If you bought an Ultra, why did you choose se it over the regular Apple Watch?

When I saw it announced last year, I thought to myself “no one is going to buy that”. I just thought there were too few features that most people don’t need. But now I see them everywhere. I don’t see the appeal of increased battery life being worth twice the price of the standard watch.

Why did you buy the Ultra and is it worth the price to you?

Prove me wrong I guess?

  • RestartCoach@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have the Ultra 2, In no particular order

    • Size - (I’d like an even bigger version) in terms of aesthetics and how it looks on my wrist
    • Battery Life - 2-3 days without needing to worry about going anywhere near a charger
    • Multi Hour Workouts - Being able to do a 2 hour workout and then go on a multi hour hike again without worrying about do I need a charger
    • Multi Band GPS - Tracking said hikes
    • Durability - This thing can take a knock of 2 and show no signs of damage, my ‘series’ watched would be scratched and dinged to bits
    • The Screen - Flat screen for the win! and big enough to be fairly useable if I want to leave my phone at home to go out for the day
    • Competed with a Garmin - I used to have a Fenix 6x Pro, the Ultra can do 95% of what I wanted from a Garmin, with the added cellular/smart functionality

    Things I’m a bit ‘meh’ on (and I’m being really picky for most)

    • Action Button - I think this is severely under utilised, I’d like serious third party integrations to be added into this
    • Colour scheme - Give us a customisable option to pick from a range of colours apart from orange accents
    • HR is slightly less accurate than on a ‘series’ edition of the watch