Speculation; I wonder to what extent the changing competitive landscape may have led to delays to revise the product?
Shearwater coming out with an A.I. version of the Perdix was a surprise to many. I've not been closely following the ScubaPro G2 but it seems to be getting some attention. Suunto's EON Steel has been out for quite awhile.
When the Cobalt came out, it was rather unique amongst consoles in terms of GUI and intuitive ease-of-use; the Oceanic Pro Plus 2 was a (cheaper) competitor, and looking at the two, well, was it really that close (aside from price)?
I'd love to see Atomic Aquatics bat a home run here, but I'm wondering how much they can bring to the table against fairly mature products by established competitors.
Something like buddy pressure checks & buddy locator functions at a distance (flashback to the Lynx!) would be nice. What else is left for Atomic to put out that's going to leap frog competitors now?
Put another way, if I were in the market for a new dive computer soon, I might consider waiting for Atomic's wrist unit, but I'd have to ask myself...what am I wanting
for? Even if it's what you hope, what exactly will that
be? Is it something you can't go out & buy today from a competitor?
Look forward to seeing how the answer plays out in the real world...
Richard.