Suunto 7

freeheeler

@Fenr1r
exactly… telepathy does not work for me… so I have to rely on watch, phone and all that technical stuff

ianshowalter

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.

jw cou

Does anyone know if it’s possible to use a route planned in SA with the S7?
I have some doubts reading the user guide…

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@jean-william-cousin not at the moment. At least from my tests. I asked about it and got no answer

jw cou

@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”

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/01/suunto-7-with-wear-os-maps-music-payments-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know.html

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@jean-william-cousin We are about 1 months away from launch so idk what will be there. Honestly

jw cou

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos well I pre-ordered it, that’s how much faith I have in Suunto

Brad_Olwin

@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.

Frederick Rochette

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…

jthomi

Do I read that right, no heart rate from a chest belt?

@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+?

Brad_Olwin

@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.

Brad_Olwin

@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.

freeheeler

@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

jthomi

@Brad_Olwin I do believe its quite accurate, that’s not the point for me. I mainly use the watch while mountain biking, and often have the watch strapped to the handlebar, especially in the colder months. And I don’t like wearing a watch so tightly to my wrist.

Egika

@TELE-HO just watch mode is nothing more than a watch.
no smart, no sports tracking no nothing.
A reset is required to get it out of this mode again…

Frederick Rochette

@Brad_Olwin It’s not difficult to be better than S9… But what is différent from S3/S5/S9? the brand? the model?

freeheeler

@Egika
the real referece would be the capacity…
I can imagine that it is not bigger than in S9B’s battery as they need space for memory.

halajos

If this is the direction Suunto is heading, I’m not happy with that. The market the S7 is targeted at is much bigger, then the market for the S9/SSU/Ambit. If Suunto makes money with the S7 and alike and spends to stay in the outdoor/athlete game with the S9 and alike, I’m fine. Otherwise…

Brad_Olwin

You all know I am an ultra running person, it is my hobby. The S9 is the best watch I have used for ultras, and I purchased one when it was announced. I started running ultras prior to the release of the Ambits and ran my first ultras using a T6c, which did a fairly good job. I have seen quite a few changes occurring, the Ambits, followed by the Spartan and S series. I have to say I am impressed with the S7. I could use this as my daily training watch and pull out the S9 for weekends if I am going on something long. The smartwatch features of the S7 are nice to have, the maps are an incredible help when I travel. I have run a route simply following the heat map on the S7 and not had to hassle with drawing and downloading a route on the S9. For those of you that won’t be running longer than 6h this is a great watch in my opinion.