Great news for Whistler buyers !!

[Jag42]

This was in Roy's blog in case you missed it.

I had the opportunity to have lunch with Mike Batton a lead Whistler engineer. I couldn’t coax Mike to appear on camera as he related that he was developing a new radar detector that he felt would “blow me away” and if he started talking he wouldn’t be able to stop. However he did promise me that he would get with me just prior to its release in the next few months.

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I can't wait ! I'm a hoping a new Pro series or a high end remote unit to compete with Bel/Escort

[MH_Pro78]

That's great to hear...I can't wait to see what it is and you can be for sure that I will pre-order one whenever it is released.

[BTJustice]

I hope it is related to this post...

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...s-spectre.html

[Lucky225]

This year is going to rock. Last year I thought was a really good year for RD's, we saw all kinds of features I never thought the RD manufacturers would really jump in on like GPS. Can't wait to see this year's improvements.

[happya$$]

AWESOME news I can not wait to see what Mike B. and team have up their sleeves

[jdong]

Neat! It'll be good for sure

[rsatmans]

I am also very interested!

[kuba]

hmm now maybe I should wait with buying a 695. I hope this is a remote system

[ahmadr]

Let's throw in some guesses:

Arrows: virtually impossible due to patents

GPS lockout: extremely unlikely due to patents

GPS camera database: likely, especially since whistler manufactures GPS devices.

Remote: likely, whistler has had some remote devices too. A 695 remote would be a great addition to their line.

Portable (battery powered): maybe. They would have the best performing portable in the market. With a relatively short battery life

Increased sensitivity: unlikely.
This is the make and break for me as I'm not in the market for a remote. If I were, I'd jump on a 695 remote.
Their platform/performance upgrade cycle has been pretty slow (same or worse for belscort/valentine). Considering the new whistler platform (pro78/xtr690) has been around for a short while, and has already been tweaked (rev.c/xtr695), I would not expect an upgrade here. Mike has been with Whistler for many many years, so it's not like he is a new addition to the whistler team.
That said, IF they reach M4 level sensitivity in a windshield mount, (considering their industry leading response times) I would be dumping my x50

[djrams80]

Let's throw in some guesses:

Arrows: virtually impossible due to patents

GPS lockout: extremely unlikely due to patents

GPS camera database: likely, especially since whistler manufactures GPS devices.

Remote: likely, whistler has had some remote devices too. A 695 remote would be a great addition to their line.

Portable (battery powered): maybe. They would have the best performing portable in the market. With a relatively short battery life

Increased sensitivity: unlikely.
This is the make and break for me as I'm not in the market for a remote. If I were, I'd jump on a 695 remote.
Their platform/performance upgrade cycle has been pretty slow (same or worse for belscort/valentine). Considering the new whistler platform (pro78/xtr690) has been around for a short while, and has already been tweaked (rev.c/xtr695), I would not expect an upgrade here. Mike has been with Whistler for many many years, so it's not like he is a new addition to the whistler team.
That said, IF they reach M4 level sensitivity in a windshield mount, (considering their industry leading response times) I would be dumping my x50

I agree. My vote is for a remote with a GPS camera database with the sensitivity of the 695.