r/apple • u/exjr_ Island Boy • Sep 07 '22

Apple Unveils Apple Watch Ultra With Large-Screen Design for Athletes and Explorers Apple Watch

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/07/apple-unveils-apple-watch-pro-athletes/
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u/Elranzer Sep 07 '22

THICC

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u/zzzman82 Sep 07 '22

Size and weight comparison

Aluminum, stainless steel and ultra

https://imgur.com/a/JyPBoQ0/

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '22

The border radius of the Ultra is bigger, bringing us one step closer to a completely round Apple Watch screen.

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u/jalegg Sep 07 '22

Looks huge!

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u/kelsnuggets Sep 07 '22

thats what she said

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '22

So is the garmin descent mk2 ( dive watch + smart watch) so it’s a non issue for me. My biggest issue is it doesn’t have a free dive function like my garmin does. Hopefully it will be added

I’m genuinely surprised at the price. It’s “affordable” compared to the garmin

1200 vs 800

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u/BabyWrinkles Sep 07 '22

While they were talking about it, I was guessing an $1199 price point. Especially since it has a titanium case, which on the Series 7 ran $799.

I kind of wonder if they're hitting a lower price point this year so that more people buy in and they can see what people use it for the most and then lean in to that for future models?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '22

I was expecting at least $1,000. I think your assumption is spot on

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u/jcshep Sep 07 '22

It does seem to have a casual freedive feature called "depth" app that shows current depth / time underwater and records descents. I'm sure there will be third party apps as well.

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u/hashtagswagitup Sep 07 '22

They do also have a mk2s, which is smaller at 43mm. That one is 1000. Also expected this to be 1000 though!

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u/PerfectlySplendid Sep 07 '22

It’s huge. I wear large face watches, but I’m looking at what 49mm looks like on my wrist and lmfao.

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u/Clemario Sep 07 '22

Did... did they say 49 mm? The previous largest Apple Watch was 45 mm.

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u/htplex Sep 07 '22

Yes and even that is too big for me aesthetically and I’m 5’10

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u/nicetriangle Sep 07 '22

Yeah way too big for my wrist.

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u/natedoggggggg Sep 07 '22

~⅓ (3.7mm) thicker than the S8/SE

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u/Elranzer Sep 08 '22

I mean the height.

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u/Declanmar Sep 08 '22

Definitely looks chunkier than the other watches.