speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches

A Former User

@Egika said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@Tieutieu maps would need memory in GB size (like 16/32/64GB or so) to store some regions.
I am very sure, that S9PP does not have this capacity…

Fenix 1 already had “hacks” that enabled maps. If suunto could come up with a “newer” version of that hack, maybe it would help: like just download a small zone from the app, and then delete it.
For sure it seems easier that it is to implement, but…

DMytro

@André-Faria ‘hacks’ are not reliable are presume?

A Former User

came across this one

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@André-Faria its 2023 and if we learned something from hacks is that they don’t work eventually. (development wise)

A Former User

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@André-Faria its 2023 and if we learned something from hacks is that they don’t work eventually. (development wise)

Guess I didn’t express myself well. What I meant to say is that at that time that hack made possible a watch with low resources to have a function. Today with all the evolution, maybe we can use the same principle to have a function on a watch with less resources.
For sure the best is to have a full experience…

ChrisA

@Egika I think it depends in how much details you need. The Coros maps are quite small, but not very detailed (no street names, place names etc) on the picture you can see that the chosen area (blueish rectangle with blue dot) only would have 38 MB ). The S7 also had map tiles you could download, so let’s see

Egika

@ChrisA right.
and you see, that the watch has some twenty something GB available

Next to the use of maps you would need to hink about how to transfer 1GB of map data into a watch that has only a BT connection…

I highly doubt that it would work well. And Suunto is not a company of “hacks”, I have got to know Suunto as a company with solutions that actually work and are well thought through.
They don’t deliver data of questionable quality just to show dome value.

But let’s see. Do we already know if the new watch will have maps anyway?

ChrisA

@Egika said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@ChrisA right.
and you see, that the watch has some twenty something GB available

Next to the use of maps you would need to hink about how to transfer 1GB of map data into a watch that has only a BT connection…

Ah yes, thats right, since the S9Ps don’t link to Computers anymore, that maybe difficult . I am really curious, how the maps on the vertical will look like. I still find the maps on the Suunto 7 are the best maps out there, when it comes to sportswatches.

Tieutieu

@Egika said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

Do we already know if the new watch will have maps anyway?

99,999999 % sure

Wilson75

I am curious how maps will be implemented.

Jeffrey Tillack

@ChrisA it’ll be interesting to see if they use maps similar to my S7. Pick your area and connect to wifi (or data) It’s been brilliant and I use the maps in new cities when I go exploring. The S7 screen is still in my opinion one of the best around.

Highlands

@Wilson75 Suunto’s way. I expect it to be done really good.

pilleus

https://www.chinesesmartwatches.com/suunto-vertical/

May be it’s mentioned somewhere in this topic, but I didn’t find it.

MiniForklift

@freeheeler said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@tomasbartko

new watch is not up to discussion… the rule is simple: if “Suunto and new and big” then: buy

100% with you on this one! So am I right in thinking the rumour mill has it as a 49mm?

MeazzaS9

what will be the price?? in reddit we talk about $ 1099.00 it’s too much for me

Highlands

@MeazzaS9 Maybe that’s in CAD. In EUR maybe $700-800. Plus if you’re patient for a couple of months you might get it with a decent discount.

MeazzaS9

@Highlands hard to resist, just sold my S9b. I will be forced to train for a while with S7 waiting for the prices to drop

Highlands

@MeazzaS9 My idea is wait a couple of months after the release day and see what’s on offer. I remember just before X-mass the 9pp was available on Spanish Amazon for a short period of time at €350 + €10 delivery which even now is unbeatable price. Hopefully, we’ll see good discounts for the new watch as well. But I can’t promise I’ll be that patient… lol

A Former User

@Highlands said in speculations and rumours about upcoming Suunto watches:

@MeazzaS9 My idea is wait a couple of months after the release day and see what’s on offer. I remember just before X-mass the 9pp was available on Spanish Amazon for a short period of time at €350 + €10 delivery which even now is unbeatable price. Hopefully, we’ll see good discounts for the new watch as well. But I can’t promise I’ll be that patient… lol

Wow, even now used ones are more expensive.

ChrisA

@MeazzaS9 I think I saw a leaked German/Austrian retailers price, which was 599.- € for the non titanium versions