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/braggpeak Sep 07 '22

A bunch of ppl gonna buy this for their 1 mile hike on a local hill

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u/OakBlueShirt Sep 07 '22

I have Scuba dived, and I will continue to. This watch doesn't do anything that reliable dive computers don't already do better.

It's kind of like a "jack of all trades" thing. But nobody wants a jack when your life is literally dependent upon the information.

It could work as a supplement to existing dive computers and air gauges and such, but even then you don't want to start relying on it and take your eyes off of the hardline devices.

I could be wrong and other divers may love this, but I see a lot of reasons to not use this while diving.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '22 edited Sep 08 '22

Because it’s not about scuba diving. It’s about having the option to scuba dive with an expensive watch on your vacation, right after you finish your Dolby vision 4k action movie….

No professional photographer, film maker, or scuba diver thinks this is a great phone for any of those… but it’s enough to get people to buy it for their new year resolution to have the option of doing it…. No matter how unrealistic it is in reality.

It’s like all the large trucks that never touch grass or haul anything in 20 years in the city that cost 60k plus. But, they could in the imagination of the driver… any day now.