Another review, this is from Correr una maraton

Yak Ima

This has just showed up on my Google feed

https://www.correrunamaraton.com/en/suunto-7-gps-watch-wear-os-review/

Very extensive and detailed review. Ohr looks fine there. I agree completely with his points, I think he is spot on.

Yak Ima

I finally had the time to read it last night.

Why do you guys think there is such difference in how ohr is working for different reviewers? This one it seems to be spot on, and the previous one I read (DCR and The5k) were much worse.

Do you think there are different manufacturing qualities?

Besides that I completely agree with all the points on this review and what needs to be changed. As stated, to come to the market without route navigation is something that I can’t understand at all, it blows my mind…

Also, I started to use the always on display (I never used it as I though it was going to burn the battery down) and it’s true, I don’t see much of a difference in battery life.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@Yak-Ima I am sure Suunto wont leave us without navigation

vlado

I have a feeling that somebody somewhere, these days is doing some field tests of route navigation while his chest strap emits heart rate to S7…I honestly do

Yak Ima

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos I don’t doubt it. But what I don’t understand is that it wasn’t ready at launch, or that they don’t show it under the specs of the watch as “Soon”.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@Yak-Ima well arguably the watch launched for what it is. A smartwatch that does what it should. (You can use routes with another app for example).

They could also add music controls in the app but there is another app for that.

So yes its a gray arrea that one could just launch the watch for what it is.

Compared to other competitor android wear / Apple watch I dont think one does routing. Right ?

Get my point ?

@Yak-Ima said in Another review, this is from Correr una maraton:

Why do you guys think there is such difference in how ohr is working for different reviewers? This one it seems to be spot on, and the previous one I read (DCR and The5k) were much worse.

The only thing @the5krunner had about OHR was initial notes on accuracy, and it was rather neutral to positive if you ask me. The DCR was just a hit job, clear and simple.

As stated, to come to the market without route navigation is something that I can’t understand at all, it blows my mind…

Honestly, I don’t quite get that fixation with route guidance. For one, the watch is clearly targeting laymen fitness crowd jogging in a park, not an Ironman athletes on some technical trails. Kind of hard to get lost in the park! Second, it’s a smartwatch and you do have an app for that! Multiple actually… Third, the watch does come with maps and breadcrumb path, so should you get lost in a said park, you can still navigate back to your nice little Tesla Model 3 and drive to a nearest Starbucks for an energizing grande soy latte or whatever… Last but not least… Polar Vantage upon release didn’t have navigation for months, if not a year, and it was buggy as hell immediately afterwards (crashing the said watch). Now, Vantage is a dedicated pro watch per marketing. Not a smartwatch by any stretch of imagination.

Also, I started to use the always on display (I never used it as I though it was going to burn the battery down) and it’s true, I don’t see much of a difference in battery life.

Yeah, bless the ambient display on Android!

Somehow our well informed DCR totally missed the fact that the big feature of Apple Watch 5 had been available on Android watches for a while now. Both for watch face, and the apps. Makes you wonder what else the guy is missing…