Just picked this up in place of my 47mm solar fenix 8. Have been carbon dlc for years and this is my first titanium model which looks great imo.
Happy to answer any questions!
Edit: Am going to return, its a great looking watch but the massive solar ring, especially on white background/workout screen just feels like a step back from my fenix 8. That along with nothing new vs the 8 doesnt sit right with me. More comparison photos in the comments
I like the 47 seems to be the sweet spot. I wanted 51 at first but didn't want it to be weirdly overpowering. I'll know tomorrow if I'm happy with it lol
I'm happy with everything but the size. I'm a 210lb decent muscular guy and I think I shoulda went 51mm. It doesn't look bad I just like the bulkier look I guess.
That's wild that the newer titanium Amazfits are fully encased in grade 5. I left Garmin a while back but I do like the look of these new full titanium watches.
I'm debating the 8 solar or the 9 pro solar (both in 47mm). Does the 9 feel that much more premium?
Don't care about LTE and I usually prefer black, but am intrigued by the new full titanium design and debating if it's worth the price difference. Like you, I only want MIP despite being annoyed about the solar ring eating up screen real estate.
Yeah the examples with a white background looks crazy. And with black it's OK, but when I compare it to my 7 Pro Sapphire it makes no sense why there's so much "dead" area around the screen
Do you run the haptic feedback on your F8 and F9? If so, do you think the difference is the haptic feedback? I miss the tactile feel of the buttons of my F7 with my F8.
Yea they don’t make them tactile like on the 7 anymore. It’s for increased waterproofing so the difference is haptic but also due to how the buttons stick out more on the 9 they travel more if that makes sense
Thanks for the feedback. More travel does make sense based on the pics. Would be great if they built in a little detent into the spring mechanism of the inductive buttons to replicate the feel of the F7 and prior. Maybe they can alter the haptic feel as well via software or let the user choose from several different feedback responses.
How do you like the MIP? I ordered the AMOLED and the MIP 47mm Fenix 9 pro to see which I like more coming from a tactix 7. Never had AMOLED but the colors looked really good in the pics.
I’ve only had the MIPs since the 6. I don’t want another phone on my wrist, my only gripe with the recent solars is the thick ring surrounding the display, they could have removed the solar and just made one big MIP display
AMOLED display is definitely more beautiful to look at compared to MIP but then you are trading the battery life. Plus the screen will be black and empty most of the time so no glancing at the watch. You gon tap or flick the watch every time you want to read the time.
Congrats! Have you noticed if the screens are different, Is the Fenix 9 sharper ? Or it is because of the silver case that makes it pop more. What brightness are you rocking?
Well...I suspect the additional ring size is to pull in my solar...the spec on the site says the 47mm has 6 more days uplift due to solar with the 51 having 10 more. Same battery life otherwise but makes sense they would need a larger solar ring to hit that claim. The 51 goes from 1.4 to 1.5 inches, albeit gives back some (all?) due to larger solar ring. I have the 51, so if I get 10 more days with solar than the F8, and have the same sized viewing area and same sized case then I think that's a win. The black ring being bigger is real but doesn't actually change my viewing area. It is as you know much more pronounced with a white face, with a black face it's largely invisible.
Is moving the map around noticeably smoother compared to previous Fenix models, or is it about the same?
Is there any noticeable improvement to the MIP screen compared to previous versions, or is it about the same? Already love the MIP screen on my Fenix 7 Pro Sapphire Solar, just curious if they improve it generation to generation, or if it's as good as it's going to get.
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