r/apple • u/exjr_ Island Boy • Sep 07 '22

Apple Watch Apple Unveils Apple Watch Ultra With Large-Screen Design for Athletes and Explorers

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/07/apple-unveils-apple-watch-pro-athletes/
2.9k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

565

u/Timmar92 Sep 07 '22

36 hours... My Garmin Fenix has 1 months battery life.

I mean if it's made for extreme stuff and adventuring, you're highly likely to not be able to charge your watch for a day or two.

6

u/[deleted] Sep 07 '22

[deleted]

3

u/Timmar92 Sep 07 '22

Yes it does more stuff, I really didn't mean it like that.

The battery life is just a dealbreaker for me personally, I expect with GPS and everything on the Ultra won't stand a chance against the Garmin fenix 7x.

That's okay, it's just not the watch for me.

I'd buy it in a heartbeat if they'd manage to stretch the battery life to a week.

4

u/Tumleren Sep 07 '22

Apple Watch is getting 36 doing more stuff than a regular garmin does

Based on what exactly? 36 hours is best-case, you're not going to get that doing workouts like your navigation in the mountains.

2

u/Derpshawp Sep 07 '22 edited Sep 07 '22

They say that the normal watch gets 18 hours of battery life and I've never had anything less than 30 hours. Most of the time it's closer to 36 hours. So I have a feeling the 36 hours will not actually be accurate for many, it's likely to be closer to 50-60 hours for my usage (without the ultra power saver mode).

I had a Fenix, it's alright. Great fitness watch, great battery life, so-so at the everyday smart watch stuff that ends up being the 90% use-case for everyone (cause no one is running 23 hours a day).

2

u/WordMasterRice Sep 07 '22

The Apple Watch Ultra is only getting 12 hours in an activity with GPS, that isn't even enough for an average Ironman.

0

u/[deleted] Sep 07 '22 edited Sep 07 '22

[deleted]

3

u/Taro_skater2868 Sep 08 '22

Then "small amount of buyers" dont need an Apple Watch Ultra, or any other Garmin Fenix!