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49mm Apple Watch Ultra 3 w/ Titanium Case (GPS + Cellular)

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Various Retailers have 49mm Apple Watch Ultra 3 GPS + Cellular Smartwatch w/ Rugged Titanium Case on sale for $649. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where applicable.

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  • Ultra-durable titanium case, sapphire display, 100m water resistance.
  • Bright display with wide viewing angles and flashlight feature.
  • Long battery life: 42 hrs normal, 72 hrs Low Power, 20 hrs GPS with heart rate.
  • Pro fitness features: dual-frequency GPS, Heart Rate Zones, Custom Workouts, running power, training load.
  • Safety-ready: fall and crash detection, emergency texting via satellite.
  • Custom Action Button for instant access to key functions.
  • Health tracking: alerts for hypertension, irregular rhythm, sleep apnea, heart rate; sleep score, Vitals app, blood oxygen.

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Various Retailers have 49mm Apple Watch Ultra 3 GPS + Cellular Smartwatch w/ Rugged Titanium Case on sale for $649. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where applicable.

Thanks to Deal Hunter PennyFound for sharing this deal.

Available from:
Product Details:
  • Ultra-durable titanium case, sapphire display, 100m water resistance.
  • Bright display with wide viewing angles and flashlight feature.
  • Long battery life: 42 hrs normal, 72 hrs Low Power, 20 hrs GPS with heart rate.
  • Pro fitness features: dual-frequency GPS, Heart Rate Zones, Custom Workouts, running power, training load.
  • Safety-ready: fall and crash detection, emergency texting via satellite.
  • Custom Action Button for instant access to key functions.
  • Health tracking: alerts for hypertension, irregular rhythm, sleep apnea, heart rate; sleep score, Vitals app, blood oxygen.

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Apple tends to release a new watch chipset every three years, with the following two years seeing the addition of minor features and perhaps energy efficiency, but no major changes to the underlying chipset. watches from 2020 (6), 2021 (7), and 2022 (8, Ultra 1) all supported watchOS 26, and will not be able to upgrade to watch os 27. that means series 6 got six years before sunset, and the 8 only got 4.
watch series 9 in 2023 got a new underlying chip (S9), which was tweaked in series 10 / Ultra 2 (2024) (S10) with the series 11 and Ultra 3 (2025) using the exact same chip (S10). all of these models should theoretically reach the end of watch OS support at the same time.
If the pattern holds, a new chip (S12?) should release this fall with series 12 (and maybe Ultra 4), and then S13 and S14 will get the same basic chip, with all being retired at the same time.
In other words, if you buy at the front-end of the three-year cycle, you can get up to two years of extra OS support. I don't want to buy an ultra 3 (already a year old) for $650 and maybe only get 3 remaining years of support, averaged out at over $200/year, whereas if I wait and buy an ultra 4 at $800 I might get 6 years of support averaging out to $133/year, plus more modern hardware.
of course, this is assuming the old pattern holds true, and also that apple doesn't increase prices because of AI RAMageddon. (seems less likely given that they just increased all their other products this week but not watch, though the release of new models in september would also be a good time to increase prices). there are no guarantees, but I still have a perfectly functional watch 7 that is only recently starting to show battery life issues, and I'm in no rush.
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The Ultra 3 is a rugged titanium Apple Watch aimed at buyers who want the biggest battery and premium build. The $649 price is called strong, and the AAFES service members discount brings it to $649 with no taxes or shipping. Open box Excellent at $604 and a prior $588 price are also cited as better values. The main hesitation is timing, since a new Ultra with a newer chip and longer support is expected this fall, which could make this model feel dated sooner.

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Jun 25, 2026 2:10 PM
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Jun 25, 2026 2:10 PM
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getting close to hopefully a watch 4 ultra this fall with new chipset. (the s10 in these is essentially a re-badged S9 from 2023). so the price is GREAT, but if they do end up releasing a 4 with a newer more modern chip, it probably ends up being supported for 2-3 years less than whatever drops (in september?)
i've been eyeing an ultra, but I'm waiting. rumors are it will be thinner, but the biggest factor for me is long-term support, and these are getting very long in the tooth.
Jun 25, 2026 6:57 PM
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peter_parkerJun 25, 2026 6:57 PM
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Quote from apull View quoted comment :
getting close to hopefully a watch 4 ultra this fall with new chipset. (the s10 in these is essentially a re-badged S9 from 2023). so the price is GREAT, but if they do end up releasing a 4 with a newer more modern chip, it probably ends up being supported for 2-3 years less than whatever drops (in september?)i've been eyeing an ultra, but I'm waiting. rumors are it will be thinner, but the biggest factor for me is long-term support, and these are getting very long in the tooth.
Long term support? For an Apple Watch? What are you anticipating the benefit will be? Genuine question.
Jun 26, 2026 1:05 PM
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TenderGame2080Jun 26, 2026 1:05 PM
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Good deal
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Quote from peter_parker View quoted comment :
Long term support? For an Apple Watch? What are you anticipating the benefit will be? Genuine question.
I had the Apple Watch 2, there was no 1 it was just called Apple Watch, eventually you could no longer update Watch OS which meant certain apps no longer worked.Now I have a 6 titanium that I got on a previous SD price mistake at Walmart and I am in the same situation. I have a $50 credit with Amazon and 8% CB which makes this a great deal, but after reading about the Ultra 4 redesign think I will wait.
Last edited by Beach__House June 26, 2026 at 03:11 PM.
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I had the Apple Watch 2, there was no 1 it was just called Apple Watch, eventually you could no longer update Watch OS which meant certain apps no longer worked.Now I have a 6 titanium that I got on a previous SD price mistake at Walmart and I am in the same situation. I have a $50 credit with Amazon and 8% CB which makes this a great deal, but after reading about the Ultra 4 redesign think I will wait.
Apple tends to release a new watch chipset every three years, with the following two years seeing the addition of minor features and perhaps energy efficiency, but no major changes to the underlying chipset. watches from 2020 (6), 2021 (7), and 2022 (8, Ultra 1) all supported watchOS 26, and will not be able to upgrade to watch os 27. that means series 6 got six years before sunset, and the 8 only got 4.
watch series 9 in 2023 got a new underlying chip (S9), which was tweaked in series 10 / Ultra 2 (2024) (S10) with the series 11 and Ultra 3 (2025) using the exact same chip (S10). all of these models should theoretically reach the end of watch OS support at the same time.
If the pattern holds, a new chip (S12?) should release this fall with series 12 (and maybe Ultra 4), and then S13 and S14 will get the same basic chip, with all being retired at the same time.
In other words, if you buy at the front-end of the three-year cycle, you can get up to two years of extra OS support. I don't want to buy an ultra 3 (already a year old) for $650 and maybe only get 3 remaining years of support, averaged out at over $200/year, whereas if I wait and buy an ultra 4 at $800 I might get 6 years of support averaging out to $133/year, plus more modern hardware.
of course, this is assuming the old pattern holds true, and also that apple doesn't increase prices because of AI RAMageddon. (seems less likely given that they just increased all their other products this week but not watch, though the release of new models in september would also be a good time to increase prices). there are no guarantees, but I still have a perfectly functional watch 7 that is only recently starting to show battery life issues, and I'm in no rush.
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So tempting
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Low RollerJun 27, 2026 3:50 PM
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Quote from apull View quoted comment :
Apple tends to release a new watch chipset every three years, with the following two years seeing the addition of minor features and perhaps energy efficiency, but no major changes to the underlying chipset. watches from 2020 (6), 2021 (7), and 2022 (8, Ultra 1) all supported watchOS 26, and will not be able to upgrade to watch os 27. that means series 6 got six years before sunset, and the 8 only got 4.watch series 9 in 2023 got a new underlying chip (S9), which was tweaked in series 10 / Ultra 2 (2024) (S10) with the series 11 and Ultra 3 (2025) using the exact same chip (S10). all of these models should theoretically reach the end of watch OS support at the same time.If the pattern holds, a new chip (S12?) should release this fall with series 12 (and maybe Ultra 4), and then S13 and S14 will get the same basic chip, with all being retired at the same time.In other words, if you buy at the front-end of the three-year cycle, you can get up to two years of extra OS support. I don't want to buy an ultra 3 (already a year old) for $650 and maybe only get 3 remaining years of support, averaged out at over $200/year, whereas if I wait and buy an ultra 4 at $800 I might get 6 years of support averaging out to $133/year, plus more modern hardware.of course, this is assuming the old pattern holds true, and also that apple doesn't increase prices because of AI RAMageddon. (seems less likely given that they just increased all their other products this week but not watch, though the release of new models in september would also be a good time to increase prices). there are no guarantees, but I still have a perfectly functional watch 7 that is only recently starting to show battery life issues, and I'm in no rush.
This is the exact information I was looking for! Thank you for taking the time to put all this together and type it out!

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RegulusJun 28, 2026 2:20 AM
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They need to make an Ultra that has double the screen width of this one. People will say it would be too big, but the screen is just too small now to replace a phone.
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jhc651Jun 28, 2026 9:22 AM
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Quote from apull View quoted comment :
Apple tends to release a new watch chipset every three years, with the following two years seeing the addition of minor features and perhaps energy efficiency, but no major changes to the underlying chipset. watches from 2020 (6), 2021 (7), and 2022 (8, Ultra 1) all supported watchOS 26, and will not be able to upgrade to watch os 27. that means series 6 got six years before sunset, and the 8 only got 4.
watch series 9 in 2023 got a new underlying chip (S9), which was tweaked in series 10 / Ultra 2 (2024) (S10) with the series 11 and Ultra 3 (2025) using the exact same chip (S10). all of these models should theoretically reach the end of watch OS support at the same time.
If the pattern holds, a new chip (S12?) should release this fall with series 12 (and maybe Ultra 4), and then S13 and S14 will get the same basic chip, with all being retired at the same time.
In other words, if you buy at the front-end of the three-year cycle, you can get up to two years of extra OS support. I don't want to buy an ultra 3 (already a year old) for $650 and maybe only get 3 remaining years of support, averaged out at over $200/year, whereas if I wait and buy an ultra 4 at $800 I might get 6 years of support averaging out to $133/year, plus more modern hardware.
of course, this is assuming the old pattern holds true, and also that apple doesn't increase prices because of AI RAMageddon. (seems less likely given that they just increased all their other products this week but not watch, though the release of new models in september would also be a good time to increase prices). there are no guarantees, but I still have a perfectly functional watch 7 that is only recently starting to show battery life issues, and I'm in no rush.
My iPhone 14 Pro Max battery health is 83% and my Apple Watch 7 is 81%. Watch I bought new in April 2023. Iphone I bought in September 2022. I've had the phone longer and I'm sure it spent much more time sitting being charged at 100% whereas I've always been very good at only charging the Watch when it was nearly dead, which for me is about every other day. Its my first Apple Watch, or any smart watch for that matter. Does the battery health seem typical?

I'm a little irked that the Watch isn't going to get the upgrade in OS. I was mostly thinking about getting the Ultra for the extra long battery. Thanks!
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jdsteel7Jun 29, 2026 11:27 PM
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Quote from apull View quoted comment :
Apple tends to release a new watch chipset every three years, with the following two years seeing the addition of minor features and perhaps energy efficiency, but no major changes to the underlying chipset. watches from 2020 (6), 2021 (7), and 2022 (8, Ultra 1) all supported watchOS 26, and will not be able to upgrade to watch os 27. that means series 6 got six years before sunset, and the 8 only got 4.watch series 9 in 2023 got a new underlying chip (S9), which was tweaked in series 10 / Ultra 2 (2024) (S10) with the series 11 and Ultra 3 (2025) using the exact same chip (S10). all of these models should theoretically reach the end of watch OS support at the same time.If the pattern holds, a new chip (S12?) should release this fall with series 12 (and maybe Ultra 4), and then S13 and S14 will get the same basic chip, with all being retired at the same time.In other words, if you buy at the front-end of the three-year cycle, you can get up to two years of extra OS support. I don't want to buy an ultra 3 (already a year old) for $650 and maybe only get 3 remaining years of support, averaged out at over $200/year, whereas if I wait and buy an ultra 4 at $800 I might get 6 years of support averaging out to $133/year, plus more modern hardware.of course, this is assuming the old pattern holds true, and also that apple doesn't increase prices because of AI RAMageddon. (seems less likely given that they just increased all their other products this week but not watch, though the release of new models in september would also be a good time to increase prices). there are no guarantees, but I still have a perfectly functional watch 7 that is only recently starting to show battery life issues, and I'm in no rush.
Thank you so much, sent reps your way! So, whether it's the new Apple Watch or the ultra, which chip should I be looking for in order to get the longest support?
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Quote from jdsteel7 View quoted comment :
Thank you so much, sent reps your way! So, whether it's the new Apple Watch or the ultra, which chip should I be looking for in order to get the longest support?
Usually the new watches get released alongside new iphones in september. Everything available now (Ultra 3, Series 11, SE 3) uses the same S10 chip, which is years old by now and probably not worth it unless you want an SE. all rumors point to new chips this fall, and its pretty likely if there's a new version of the Ultra it will get the same new chip as the series 12, so buy one of those when they come out. Since the SE 3 was just updated last fall, and they only get a new model every 2-3 years, the odds of an SE 4 getting released are pretty low. current sales prices on the SE3 (199/219) and Series 11 (299/329) are better than the Ultra sale pricing, since as a percentage they're a much steeper discount versus msrp.

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