I have a series 6 titanium and a series 7 titanium …so 44mm vs 45mm…….the difference is actually quite noticeable to me as a wearer and I’m sure there will be a bigger difference with the ultra
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Screen size of the ultra vs the 8
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I have had S0 S1 S3 S4 S5 S7, all aluminium and have never cracked a screen, and they do get whacked as I am doing many mechanical things.
This all seems fairly logical, surely…
Apple wanted as big an improvement on battery life as possible. If the screen went all the way out to the Titanium border, the battery would be reduced (then there would be even more complaints, ‘the case is huge but the battery is barely any better, Garmin would be championed even more etc), if the bezels were removed and the Titanium border came in to meet the screen edge, the main body would look far too bulbous as the screen area/body ratio would be way off.
At this point, this is what the battery tech is allowing Apple to do. I’d guess the Ultra 3 will give us the bezeless look. Two years for Apple to improve battery and also keep the first design current So early adopters don’t feel hard done by.
I’d also guess we won’t get a smaller Ultra for a while as well. There’s a reason the body is the size it is…do people think there’s going to be loads of empty space inside the 49mm chassis? If they could have given it the specs it has in a smaller body, they would have made it smaller immediately.
Apple wanted as big an improvement on battery life as possible. If the screen went all the way out to the Titanium border, the battery would be reduced (then there would be even more complaints, ‘the case is huge but the battery is barely any better, Garmin would be championed even more etc), if the bezels were removed and the Titanium border came in to meet the screen edge, the main body would look far too bulbous as the screen area/body ratio would be way off.
At this point, this is what the battery tech is allowing Apple to do. I’d guess the Ultra 3 will give us the bezeless look. Two years for Apple to improve battery and also keep the first design current So early adopters don’t feel hard done by.
I’d also guess we won’t get a smaller Ultra for a while as well. There’s a reason the body is the size it is…do people think there’s going to be loads of empty space inside the 49mm chassis? If they could have given it the specs it has in a smaller body, they would have made it smaller immediately.
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Despite being pretty much the same size from what I have seen the flat screen gives the impression of being bigger due to the absence of reflections on the curves of the regular watch (in bright conditions at least). Check out the side by side vids of the event, obviously a very bright environment though.
The flat screen is very appealing to me because of this. One of the reasons I didn’t upgrade any of my S6’s to 7’s is because I’m not a fan how the edge of the screen goes under the curves of the glass.
Increase in pixels from S6 to 7:
+28 by +36
Increase in pixels from S7/S8 to Ultra:
+14 by +18
The display size increase is precisely 50% of the jump from S6 to S7. Although it’s not as big, I wouldn’t say insignificant.
It’s not insignificant if you ACTUALLY own both and rotate wearing them…..unless you have some sort of vision problem…….. yep….my peepee is as big as yours lol
I don’t think people fully understand how often sapphire cracks. It is very scratch resistant, but not from bumps and shock. It needs to be protected, hence the new design.
Don’t get me wrong. It’s not fragile, but people want sapphire because they think it’s more durable than glass. I guess it depends on what you mean by “durable”.
It’s why Casio doesn’t use sapphire on G-Shocks unless you go to the MR-G line, which is basically just a luxury line.
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So it's not the biggest screen? Which Apple Watch has a larger screen that the Ultra?
It does. The Apple Watch size measurements refer to the length of the casing, not the screen size.
With an increase of 14 pixels by 18 pixels, kind of makes me wonder why they made a change at all in the size and resolution of the display. Clearly the biggest factor for this watch is the larger casing, battery, etc. I do wonder if in future iterations of the Ultra if we'll see that glass bezel decrease.
that's simply not true. the screen is exactly 1.7% in area larger, so small a difference as to be invisible to the naked eye. Will there be a perception the face is larger... sure, because there are much wider black borders and entire picture frame of flat titanium bezel around the entire screen, but that screen itself... nothing is going to be larger in any meaninful way. I love the look of the Ultra and ordered one, but lets not kid ourselves here. The screen size is essentially the same as the 45mm Series 8, it's just more well protected and rugged looking.
I know it sounds silly but it isn't just the durability, I think some have tired of or find the smoothly glass black pebble look of the Series 0-8 a bit soft or feminine. I think Apple wanted to produce a more angular, flat looking model not just to be more rugged because it will appeal to those who want something different and associate this look with "adventure" style watches. It's a "look" and now Apple has watches that appeal to two spectrums of buyers in terms of style.
this is to scale: you can see why the screen is nearly identical (1.83% larger on the Ultra) but there is the appearance the screen is larger... its the black bezels being more than twice the size, plus the flat titanium picture frame border of the Ultra vs. the Series 7/8 where the metal slopes smoothly away from the glass.
I am looking to see how much bigger the Apple Watch Ultra's bezels are.
Yeah, got that. It's just some people think the S7 & 8 have tiny to no bezel and are using it as a stick to beat the Ultra with. Just posted a pic to show the S8 bezel.