Apple Watch Ultra 3 Coming Next Week: Eight Reasons to Upgrade

[jtptus]

Happy w/my UW2. No compelling reason to upgrade and I plan to hold onto this for the long haul. (Now the iPhone releases coming 9/9 are another matter. Anxious to check them out.)

 

[kidnaper]

Garmin does not have longer battery life. Not if it’s doing all the same functions as an Apple Watch. You’d get barely a day out of it with everything “on”.

This was just discussed the other day.

Your “everything on” chart is for GPS time. If you’re going to use the Garmin battery estimated at least use the smartwatch table

 

[East India Company]

So what do we get:
- a larger screen… 10 pixels more actually.
- a new chip.. the same as last year but with an incremented name.
- blood pressure monitoring.. that actually doesn’t tell you your blood pressure.. and maybe it doesn’t come.
- a faster refresh rate.. only to see the seconds tick.
- 5g connectivity.. but there’s no meaningful data rate use case on the AWU.
- satellite connectivity.. that you have anyway on your phone.
- same price! ..or higher?

Thank you Tim!

 

[I_Sheep]

Garmin does not have longer battery life. Not if it’s doing all the same functions as an Apple Watch. You’d get barely a day out of it with everything “on”.

This was just discussed the other day.

That's just objectively false. My 970 lasts 4-5 days with all the settings in, including pulse Ox. Brightness is on medium and AOD is on too. If I turn the AOD off, it goes up to 15.

 

[Astuces iOS]

Rich will upgrade 💀

 

[CptnJustc]

So few improvements over last year's S10! That said, seriously looking forward to upgrading my S6.

 

[Lain-XIII]

Definitely getting it. Sold my UW1 earlier this year, so this one should have massive new upgrades for me.

 

[TJFDenver]

Circular display is coming

 

[FattiesGoneWild]

Definitely getting it. Sold my UW1 earlier this year, so this one should have massive new upgrades for me.

“Massive” new upgrades over UW1. 🤦🤡 No sir, you won’t be getting that and was a waste doing that. 😆

 

[DocMultimedia]

Blood pressure monitoring is the only feature of interest for me, but it is vague again in this article so I'll wait and see what Apple actually announces.
The other 7 reasons - meh for me

Yep, BP is the one thing that might get me to buy. As you said, we'll see what it can really do in a few days.

 

[Marx55]

Bring also Watch Ultra truly standalone, without any dependency, not requiring other device to setup and use. No, I do not want an iPhone; even for free! Free your mind and your hands! Allowing to install any application including web browsers like Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge, etc. Add a camera to read QR codes, etc; best if it is telescopic rotating retractable camera in the crown neck (protecting from dust and sweat, besides privacy). Then I am sold, even for 1,000 USD or more.

 

[ImAlwaysRight]

Please give us longer battery life to compete with Garmin. I'd like to only need to charge every 3-4 days instead of every other day.

Non-issue. Just charge the thing when you shower. Hopefully you're doing that every day or at least every other day. I've sat by people who don't shower regularly and it is not pleasant.

 

[delsoul]

Not sure if it’s just me, but it seems like there just isn’t the the excitement anymore over ‘new’ Apple products. They’re just updates, if anything. My 1st gen AWU2 is doing just fine and looks like the day I bought it. Some seriously tough materials on it.

 

[mdatwood]

I love my AWU2. It's tough as nails, looks great on my wrist and has great battery life. I can hold onto it another year for sure.

 

[appeals.key_0k]

So what do we get:
- a larger screen… 10 pixels more actually.
- a new chip.. the same as last year but with an incremented name.
- blood pressure monitoring.. that actually doesn’t tell you your blood pressure.. and maybe it doesn’t come.
- a faster refresh rate.. only to see the seconds tick.
- 5g connectivity.. but there’s no meaningful data rate use case on the AWU.
- satellite connectivity.. that you have anyway on your phone.
- same price! ..or higher?

Thank you Tim!

11088 pixels more*

~5% increase in screen area.

 

[LionTeeth]

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[iFunk]

I wanted an Ultra when it was released... then the 2 came and I still held out. It might be time for me to jump on board. I currently have the AWS7 (GPS+cellular 45mm) and I do enjoy it. I've only used it a few times for sleep tracking and want to use it more for that so maybe with the Ultra 3 I'll start wearing my watch to sleep.

 

[unobtainium]

Metal back doesn’t sound comfortable or appealing.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

I wanted an Ultra when it was released... then the 2 came and I still held out. It might be time for me to jump on board. I currently have the AWS7 (GPS+cellular 45mm) and I do enjoy it. I've only used it a few times for sleep tracking and want to use it more for that so maybe with the Ultra 3 I'll start wearing my watch to sleep.

Have you tried them on? I find the Ultra way too bulky, personally, but I know a lot of people that style.

 

[mybodywatchdev]

I'm holding out for glucose monitoring (or at least trends, like temperature).

 

[Psdn]

Please give us longer battery life to compete with Garmin. I'd like to only need to charge every 3-4 days instead of every other day.

The new Garmins - Fenix 8 pro series, the batteries on them are decreasing because of LTE. Even their new 51mm with microled screen is only 4 days of battery.

 

[Maxis]

The only thing that would make me upgrade my 2 years old AWU2 îs blood pressure monitoring.
But I don't think that's coming sooner than next year.

The Blood pressure monitoring is something people Need. Sorry to say, but I doubt it works without a real pressure measuring.

I have Huawei Watch D just for that reasons to get some easy feedback how bad I live. It's in the range compared to more precise systems.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

The new Garmins - Fenix 8 pro series, the batteries on them are decreasing because of LTE. Even their new 51mm with microled screen is only 4 days of battery.

There are a lot more Garmin watches than just the Fenix. The Forerunner series is vastly more popular, and my 265, which was $299, lasts for over a week.

 

[Shawn MacApple]

Into year 4 with my OG Ultra it is then…

I am into year 3 with mine, still 89% battery health, and can use my blood ox w/o fear of it being sued into being deactivated. The rest is not enough reason to update. I also just discovered that changing a few settings in Accessibility that I, too, have Double-tap capability AND can save $800+, which I will happily use to buy a Garmin when my AWU1 has used up all the runway.

 

[ipadeducators]

Time to have a look at Whoop ( https://www.whoop.com/ca/en/how-it-works/ ) - perhaps purchase the company and harness some of their technologies.