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Apple Watch Ultra Unboxing and Hands-On
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I like the Garmin better since batteries last way longer. I have the latest SE and don’t wear it. Probably will give to my daughter. Really don’t like the battery life for the iWatch. I’m not really a stay connected kind of person though. I just wear my titanium Casio Pathfinder Solar that I never take off.Have you looked at the alternatives from Garmin etc?
Garmin tactix® 7 – Pro Edition | Tactical Watch with GPS
tactix 7 – Pro Edition is a tactical watch with a Power Sapphire™ solar charging lens, traditional buttons, touchscreen display, and a built-in LED flashlight.www.garmin.com
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The kind of crap we have to deal with when they put an Auburn guy in charge.
Pretty much all of them?
I mean, they look okay for a Casio / G-shock kind of design (which probably makes sense, considering the environment they will be exposed to, and nothing wrong with that - I wore G-shock exclusively as a kid), but I wouldn't wear them to a formal setting.
Conversely, the Apple Watch (and arguably even the Ultra) look equally at home in a suit and tie setting (I believe MKBHD recently wore his Apple Watch to the Met Gala) as it would while exercising. So I think Apple has done a fine job balancing both form and function here, and that appears to be something the competition has a hard time catching up to. They either have the form (Swiss designer watches) or the function (eg: Garmin) but not both.
Returned mine an hour after I received it from UPS. Way too big. Not what I expected.
what are you going to use it for?
mine has never seen the light of the day, after I took it off.
Nomad's already 2 months backordered :-(
Nomad’s titanium band and the Apple Watch Ultra are a perfect match
I finally got mine and really love it. Its just enough for me and the fact that the battery life is a lot longer makes me like it even more. Now I'm contemplating not trading in my Apple Watch 6 since the trade-in value is only $90. I'd rather just keep it and use the Watch 6 for special occasions since it looks much better on my other watch bands. Still undecided.
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It was just that prestige premium thing to have. You don’t have to use it but it was still nice to have to see it around. Now we get that recycled frosted paper.
Looks like a fantastic watch. Though I'm not sure I like the bands Apple designed for it.
I’m not even an outdoorsy person. I love the Apple Watch Ultra for the chunky fashion statement.
Nope we are spending $800 for 1 year, then upgrading again. It’s the Apple way!For the price you're paying Apple should provide LTS options for the high-end watch, They might sell more if they said they will provide software support for the next 10 years or say that the logic board can be upgraded to the next generation, something to assure people that you're not buying an $800 watch just for five years.
I like the looks but yeah i bought the ocean band for running, I hate the wet canvas or nylon feel. Kept the starlight alpine for regular wear as its the most stylish to me
I love this new Ultra edition. Everything about the look, size, fit & finish is exactly how I like my traditional analog watches. (Big and chunky.) If only I had $800 lying around, I’d trade up my Series 5 in a heartbeat. Maybe I’ll sell a kidney.
Yep, designers must have been on acid & closet Steve Jobbs haters, who scribbled this design on the rear of a cigarette packet on a Friday afternoon while wearing +3.5 correction lenses & had a bet with each other to see who could make the biggest mess up. Maybe it’s meant to be worn above the knee?
Absolutely hideous, the only thing they missed on the design was adding a pair of wheels and 2 handles and calling it a wheelbarrow.
It is, but it's in small print at the top of the colored, inner, bezel. So it's rather small print.