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?

  • gomazoa93B
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    1 year ago
    1. Battery life - I want to avoid charging my watch as much as possible as I’m a charging freak
    2. Better display
    3. Better durability
    4. Want to get the “top of the line” as a status symbol
    5. Futureproof
  • marvin69420B
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    1 year ago

    For me it was the breadcrumb feature, hiking capabilities, especially with no cellular service anywhere in some parks/forest, precision for biking, i do plan to get a dive certification as my brother in law does it and used it for diving in Australia using the app that apple promoted and he replaced his old school dive watch and loves his ultra. I feel like most people are buying it for stupid reasons like or they want to look cool

  • KDR25B
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    1 year ago

    Looks. If the reg size Apple Watch came in brushed steel or titanium I’d go for it. I don’t like the polished appearance

  • RyvitB
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    1 year ago

    Stronger screen, nearly double battery life, and looks cool

  • SematariumB
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    1 year ago

    Since my pen1s is rather small and I have a lot of insecurities I tend to buy the biggest of the biggest. Even thought I don’t use all of the functions.

  • 808phoneB
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    1 year ago

    I have had the Apple Watch since day 1. I wanted a different look and most of my mechanicals are big so I wanted a larger AW. And the increased battery life is worth it to me. I like the action button tied to shortcuts.

  • Impossible_War_1368B
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    1 year ago

    I bought it because I run and I need a long term battery life. It also looks different and I’m tired of the same way he for almost a decade

  • willhaleyB
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    1 year ago

    I do some of the hardest manual labor you can imagine it literally tears everything up. I put no protection on my watch and a full year later not a single scratch on it. I have to remember to take it off when I detail my car because it will scratch it up (the car) when I do between seats and stuff

  • SoManyLilBitchesB
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get why anyone gets anything more than the cheapest version. I had a 3rd gen and eventually I couldn’t even do software updates and the battery barely lasted a day. I’d get the stainless if the battery was replaceable… but they aren’t. So I just got the SE2, it does what I want, and it’s super light (I used it for shot tracking while playing golf)

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    1 year ago

    If you don’t need it then 10usd is too expensive. If you need it, 1000usd is reasonable.

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    1 year ago

    Can an ultra last 30 hours using GPS? My gf does 100 mile races sometimes and I wonder if the Ultra would last?