Race 3S & Race 3 rumours
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@dreamer_ vertical 1 released in may 2023…no update since Q4-2025 update (new features).
I still have not got over it… it will take some times. People will say fixed bug will be released OK / there is hardware limitation for vertical 1 OK
but I expect longer lifetime for receiving feature for a watch cost me 800eur.
As you mentioned Coros provided new climb screens for watch released in 2022…watching new watch release from couch now and enjoy my lovelly vertical 1
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@Wilson75 why do you buy stuff with expectations of new features?
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@Richard-Thygesen speciallly Navigation and maps features introduced in Q1 release and New offline map labels introduced in Q2.
The rest is nice to have.
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@Wilson75 why do you buy stuff with expectations of new features?
This is 2026 - not 1996.
This is the norm these days and if the competition is providing new features then so shall Suunto if they want to compete.
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@Mads-Hintz-Madsen That is why some of us want to get back to 1996, where our devices are not getting enshitified over the time.
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@Wilson75 why do you buy stuff with expectations of new features?
This is 2026 - not 1996.
This is the norm these days and if the competition is providing new features then so shall Suunto if they want to compete.
@Mads-Hintz-Madsen That is why some of us want to get back to 1996, where our devices are not getting enshitified over the time.
Funny on how I agree with both of you ahaha
Had a bit of same experience with the 945 LTE and 965, new range, and ops no new features.
The truth like others said. I don’t needed it. But I also believe there is some psycolgy of buying under it that makes us want to buy devices that are supported and have newer features for long time. I was surprised to see HR Broadcast on the race s for example.Also as @aiv4r said, some features are so poorly done that we almost prefer to not have it. It is either as complicated as for the costumer and for an enterprise to both buy the correct product and to launch the correct product (that will sell).
For your own health, enjoy what you have, and remember, the most powerful way to make a difference with a company is either buying or not buying from her. And remember, that maybe, just maybe, the rant and issues we have on the forum, are not the average joe experience (for every brand). -
@André-Faria Yea exactly. I am also not against new features and new stuff in general, but lately I see too many features coming out of the thin air, that just makes everything less straightforward and more complicated (not only from Suunto, mostly from other brands, or brands copying stuff from each other)
There is a lot of good stuff added over time but it is also overcomplicating some stuff that is supposed to be easy.And yes that is why we have this forum, to rant and to discuss things which might be important or less important
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@André-Faria Yea exactly. I am also not against new features and new stuff in general, but lately I see too many features coming out of the thin air, that just makes everything less straightforward and more complicated (not only from Suunto, mostly from other brands, or brands copying stuff from each other)
There is a lot of good stuff added over time but it is also overcomplicating some stuff that is supposed to be easy.And yes that is why we have this forum, to rant and to discuss things which might be important or less important
Back on track with Race 3S and Race 3, if true, for me this unification of hardware is a plus for the average joe.
It was a bit “complicated” to understand that the Race S had newer/better hardware but at the same time different size.
But yeah constraints of the time/development/hardware available at the time whatever.On my side hardware wise no reason to upgrade from the Race S.
Feature wise, I am thankful for the introduction for the introduction of broadcast HR, which was a feature I use every time on the garmin (And yeah I know I can buy an HR Strap and it will be more reliable lalalalala), but honestly I would have loved if suunto had “copied” it from garmin, on a simple one click button.
I understand where it comes from the suunto way, but not my use case.
This and “save for later” . Would it worth an hardware upgrade? For me no.
Market will tell. Maybe suunto comes with something nicer that we all say “wow I want it!”Right now, both for garmin and suunto, I almost would prefer they charge me for software upgrade with certain features if they were well implemented than having a new watch (but that would challenge all the way things are done, and probalby wouldn’t work finnancially ahha).
Back on the 3S, just hope that it maintains the race S design which I trully love.
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It’s not only from the manufacturers.
People are not able to judge watches on feature quality, so they judge watches on feature quantity. And then buy a Garmin.
Other brands have to join the feature quantity race.
For me, some new features are useful (more fine grained control of alarms) others are useless, like track mode. And I train on a track every week and did track races. But the way track training usually works, it adds nothing to benefit the training.
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People are not able to judge watches on feature quality, so they judge watches on feature quantity. And then buy a Garmin.
TBF I never had a Garmin crashing mid-activity, rebooting during my sleep or getting crazy because I plugged it into the wrong charger…
And don’t get me starting about Body Battery / Resources and Sleep tracking…That said, If the new Race S does have a better HR sensor, a faster CPU and therefore feature parity with the Race 2 / Vertical 2 and a reliable charger, I’m all in…
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People are not able to judge watches on feature quality, so they judge watches on feature quantity. And then buy a Garmin.
TBF I never had a Garmin crashing mid-activity, rebooting during my sleep or getting crazy because I plugged it into the wrong charger…
And don’t get me starting about Body Battery / Resources and Sleep tracking…That said, If the new Race S does have a better HR sensor, a faster CPU and therefore feature parity with the Race 2 / Vertical 2 and a reliable charger, I’m all in…
Both of the garmins I owned did crash. The 965 only once, just like the race s I now have. Charging a garmin was a nightmare. The cable could pop out of the connector for no apparent reason. Have to say, the Suunto charger isn’t any better.
You actually look at body battery, resources and sleep tracking?HR sensor is easy. If you now have a watch with an optical that works for you then the race s will probably also work. If your current watch doesn’t work for you, neither will the race s. It’s more person dependent than sensor. I wouldn’t buy a new watch because some marketing says it’s the best sensor ever. (I never had a watch with optical sensor that works for me)
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