Negative. Always on seconds is the only thing that tempts me, but that alone isn't worth a $500 upgrade.
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Anyone who owns AWU2 upgrading to AWU3?
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The Ultra 2 was released with the S9 where as the 10 series had the S10. Now they all have the S10.Am I reading this wrong? Perhaps I am
No New Apple Watch Chip for the First Time Ever: All Models Stick to S10
For the first time ever, the new Apple Watch lineup does not contain a new chip. The Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Series 11, and Apple Watch Ultra...www.macrumors.com
Wow, 84% after one year? Mine is 15 months old and still at 100%. I have the screen on all the time and I track multiple activities per day. I only charge to 80% though to so maybe that helps?
I'm an idiot.
It's at 100%
I went to Battery Health, and it said 84%. Turns out that was the remaining battery capacity for the day
You have to scroll down further. Found I am at 100% still.
Very sorry for embarrassing myself like this.
Well I guess you don't have to spend any more time thinking about upgrading. Sounds like you have lots of life left still.
My U2 is 2 years old and it has 90% max battery charge. I used it HEAVILY every single day as I ride my bike indoors and outdoors for about 3 to 4 hours every day. The extra 4 hours of battery life, larger screen, Satellite SOS and 5G are the big YES for me to upgrade. I did pre order the Black Titanium but I cancelled and switched it to Natural Titanium after finding out that the bands hardware is different between black and natural and I have LOTS of Ocean Bands with natural titanium hardware. Also, the natural looks like it is more scratch resistant. I'm getting $335 trade in so that's good enough for me.
the apple trade-in for an Ultra 2 is $335, you'll be very lucky to get $400-$450 imho, esp when Ultra 2 new will go on sale on Amazon very soon for like $200 (at least) off ...
That's what I have gotten in previous years. Trade in values are meaningless. $200 off? Don't recall seeing that. Even on black Friday.
I have a 3 year old Ultra and am going to upgrade. It doesn't feel terribly exciting overall, but when the Ultra 2 was announced I did like many of those updates it received - Siri on device and tap gestures for example. Updated display with the Ultra 3 makes the entire upgrade feel worthwhile at this point.
Ignore this post. I replied before seeing your subsequent post and can’t delete it for some reason.
No reason to upgrade from an U2 to U3 for me. I don't need/use/pay for cellular, and I would never need Satellite as I have my iPhone with me always. And if I am out in the wilderness requiring satellite, I'm way outside my norm and would have much bigger problems to deal with! Battery health on my U2 is still at 100%. I only need to charge once every 2-3 days, sometimes longer. Nothing else seemed like an upgrade.
I think the apple spec page has an error.
IF the Ultra 3 were indeed thinner, we would have heard about it as it would mean a different casing. Going from 14.4 to 12 is significant, hence they'd talk about it.
There have been mistakes on the spec page at launch in the past ...