Suunto 9 Discounts

MiniForklift

I recently picked up a S9 Baro Gold Leather, think I got around a 20% discount on it. Easily the best looking S9 I have owned

dulko79

Any news/hints about newcomer?

zvonejan

@dulko79

probably in the first half of june, like always (every two years)

Brad_Olwin

@MiniForklift If I was to purchase another, it would be Copper! My favorite finish. But have to admit, the Gold is awesome.

Brad_Olwin

@dulko79 I think we need to be realistic about new devices from anyone. The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted supply chains worldwide and now because of stay at home and lockdowns implemented world wide, the companies that sell those devices are unlikely to have the personnel to test, (assemble in Suunto’s case) and provide the final development necessary. Not to mention distribution of the devices. I think all manufacturers devices will be delayed by this and I think most development is likely moving more slowly than intended. I hope that the smaller companies survive and my thoughts go out to the employees that are affected now and will be affected in the coming year or longer…

Kai Liu

Would it be possible that Suunto 7 already one of the two years upgrade and next new product will be 2022?

Egika

@Kai-Liu there will always be new products be introduced as long as the company exists.
It does not make sense to speculate and wait.
Get what you want now

lexterm77

@Kai-Liu

Releasing a new watch would require some major improvement like a new chip, lower power consumption, lower core voltage etc. I do not see anything at horizon that would matter for endurance sports except maybe for some new ideas on kinetic energy recharging.

GPS chipsets are at pretty much same offering as at s9b launch two years ago. And Sony leads other by a large margin in power consumption.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Chipset

stromdiddily

@lexterm77 give me 10 more hours of GPS tracking and I will gladly buy the next version, or an ability to stop/resume later.

25ish hours is not enough time for my slow a$$ and is the primary driver for me moving away. I want so bad for Suunto to come out with something that checks that box.

Brad_Olwin

@stromdiddily what is wrong with Endurance mode? That will get you 50h. With a belt on Best you should get 30-34h.

stromdiddily

@Brad_Olwin I like accurate pace and distance measurements and don’t want to buy a stryd?

Understood that 5 sec ping + fused track would be generally acceptable but why settle for that when literally every other flag ship watch has 35+ hours of tracking?

The majority of the items on my S9 wish list thread are pretty basic and mostly still outstanding. A lot of those boxes are also checked by competitors. I really like Suunto products but there is a widening gap emerging.

isazi

@stromdiddily said in Suunto 9 Discounts:

Understood that 5 sec ping + fused track would be generally acceptable but why settle for that when literally every other flag ship watch has 35+ hours of tracking?

Agreeable, but watches that have better battery life are also newer than the S9, that is already two years old today.

lexterm77

@isazi said in Suunto 9 Discounts:

@stromdiddily said in Suunto 9 Discounts:

Understood that 5 sec ping + fused track would be generally acceptable but why settle for that when literally every other flag ship watch has 35+ hours of tracking?

Agreeable, but watches that have better battery life are also newer than the S9, that is already two years old today.

What gps chip?

isazi

@lexterm77 the Sony one. Wasn’t the S9 the first flagship with the Sony? I’m just going by memory, haven’t had time to check.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@isazi yup you are correct. S9 came out as the first watch with this autonomy and the first watch with the Sony chipset.

zhang965

the first GPS watch comes with sony CXD5603GF should be amazfit pace .

lexterm77

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Suunto 9 Discounts:

@isazi yup you are correct. S9 came out as the first watch with this autonomy and the first watch with the Sony chipset.

What watch has larger batt life than s9b? But same chip, must be larger battery.

stromdiddily

@isazi yeah totally understand, Suunto set the battery life bar which has now been met and raised.

Was commenting in response to lexterm that releasing a new product doesn’t necessarily mean some quantum leap in technology.

lexterm77

@stromdiddily said in Suunto 9 Discounts:

@isazi yeah totally understand, Suunto set the battery life bar which has now been met and raised.

Was commenting in response to lexterm that releasing a new product doesn’t necessarily mean some quantum leap in technology.

I Agree, but it’s like releasing a Flagship laptop with same cpu after 2 years.

stromdiddily

@lexterm77 hahaha so true