happening.

[ChrisA]

@DMytro Yes, maybe but then - with “just” a different interface and a stronger battery it would be “just” an upgraded S9 Peak and surely a nice watch, but I doubt that anybody would upgrade from a S9 Peak then (assuming it’s in the 500+ Euro price area). On the other hand, it’s not called S10 or S11, so you might be right Perhaps it’s just a predecessor of a whole new range of watches with a new chipset/interface and the S10/11 is then coming as a christmas present

[DMytro]

@ChrisA bigger screen will attract s9B users and maybe even a couple s9p users.

[ink357]

Maps is needed on a Suunto watch. I just sold mine to have this feature. On Gramin or Coros, i don’t know yet

[surfboomerang]

@ChrisA Suunto did this before. It re-released the Suunto 9 Baro 1 or 2 years after the initial release.

Different bezel but still the same watch to my knowledge.

[freeheeler]

@surfboomerang
but without adding pro to the name…
S9BP would be nice

[ChrisA]

@surfboomerang yes thats true - but if it would be just another iteration of the s9 plattform, the pictures would have the same user interface. I wonder why that has changed…🧐… well we‘ll see, but its fun to make guesses, what the watch might be like - and if it has a lock button

[freeheeler]

@ChrisA said in Suunto 9 Peak Pro?:

and if it has a lock button

…my wild guess: no lock button… why? …why should it have a lock button if it was not necessary in the past 4 years
and let’s be honest, smaller watches with smaller buttons reduce the risk of unwanted button press
(I am still convinced that a lock button wouldn’t hurt anyone )

[Brad_Olwin]

@ink357 I used an Epix 2 for 6 months and I am not convinced maps are needed. Not sure how useful maps are on a watch. BTW, I use maps a lot. Yes the competition has maps so Suunto needs them but from my experience they are less useful than I anticipated.

[suzzlo]

I hope I’m wrong, but I see this S9PP, as an evolution of the S9P, so “just” more battery, updated Sony Chipset and updated SW with bugfixes and some improvements, that hopefully will also be available for the rest of S line.

[ink357]

@Brad_Olwin i like to lose myself in the wood
To explore the way i don’t know i can use my phone (when there is 4 or 3g). But i think it would be cool to do that with my watch. And livetrack will secure my wife

[Brad_Olwin]

@ink357 I have my maps on my phone offline, most of my exercise is out of cell phone range so incident detection and route sharing are of no use. I do understand why these are useful to others but maps on the tiny screen are less useful than I expected, I still mostly use the phone.

[freeheeler]

@Brad_Olwin
I used maps on my garmin 60csx maps back in the days and found that screen already too tiny… in recent surveys, I’ve mentioned that a zoom and schematic of the specific intersection (with as many arms as it has) would be helpful. the one we need to take would be highlighted…

[fluca]

Here is my bet:this will be a Suunto 9 peak with 50mm diameter, 24mm band, same electronics as regular S9P, a larger battery, perapshs a slightly better screen, a couple of additional firmware features. Will be priced 150$/€ more than the ‘old S9B’ and 50$/€ more then regular S9P. And this is a good marketing move from suunto to effortlessly keep the average selling price of its product portfolio as higher as they can.
If my bet is correct I will probably by one
Just to support the company. If they add a couple of missing smart features in the mix I will buy one for sure.

[A Former User]

@Brad_Olwin SA app with heatmaps is so great. Also the fast and easy way to build a route. Would be nice if watch tells SA position and used track during activity. So you could see where you are in App. Do not need map on watch.