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Apple Watch Ultra Ships With New Braided Charger
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I was pleasantly surprised to get this with my new MBP and have to say it's been a welcome difference from the old junky cables.
Hopefully we see the braided cables coming to more products in the future.
Interesting. Another reason for me to wait until next year to buy the Ultra Series 2. Although since the Series 8 has the edges of the display bezel rounded over, I wonder if that comes out to be the same width or similar to the display bezel edges on the Series 8, just flattened out?
And is that display area difference purely the resolution increase? It may have a slightly lower pixel density, therefore larger. The displays looked huge on those wrists in the ad.
I definitely think a 50mm and 46mm version, if not 51mm and 47mm version should be in the works for next year. I’d love a 51mm version with hardly any bezel, blood glucose and/or blood pressure monitoring, and Satellite SOS running on an S9 chip using TSMC’s 3nm process which should be available by then offering better battery life and performance.
I’m still not sure if I like it or not…. Sometimes I look at it from certain angles and it looks hideous and other times I look at it and it looks beautiful…. Very bizzare I know…. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see it in person
Should have happened back in 2010 even honestly when apple cables were breaking way more before, shame it took too long for them to do what Anker did years ago
Good to know. Maybe in the future, all models will ship with the braided charger.
I’m honestly surprised (in a good way) with the pricing. I mean $799 for Watch Ultra is pretty good deal, considering in the past Apple used to sell the Editions which didn’t have any meaningful extras beside the exterior materials?
Now we have a larger and brighter screen, extra button, extra speaker, and more rugged all Titanium body. That’s a great deal. I just wish it has Nike edition too because it could go well with those marathon athletes.
Now we have a larger and brighter screen, extra button, extra speaker, and more rugged all Titanium body. That’s a great deal. I just wish it has Nike edition too because it could go well with those marathon athletes.
Great that the cable is braided but what USB C charger block am I supposed to use to charge it with? I can only find the
35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter as listing that it is compatible with Apple Watch Ultra.
35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter as listing that it is compatible with Apple Watch Ultra.
Bezel's are meant to be wide as its a rugged watch. Price is cheaper than some of the watches it's competing with (Garmin 7x titanium is over $1000 etc). I think this will sell pretty well. A lot of buyers will just get it because its a different style Apple Watch and not even use any of the features.
Just wish it was in all black or very dark grey. Not sure why they did that?
Just wish it was in all black or very dark grey. Not sure why they did that?
I am guessing they went with natural titanium to avoid chipping issues present in color variations of the material. Something people experienced when opting for Graphite or Black whatever it was called instead of natural on the S7 line.
Apple Watch Ultra is compatible with 45mm bands | AppleInsider
Despite being a new 49mm size, the Apple Watch Ultra is compatible with the bands made with the larger 42mm, 44mm, and 45mm Apple Watch lugs.
appleinsider.com
Looks like that is a yes with the exception of the 41mm bands.
