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Some Ultra 2s do have the sensor. For instance you can still get them new from Costco with the sensor for $100 more - https://www.costco.com/apple-watc...18736.html. If the MPN ends in LL/A it has it enabled, LW/A it doesnt.
Personally I just went the used route. Found one with the sensor and 100% battery in good condition and saved a couple hundred bucks
I have the Ultra 1 and absolutely love it, and I don't see a need to upgrade to a Ultra 2 or the new black one and I want to upgrade but there hasn't been much improvement or new features to justify the cost difference of a Ultra 1 vs Ultra 2 IMO. You are likely to get better deals especially if you are willing to go refurbished/renewed or used. (Ultra 1 Renewed is $499 on Amazon right now)
The main new features you get with Ultra 2 are:
Double tap gesture support
On-device Siri with health access
Precision finding for iPhone
Hardware differences on the Ultra 2 vs. 1
1000 extra nits brightness on the Ultra 2
S9 Chip (vs S8 on Ultra 1)
64gb storage (vs 32gb on Ultra 1)
Gen 2 Ultra Wide-band chip (gen 1 on Ultra 1)
72 hours of battery life in low power mode (vs 60 on Ultra 1)
Ultra 1 would have Blood Oxygen if made and not refurbished before 2024 (from my understanding)
Not a noticeable difference in any way to 99% of users.
I find it interesting that you feel that way. When you compare the ultra watch to other Apple products it's actually one of their cheapest offerings. Everybody thought it was going to be $1000 or more.
Now to find out how good of a the ultra watch is you need to make a few comparisons first
If you compare it to other Apple watches that have
1. Sapphire glass crystal.
2. Cellular capability.
3. A premium metal enclosure.
Looking at Apple watches that give you those three things are typically $700 or more. Sometimes they have been over $1200.
$800 get you the most rugged damage resistant Apple Watch, with the longest battery, life, several additional features, and all of those things that I mentioned.
If you don't want any of those three things, I guess the value proposition is different
My calculus was that the larger titanium Apple Watch 10 would have been $749. This Ultra 2 at $689 has a better battery, improved ruggedness, brighter screen, and (imo) better band. The 10 has an insignificantly better chip, and better indirect viewing angle. Maybe the screen is also a millimeter bigger on the 10, too. Either way, I'll take the savings and better battery any day
Where do you get these watches that still have Apple warranty left on them?
My brother in law works for a company that finances consumer purchases. When a person decides that was a bad idea, they surrender the device and the company resells it. It's not an open to the public kind of thing.
Definitely one of those items that if you use it to its full potential and take advantage of everything it does offer, $800 isn't overpriced at all. There are a lot of people who would be more suited to own a Series 8/9/10 but paid twice that for an Ultra for features they could easily do without.
Agreed. My ultra i got at launch day and is at 96% battery health still vs my wife who has been through 2 phones since then for roughly the same 'all in' amount but couldn't get full fay of charge vs ultra thats 2+
Agreed. My ultra i got at launch day and is at 96% battery health still vs my wife who has been through 2 phones since then for roughly the same 'all in' amount but couldn't get full fay of charge vs ultra thats 2+
Dang, my ultra from launch day is at 86%
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If you're a healthy person, you don't need a blood oxygen sensor. It's always roughly the same and what are you going to do with the information? Go get an oxygen bottle if it's a little low?
Yeah I always wondered about how relevant this actually is. Never heard of blood oxygen levels until COVID, and never heard about them since the main pandemic ended. Googling around I can kind of understand the use case (but still don't know what you'd do with this data) - I get Apple is going in the direction of a one stop medical device, but I really wonder how many people actually think this feature is useful, like one day Apple will be able to tell me exactly in nanometers how fast my back hair grows with dynamic real time visualizations powered by AI... but do I really care?
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Some Ultra 2s do have the sensor. For instance you can still get them new from Costco with the sensor for $100 more - https://www.costco.com/apple-watc...18736.html[costco.com]. If the MPN ends in LL/A it has it enabled, LW/A it doesnt.
Personally I just went the used route. Found one with the sensor and 100% battery in good condition and saved a couple hundred bucks
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Personally I just went the used route. Found one with the sensor and 100% battery in good condition and saved a couple hundred bucks
The main new features you get with Ultra 2 are:
Double tap gesture support
On-device Siri with health access
Precision finding for iPhone
Hardware differences on the Ultra 2 vs. 1
1000 extra nits brightness on the Ultra 2
S9 Chip (vs S8 on Ultra 1)
64gb storage (vs 32gb on Ultra 1)
Gen 2 Ultra Wide-band chip (gen 1 on Ultra 1)
72 hours of battery life in low power mode (vs 60 on Ultra 1)
Ultra 1 would have Blood Oxygen if made and not refurbished before 2024 (from my understanding)
Not a noticeable difference in any way to 99% of users.
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Now to find out how good of a the ultra watch is you need to make a few comparisons first
If you compare it to other Apple watches that have
1. Sapphire glass crystal.
2. Cellular capability.
3. A premium metal enclosure.
Looking at Apple watches that give you those three things are typically $700 or more. Sometimes they have been over $1200.
$800 get you the most rugged damage resistant Apple Watch, with the longest battery, life, several additional features, and all of those things that I mentioned.
If you don't want any of those three things, I guess the value proposition is different
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I'll say this. Their battery degradation % leaves a lot to be desired. My actually battery life is closer 50%.
Personally I just went the used route. Found one with the sensor and 100% battery in good condition and saved a couple hundred bucks
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