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6 Features Coming to the Apple Watch Ultra 3
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Sounds like Ultra 2 with a software update.
Another major issue for any hope of winning over converts from the likes of Garmin
Buttons are absolutely essential for interactions when working out
Just curious. Who informed you? Macrumors posters? Or some prestigious credentialed think tank?
What do MR posters say?
My Ultra 2 is fine, thank you. I am fortunate to have gotten it before it lost the O2 saturation measurement in the patent fiasco. BP is a nice add on but I have hypertension, on three meds, and I measure my BP regularly at home with great precision, so the add is nice but not relevant to me. I have to assume Apple could increase battery life only at the cost of some features, otherwise it makes no sense.
Wish they’d bring the screen all the way to the edge and remove the black bezels. Looks somewhat dated as a result. Thinner metal border around screen would be nice, too.
I too would like more battery life, but I don't know how you do that and still provide all of the functions that an Apple Watch does. From the countless articles and videos I've seen about Garmin watches, they don't provide nearly all of the same smartwatch features as an Apple Watch, which is less drain on the battery. Does anyone here know of a battery technology that can accommodate what the Ultra does as a smartwatch AND can provide a week or more of battery life? I'm hopeful that such a thing exists because that would be awesome.
It blows me away that Apple won't design a hyper sport focused version with more buttons and an insane focus on battery life. For a lot of fitness/outdoor use cases, "way more battery life" is literally required feature #1, #2 and #3
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Apple should create a special line of Watches to try to capture this part of the market
It's not great to be making only devices that "do everything" at the expense of a feature a lot of people want/need (battery life).
To be fair, it's the world's best selling watch. It's ticking most boxes for most people.
I've got an AWU2, if they do anything with blood pressure monitoring I think I'd have to get that, that's a big one for me.
I can't see Apple fracturing the product line even further to do that. I think they'll accept losing some sales to Garmin and other companies rather than taking on the cost of another product that might not sell all that much.
I think it's a mistake
When you have a generalist product as the only option, you lose out on benefits on either end of the spectrum of usage needs/desires
It's wild to me that offering a fitness focused option would be positioned as "fracturing the product line"
I think an equally likely fear of theirs is that an option with wildly better battery life would DESTROY sales of the other ones and become a benchmark they can't keep up on with the other devices in the lineup
Not the Ultra? The Series x watches are very popular, but the Ultra is trying to market itself towards athletes and at least in my part of Europe that’s where Garmin shines. It sells okay, but they could’ve done a lot better imo.
All I want is heart rate broadcasting, so I can use it with my cycling computer. Also, I think it’s dumb that they release the new ultra in the fall. This watch is for outdoor enthusiasts, why not release it before the summer begins?
I doubt that. Wildly better battery life would have to mean sacrificing something else in the other end.
All the thousands/millions of Garmin users want is a battery that lasts a week of more, like our current Garmin…….. all the fancy hypertension crap is just crap. Decent battery - take my money.
Battery life and heath features are what I am looking for before I upgrade, I'm still rocking the Ultra 1, and will not give up the Spo2, I hope they get it worked out, look forward to the next Apple watch.
Ah I understand a potential misunderstanding of a post that is rhetorical question thinking it speaks for the universe of iPhone customers.
We’ll have to wait and see.
$599 in 2025 is way cheaper than $499 in 2007. Economics 101.
2007-2025 has a cumulative rate of inflation over 50%. 499 back in 2007 is equivalent to ~765 in today’s money