Apple Watch Ultra; is a new high-end watch that looks like they took a regular Apple Watch and sent it to the gym. As a result, the 49 millimeter watch has been beefed up.
Apple Watch Ultra screen
It has the largest and brightest display ever in an Apple Watch, with a brightness of up to 2000 nits. The top display is flat and has only a slight lip on the edge to protect the sapphire crystal cover.
With the crown guard added, the digital crown on the side is larger and thicker, and the button sticks out further than usual, making it easier to hit with gloves on.
On the other side, a second speaker and additional microphones have been added for increased volume and better mic quality in windy environments. A new button has appeared, a large bright orange action button.
This is a customizable button that you can set to do a variety of things, such as starting a workout or turning the entire screen white to act as a flashlight, and then while you're in an app, it can serve different functions within that app.
By the way, this is the only spec, there's only one Apple Watch Ultra, just this titanium and ceramic. They're all cellular, and they're all equipped with this bright orange action button.
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So, aesthetically, it appears that when we first heard rumors of a Pro watch, they could only go one of two ways. They could begin with a super ruggedized military grade garment level watch and then attempt to bring it down and Appleify it.
Alternatively, they could start with a standard Apple Watch and ruggedize it. They clearly chose option two, resulting in this chunky-looking Apple Watch, but still a fairly familiar-looking watch.
Apple Watch Ultra Features
What is notable is that it does not feel heavy. The titanium made it feel much lighter on my wrist than I had anticipated. So, while it's certainly easier to call this one a chunker, it's thick with possibly three or four Cs.
Just know that it could have been much bigger. There are now numerous features. You know how I believe they created this watch?
I believe they asked a group of extreme high performance athletes, "How many of you use an Apple Watch?" Those who raised their hands and said, "I don't wear a watch. It simply cannot compete with me."
They brought those people to Apple Park and interrogated them to figure out what they needed to change about the Apple Watch to keep up with what they were doing.
So they definitely talked to some divers who said, "Yeah, this thing is waterproof, but it's not waterproof enough to go down as far as I go and be a dive computer." Then Apple created the WR100, a water-resistant watch.
So you can theoretically dive down to a hundred meters with it, and extra sensors in there make it a true proper dive computer for a lot of people.
I believe they speak with mountaineers who hike in complete darkness. Then you get extreme temperature toughness and the ability to add waypoints in the compass app.
So, if you ever need to find your way back to somewhere you can't see, you can always use the watch. They also included an 86 decibel siren from the new larger speaker, which is extremely loud and can send out an SOS signal to people nearby. There's also a dual-band GPS.
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This is a feature that you don't see very often in smart watches, but it can greatly improve accuracy and also assist you if you're traveling through GPS dead zones.
I believe they spoke with marathoners, who most likely all simply stated, "Yeah, the watch dies before the end of a normal marathon."
As a result, I can't use it." The Ultra, with its new thicker case, also has room for a much larger battery. How much more precisely? On stage, Apple stated 36 hours, which is 18 hours longer than the standard Apple Watch.
So I'm just calculating how long this normally lasts me, which is about a day and a half. So the Ultra is doubled, and it feels like a three-day battery with normal use. Then they said it could get up to 60 hours with a new battery optimization feature that won't be available until later this year.
I'm not sure what that means or what it entails, but if I do the math again, that could amount to about five days of regular use with that mode enabled. But at this point, it's all theoretical. I will undoubtedly make use of it.
In any case, they claim that a marathoner can now not only complete a marathon, but also an Ironman, which is a two-and-a-half-mile swim, a hundred-mile bike ride, and a 27-mile marathon all back to back, and track the entire thing with heart rate and GPS with battery to spare.
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That is quite impressive. So this certainly lives up to the Ultra moniker. There's no doubt about it, and I know that when we see these features, we all start to wonder about pricing a little bit, so the Apple Watch Ultra comes in one size, only in GPS and cellular, and costs $799.
That's still expensive, but for comparison, the Garmin Fenix, a very competitive and popular smart watch, costs $900. I believe the smallest one costs $800. However, Apple is not usually the one who undercuts. On top of that, there are some new faces and bands designed specifically for the Ultra watch.
The Wayfinder faces are pretty cool and provide a lot of useful information to someone who is doing something like hiking. There's a compass, elevation, and so on.
Then there are three new watch bands: a trail loop for endurance athletes, an Alpine loop, and an ocean band for fast water sports.
All of these are quite unique and actually quite impressive in terms of both durability and comfort. These are really nice bands, and as a fun fact, I was just wondering and had to check, so I took the bands off the Ultra and put them on the smaller watches, and they seem to work fine.
So, based on my experience, it appears that backwards compatibility with the bands is a good thing. So the most common question I've received since this announcement is, Am I going to get one?
Okay, it's for adventurers, explorers, and endurance athletes. Many of you are aware that I play Ultimate Frisbee and that I usually wear my watch while playing and practicing. So, am I in the target demographic?
Both yes and no. They showed a few obvious examples, such as mountaineering, biking, Ironman races, and so on.
For me, the extra battery life would be great, and for certain workouts and such, having better GPS and being able to do more workouts before the thing dies would be ideal. But it's still an everyday watch for me. It's a Watch from Apple.
You still have to wear it the rest of the time, and it's getting close to being too big for me to pull off normally on the wrist. Obviously, it's not huge.
With my skinny wrists, I don't think I could wear a garment every day. But, fun fact, I wore this black Apple Watch to the Met Gala and thought it looked fine. Everything worked out fine.
You can dress it up or cover it with a cuff. But I doubt you'll be able to do all of that with the Ultra. You see a cool commercial and think to yourself, "Oh, that's terrible.
This tough camera will record all of my exciting adventures. I'm going to have the most sick footage ever." And then you get one, use it maybe once or twice, and the footage is fine, and it just sits in a drawer gathering dust.
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Most people do not need this watch, but it is dangerous. The commercials are sick, and I believe you'll be able to capitalize if you're one of those athletes. However, the regular Apple Watch will suffice for the vast majority of people, including myself.
My biggest annoyance with all the watches is something Casey Neistat actually just mentioned on Twitter, which is that if you're sweating a lot, it's raining, or you're wearing long sleeves during a workout, it tends to mess with the screen.
Even if you have theater mode turned on, it touches the screen and messes up the workout data tracking. I just want them to fix that, and I'd be happy with any of the watches.
However, for the extreme, adventurers, and those with deep pockets, this is going to be a pretty sick watch. It competes with many other ruggedized smart watches on the market, but its main advantage is that it is also an Apple Watch.
You can also wear it every day, and it will work great with your iPhone, which you most likely already have. That concludes the article on the Watch Ultra. Please let me know what you think as well. If the Ultra is right for you and you use it in a specific situation.
Can the Apple Watch Ultra End Dive Computers?
According to the Apple website, it has a water resistance rating of 100 meters according to ISO standard 22810 and can be used for recreational diving up to 40 meters.
There's an odd statement here that says water resistance isn't a permanent condition; whoever wants that and a dive computer, I think they're just being cautious.
I didn't find any additional information about scuba diving, except that you need a third-party app to use the dive computer function, and that app comes from oceanic and as cold oceanic plus turning to the oceanic web page you can get a first look on the oceanic plus app or I think it's already out but not available for the apple watch.
The app has a snorkeling and apne diving dive planning function, as well as a fully functional dive computer. It uses spielman's chl16c with gradient factors as the compression model. I couldn't find any information about other use decompression models like vpn.
If you want to use the dive computer functionality, you must subscribe for 79 dollars per year or get a family plan for 129 dollars for up to five family members. That would deter me from purchasing it because that quickly adds up and you can get simple dive computers with the same functionality for a fraction of the cost.
I could consider buying the Apple Watch Ultra and using it in free gauge mode since I use dive computers most of the time in gauge mode anyway. There are still some unanswered questions, such as whether the wristband is long enough to fit the watch on a dry suit with thick undergarments.
If you are a recreational diver, especially if you are not a ge diver, and you will or will not use the watch, consider that you must pay id dollars per year.
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The biggest disadvantage would undoubtedly be the low depth rating and the lack of a trimex function. So i think dive computers will be around for some time and not be replaced by smartwatches anytime soon.
Let me know if you think Dive computers should be or will be ceased to exist and integrated in smartw watches someday in the future.
What do you think about the subscription fee for the app would you invest around 80 dollars a year would you buy the apple watch ultra if it had trimix capability with better depth rating.
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