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Is it worth to upgrade from Real to Intent?

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Hi,
a straightforward question to those who used both Real and Intent - is there enough improvement to warrant buying Intent if you already have Real?

Tried to comb through Intent threads, but most of the talk was about some other niuances.

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For me it was like a night and day difference. With the INTENT1 aids. I have what i dreamed of. I only have the default general program. I put my aids in when I get up and forget that i have aids the whole day. Also the connectivity to my Samsung S23 phone is almost flawless.

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@cvkemp said:

For me it was like a night and day difference. With the INTENT1 aids. I have what i dreamed of. I only have the default general program. I put my aids in when I get up and forget that i have aids the whole day. Also the connectivity to my Samsung S23 phone is almost flawless.

Interesting. Usually improvements between releases are very incremental, so I take it it’s not the case this time?

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@Bimodal_user said:

@Herv, please keep in mind that the new Oticon lineup will be released in October or November. It will be a descendant of the Intent generation.

Will certainly keep an eye on this. I’d imagine it should be a refinement rather than something of next-level stuff. Or does Oticon has a history of making significant improvements even on the same platform?

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There are rumors of an announcement to come this fall more than likely like usual in Europe. And if like normal not until early next year in the USA. My audiologist told me there is no word on if it is new product or new firmware updates.

The More was announced Jan 2021 (More press release)

The Real was announced Feb 2023 (Real press release1)

The Intent was announced Feb 2024 (Intent press release2).

If they’re on some kind of tick-tock release cycle, the the rumors of an announcement in Feb 2026 might be true.

However, what’s the content of the releases, and which ones are considered the “big” release vs an “incremental” release?

Was the Real a big improvement over the More, or is the Intent the big improvement over both the More and the Real? And what came before the More? Was the More a big improvement over it?

The Open S, More and Real were all based on the Polaris platform chip. The Intent is the first to be released based on the Sirius platform chip. You could say each following release on the same chip is incremental and significant on the initial release of a new chip.

According to Dr. Cliff, who states that hearing aid improvements are incremental from generation to generation, Intent was definitely more than that. On one condition - it MUST be properly fitted, preferably using .

Look for his review of Oticon Intent in his YouTube channel.

I tried all three coming from Opn 1, and felt Intent 1 was much better. I knew pretty quickly, can you trial them to see?

I would caution that in the absence of detailed technical specs, even when a manufacturer claims that they have ‘a new chip platform’, it might just be a relatively small incremental step.

We simply don’t know. ‘New chip platform’ is not a well defined technical term.

And that goes for all manufacturers, not just Oticon.

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Hmm :thinking: I haven’t learnt my lesson that I shouldn’t entirely believe what Google search results produce. Sort of the same mistake one can make with having too much faith in GPS navigating devices. Thanks for the nitpick, good to know!

I can’t count the number of times Garmin has led me down the dark & narrow path!!

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@cvkemp said:

For me it was like a night and day difference. With the INTENT1 aids. I have what i dreamed of. I only have the default general program. I put my aids in when I get up and forget that i have aids the whole day. Also the connectivity to my Samsung S23 phone is almost flawless.

I totally agree with @cvkemp Chuck. The improvement was huge with INTENT1 aids!

I have used a large variety of for the last 20 years and each improvement was marginal compared with the large change I have experienced with INTENT1’s.

They just seem to work without any fuss, the speech and sound sound natural and the effect of forgetting that you are really free of aids is amazing!

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