It's been a fun two and a half years, but it's time to move on to greener pastures... Hopefully I'll see you all tomorrow, in a fresh new Garmin subforum ;)
While I await the return of my 6X that I sent in for replacement last weekend, I'm watch-less until I either get it back, or I get my hands on the "latest and greatest", whichever comes first.
See you all on the other side!
Well... I caved and just ordered the Epix Sapphire - Black Titanium.
What can I say? My curiosity about the quality of the AMOLED display behind a Sapphire crystal finally pushed me over the edge. Also…
My wish list (which won't matter because Garmin has undoubtedly already finalized the hardware design for the Fenix 7 by now)
- Increase each display by 0.1 inches (7S 1.3", 7 1.4", 7X 1…
I'll be there beside you in the "latest and greatest" forum as soon as I can...
Noice! I will wait untill you guys test the gps and let me know. Then, I will move on... Thank you 
My wish list (which won't matter because Garmin has undoubtedly already finalized the hardware design for the Fenix 7 by now)
- Increase each display by 0.1 inches (7S 1.3", 7 1.4", 7X 1.5"), without making the watches bigger, by ridding the watchface of the useless black bezel with the tickmarks on it
- Increase the resolutions accordingly (260x260, 280x280, 300x300)
- Increase color depth from 8-bit (64 colors) to 10-bit (256 colors) or higher.
- Elevate 4 sensor (this one is pretty much a given)
- Connect IQ 4 compatible (also pretty much a given)
- Solar Sapphire option, like Tactix Delta already has
- More efficient solar panel on the solar models (use some of the real estate gained from getting rid of the black tickmark bezel)
- Increased storage (64GB or more)
- Higher capacity batteries (with 7X getting the bigger battery from the Enduro)
- Dual-band GPS, with ability to use single-band if desired for less battery consuption
- Maintain compatibility with current quickfit straps
- Make it thinner (or at least don't make it thicker) than the current Fenix 6 models.
- Faster processor to make map navigation work faster.
- Retain (or improve) the current 7-day, 14-day, and 21-day battery life.
- Ability to configure, backup, and restore ALL watch/activity settings on Connect Mobile app.
Getting all of those things would be awesome, but just being realistic, I'd probably still upgrade to the 7 even if it only adds 3 or 4 of those things.
Optional: Keep the 5-buttons, but add a touchscreen that can be toggled on automatically in certain screens (such as while panning/zooming the map), but that can otherwise remain deactivated the rest of the time. I don't really care if they add this feature, but if they did, I wouldn't complain as long as it can be turned off and doesn't replace the buttons.
I couldn't care less about LTE or amoled, in fact I specifically DO NOT want either of those things, but I'd be fine with it if they made it optional with a separate SKU for people who want those things. I also don't want a speaker/microphone unless they can somehow be implemented without affecting the waterproofing.
I just dug up this old post of mine from 8 months ago. It almost feels like Garmin gave my list to an engineer and said "here, make this!" 
#1, #2, #3, and possibly #8 are the only wish list items it looks like I won't be getting. I said, back then, that I'd probably upgrade even if I only got 3 or 4 of those items, but it sounds like I'm getting 12 of them 
Given that Garmin posted that on their official twitter page, I guess we can finally "legally" mention here on the Garmin forum that the upcoming watch is FENIX 7 
