Suunto Run + New Strap
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@Tieutieu I hope so too. My Suunto Race is great, but it’s missing these small features.
Maybe we’ll get an answer next week.
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@Cédric said in Suunto Run + New Strap:
@Tieutieu I hope so too. My Suunto Race is great, but it’s missing these small features.
Maybe we’ll get an answer next week.
Which features are you seeing in the Run you want on your Race? If it’s software related (like the local music), then I’m hoping that will be addressed by a software update to give parity for Race people.
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@isazi I know about the currently supported devices and I’m not worried the support will drop instantly.
I simply doubt that 3.x will be ported to current devices. I suspect there are some important changes that require new hardware, hence the jump to next major version.
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@raven rep counter of reps for native structured workouts
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@Łukasz-Szmigiel as I have seen FCC filings this will leave the Run as the only watch to have 3.x for a while. I doubt that. Unless the 3.x is really a dialed back release, with limited sports profiles and so…
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@Tieutieu said in Suunto Run + New Strap:
@raven rep counter of reps for native structured workouts
For strength workouts, it counts reps and sets? Or do you mean a different modality?
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@raven I just guess for running activities, when using integrated structured workouts (example : 2 series of 10x30’/30’). No idea for strength workouts.
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@Cédric that’s what I was referring to !
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@Cédric said in Suunto Run + New Strap:
@Tieutieu @raven Indeed, I use my watch only for running, and the interval counter feature is so basic that I still don’t understand how it’s not available in the Suunto app.
Same for the countdown timer.Apologies for being slow on the uptake here. So the situation is the new Run has these features that the Race and Race S does not? So far my running with my Race S has been either unstructured or “improv” based on my current HR or reading from ZoneSense (i.e. stay in a specific range). And it’s believed these features won’t be back ported?
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@raven we don’t know, run is not out officially, and no update has been announced for other watches. We’re just making guesses !
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@Tieutieu said in Suunto Run + New Strap:
@raven we don’t know, run is not out officially, and no update has been announced for other watches. We’re just making guesses !
Ah, I originally asked: “ Which features are you seeing in the Run you want on your Race?” And thought there was a “known” feature being discusses.
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On the Amazon website, there’s an image showing an interval counter for the Suunto Run.
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@Cédric said in Suunto Run + New Strap:
On the Amazon listing for the Suunto Run, there’s an image showing an interval counter.
Thanks, Cedric, I’ll go and take another look. I’d hope / expect this would be backported. Apparently though I may be in the minority as some people seem to think Suunto is mostly incapable of adding features to existing devices.
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@raven A Suunto France representative recently said that the Vertical and Race are the new development platform for Suunto watches, so we should logically get the latest features.
That may have changed since then…
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@Cédric said in Suunto Run + New Strap:
@raven A Suunto France representative recently said that the Vertical and Race are the new development platform for Suunto watches, so we should logically get the latest features.
That may have changed since then…
That’s promising to hear, and would support my hopes that the local music feature of the Run might also get backported, which would mean that Suunto had a long term plan and ensured the Race and Vertical had the needed hardware. The counter-argument would be the improved optical sensor on the Race S, which ideally would have been on at least the Race too, so that does seem like an adjustment made after reviews of the Race.
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@raven Here’s the link to the video, which is in French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu-GCU8p09I&t=254s
It’s 11 months old—not so recent after all.
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One of the Amazon images references to “offline music”. That would be a change. Let’s hope it isn’t just MP3s but some kind of streaming platform integration.
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@Theo-Lakerveld I would not hold my breath if what DC Rainmaker has been saying for the last few years. According to him it is not Suunto or Coros not trying, he says that the companies are just not interested in taking on Suunto or Coros. Kind of like not being able to do real text responses on an Apple device vs an android. Apple is not willing to open up that functionality.
