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Polar Ignite 3

Polar Ignite 3 is announced today. It’s a lightweight sports/fitness/X-train watch rather than a running or multisports watch but still commands a price tag of £289, US$329, Eu329.

Ignite 3 is probably the only AMOLED sports watch with proper recovery data and detailed analytics, making it ideal for X-training – Venu, Vivoactive, Forerunner 255 and Apple Watch Ultra don’t have this combination out of the box. Even better, it’s super lightweight with a thin, small format that’s perfect for skinny wrists

I’ll be popping out a review of the Polar Ignite 3 in a few weeks’ time but for now, here is the interesting new stuff that adds to Polar’s already impressively wide range of advanced sports features

• AMOLED screen – this is a beautiful display with Gorilla glass, and similar in style to the Pixel watch…but better-looking. Every menu and screen element has been visually tweaked to work at this higher resolution and with more colours…Polar’s interface was dated but now looks impressively good.
• Multi-frequency Sony GPS – this is not needed on this watch at all and is probably included as multi-frequency will be Polar’s standard moving forwards.
• Up to 30 hours of GPS recording
• Voice-assisted coaching (later)
• Running and walking tests added
• Sleepwise – Gives recommendations for timing of your daily events for optimal results – like wake time and workout time. (later)
• Faster processor
• Tap to lap feature
• Some watchface customisation via proprietary widgets

Initial Takeout

The AMOLED screen is the big talking point here. In a way, this watch signals that 2023 will be all about AMOLED for sports watches. Garmin will introduce the Forerunner 265 (pictures 😉 ), Suunto must look again at AMOLED and we should soon see Polar’s next tranche of higher-end watches hopefully also with AMOLED options.

Polar Ignite 3 Technical Specifications