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?

  • justhavingfunyea@alien.topBEnglish
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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?

  • Rom2814@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The look - love the flat screen and design. The battery life. Titanium.

    My precious versions were stainless steel so it didn’t even feel like I was paying more.

    I still love my ultra in way I never LOVED my precious Apple Watches.

    If you’re in a budget where the extra cost is meaningful to you, then those features might not be worth it.

  • KleinUnbottler@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I wanted enough battery life that I didn’t have to charge if I went on a weekend backpacking trip, and would still allow me to track my movements on a map. (WorkOutDoors)

  • DaemonCRO@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Great screen, bigger screen to actually see all that data.

    Battery life.

    Tough (I’m outdoors a lot, camping, scouting).

    I liked the band, Alpine loop.

  • il_balilla@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    When it comes to Apple my attitude is if I’m going to buy their stuff I might as well get the best one

  • RiotSloth@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Easy, the improved GPS for running, and the better battery life.

    Shame the HR monitor doesn’t work for me properly when running and I have to use a chest band…

  • ugahairydawgs@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Bigger screen. Don’t have to focus much on the battery. Don’t like the color options for the aluminum series watches since they got rid of black/space gray, SS a little too shiny for my taste.

  • redavid@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    the two main things for me would be the battery life and multi-band GPS, though really, Apple has no excuse for those things not being far better than they are on the Series 9 currently.

  • jsreally@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not having to charge it daily has made me wear it way more. I have it on all the time. Didn’t even wear my regular watch much.

  • cp_mcbc@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Because I had dabbled in the Garmin fitness watches before. Because I have larger wrists. I desired a larger watch, not a piece of jewelry.

  • krogC92@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Battery, screen size and the night mode were my main points. These were all things that stopped me from buying an Apple Watch earlier.

  • gomazoa93@alien.topBEnglish
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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