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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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.
Model: Apple Watch Ultra 3 GPS & Cellular 49mm Black Titanium Case with Black Ocean Band
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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.
Start a return saying you found it cheaper elsewhere. When they ask where (part of the return process)- don't say Amazon. Once you finish initiating a return, go to the CS chat. They might price match.
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Start a return saying you found it cheaper elsewhere. When they ask where (part of the return process)- don't say Amazon. Once you finish initiating a return, go to the CS chat. They might price match.
Open-box - Excellent @ $604 might be the play. I've never had an issue with that category at Best Buy. "Good" has been dicey, "Fair" was pretty accurate (though I've heard some people have differing experiences).
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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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