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  • - [Becca] At 49 millimeters and 61.3 grams,

  • the Apple Watch Ultra is Apple's largest

  • and most rugged watch to date.

  • It has dual frequency GPS, a peak brightness of 2000 knits,

  • a 36 hour battery life, a bright orange action button,

  • a titanium case, water resistance down to a hundred meters,

  • and of course an ultra price tag of $799.

  • Apple claims that-

  • - Every detail has been engineered to create the most rugged

  • and capable Apple watch ever.

  • - So in the last three months, we got lost.

  • Yeah, we're the fools with 20 pounds of gear on our back.

  • We dove deep.

  • (water splashing)

  • We went on long runs and we even tore it apart.

  • - Average use should probably get you about two years.

  • - To see just how ultra this watch really is.

  • So in this video, I've created these mini reviews

  • or vignettes that highlight some of the most important

  • features on the Apple Watch Ultra.

  • I've called in some pros too,

  • and I encourage you to jump around.

  • All of the sections are labeled down below.

  • The Apple Watch Ultra is an amazing device,

  • but much like a Jeep or a fancy pair of hiking boots,

  • it sells this grand idea of off the grid adventures

  • that it isn't always capable of delivering on.

  • Enjoy, bud.

  • (gentle music)

  • We're putting a lot of trust in technology today.

  • But lucky for one of us,

  • I've started my track back, so.

  • New to the Apple Watch SE, the Apple Watch Series Eight

  • and of course the Ultra is a track back feature

  • within the Compass app.

  • If you start a walk, a bike, or a hike,

  • it will automatically start dropping way points

  • as you're going so that you could track back.

  • But Apple claims that it will also start automatically

  • when you are quote unquote, "off the grid."

  • In the fine print on their website

  • it says that that means that you are away from locations

  • that you are normally in and you're away from wifi.

  • So I'm gonna start a hike which should automatically

  • start the track back feature but Vjeran

  • is not gonna start a hike and we're gonna see if it actually

  • starts tracking back for him because,

  • well, I think that you're gonna need track back

  • when you don't think you'll need it the most

  • if that makes sense.

  • Anyway, let's go get lost.

  • V, you ready for this? - No, no.

  • Not really.

  • We have a lot of gear.

  • Why, why are we doing this?

  • - [Becca] Apple in its September keynote

  • seemed set on convincing all of us that danger is everywhere

  • and only an Apple device running Apple software can save us.

  • On the Apple Watch Ultra, that means safety features

  • such as fall detection, emergency SOS that can alert

  • specific contacts if you need help,

  • car crash detection and backtrack.

  • This is my supervising producer, Vjeran.

  • - I'm so glad I brought my hiking shoes.

  • - [Becca] I made him set out on a six mile hike with me.

  • We were both wearing Apple Watch Ultras

  • and well quickly, our tech began to fail us.

  • - That way or that way?

  • - I think that way. - I say that way.

  • - First it was the lack of turn by turn directions

  • or way to follow a preset route.

  • So less than a mile into our hike

  • we took our first wrong turn.

  • This is embarrassing.

  • Even though I did have an offline map,

  • I was attempting to follow on my phone.

  • I think we keep veering in.

  • Let's go. - You think we keep veering?

  • - Veering like, oh. - Oh.

  • - [Becca] This mistake ended up adding

  • an extra three miles to our hike.

  • There were also multiple times

  • we had to make an educated guess about which trail to follow

  • since our trails were not well marked.

  • - Long story short, we're probably fucked.

  • - [Becca] No!

  • A watch meant for adventurers

  • should have integrated offline trail navigation.

  • - Hey, how you doing, kid? - I'm doing great.

  • I'm doing so good up here.

  • Second, holding my camera led to my wrist pushing down

  • on a combination of physical buttons,

  • which paused our walk for 0.6 miles before I realized

  • it was paused.

  • The watch still recorded points in the Compass app

  • for the backtrack feature even though the workout

  • was paused, but no one wants any amount of miles missing

  • from the final count of a workout.

  • Dumb, dumb!

  • I hate that.

  • And third and most importantly,

  • Vjeran's backtrack, it never started.

  • - There's absolutely nothing on here,

  • which is a little concerning.

  • - [Becca] Despite being incredibly off the grid

  • and having started a walk after the watch noticed Vjeran

  • was walking for a while,

  • the compass never began dropping any way points.

  • - [Vjeran] Yeah, at this point you really should see

  • a lot of little breadcrumbs.

  • - [Becca] So if he had gotten lost,

  • he wouldn't be able to use the backtrack feature.

  • - I guess you have to just like assume

  • that you will get lost.

  • - Dude, that sucks. - That kind of sucks.

  • - Since I physically started my hike workout on the watch

  • when we started, I had many, many way points to follow

  • on our way back.

  • Hello points.

  • V, thank God you got me.

  • What would you do without?

  • What would you do without me?

  • So at the top of the mountain,

  • which was the middle of our hike,

  • I simply pressed the backtrack button on the Compass app

  • and it led me to every point I had dropped.

  • This is going to be incredibly useful when bushwhacking

  • or hiking without a trail to the top of a peak.

  • But in our experience, with two days of hiking,

  • unless you physically start a workout,

  • this feature does not always start on its own

  • and I don't think it should be relied upon

  • when heading out on an adventure.

  • Don't assume this feature's just going to start.

  • Downloading an offline hiking map

  • such as one from All Trails is still a safer bet.

  • Another safety feature on the Apple Watch Ultra

  • is its siren.

  • (siren blaring)

  • Apple claims that they worked very hard

  • to make this 86 decibel siren unique

  • so that when you hear it, you know that it's not just

  • another sound in nature.

  • But to test it, I'm gonna start walking away from Vjeran

  • and every 30 seconds he's gonna sound the siren.

  • If I can hear him, I'll stop.

  • I can hear that.

  • And I'll note that I can hear him

  • and then I'll keep walking till I can no longer hear him.

  • But I've also bought a $4 whistle.

  • So after we test the siren,

  • we're gonna test just a normal whistle

  • and see how far away I can get from that.

  • Peace.

  • Wait, gimme that camera.

  • - In order to turn on the siren

  • all you have to do is just hold onto the action button

  • and then you'll get prompted to slide across the screen

  • to turn on the siren.

  • (siren blaring) - All right.

  • I'm 125 feet away and I hear that.

  • Oh yeah, I hear you.

  • - All right, she can hear that.

  • - Continuing down the path.

  • 250 feet.

  • Yeah, I can hear that.

  • - All right.

  • - All right, this is 450 feet.

  • (siren ringing weakly)

  • Oh yeah, okay, 450 feet.

  • We're gonna go to 550 feet.

  • (siren ringing weakly)

  • Oh yeah, okay.

  • Point one miles, 550 feet.

  • I can still hear him, but barely, barely.

  • (siren ringing weakly)

  • Either he's not ringing it or I can't hear it.

  • (siren ringing weakly)

  • So 0.12 miles.

  • That's about where I stopped hearing it.

  • Now I gotta walk back.

  • It's like the walk of shame.

  • Whistle time.

  • - $4 whistle.

  • - You remember, you're like,

  • you might die. - Full power?

  • - Yeah. - Yeah.

  • - Like this is your safety. - Just full power.

  • Full power?

  • - Yeah. - Oh gosh.

  • - [Becca] Let me back up a little bit.

  • - That's not gonna help.

  • (whistle blaring)

  • - Holy shi-

  • On the road again.

  • I'm gonna go right to 550 feet

  • and then I'm gonna go all the way to 0.12 miles,

  • assuming I could hear him at 500 feet.

  • - Three, two, one.

  • (whistle blaring)

  • - Oh yeah. - Oh yeah.

  • - That's like not even a question.

  • At 0.1 miles, you could definitely hear the whistle.

  • (whistle blaring)

  • Yep, I just heard it at 0.14 miles.

  • This is 0.15 miles.

  • Yep, I just heard it.

  • - I feel terrible blowing this whistle.

  • (whistle blaring)

  • - Yeah.

  • Oh my God.

  • 0.2 miles.

  • I was really hoping I wouldn't have to keep walking.

  • I'm officially at a quarter of a mile,

  • and we're gonna see if we can hear him here.

  • - I have to keep doing this, right?

  • I do.

  • - Hello. - Hi.

  • You might hear a whistle.

  • Feel free to ignore it. - Okay.

  • (whistle blaring)

  • - Okay, I just heard it, but it was very faint.

  • Dude.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Quarter of a mile.

  • - Yeah.

  • - You're not even surprised.

  • - Makes sense, honestly.

  • - $4. - I felt terrible

  • blowing this whistle.

  • - I warned everybody walking by.

  • - Yeah, same.

  • - [Becca] So while these safety features can be very useful,

  • they should not be depended on.

  • - Okay, I need to rant about the action button for a bit.

  • So hear me out.

  • By default, when you press the action button,

  • it is set to open a list of workouts for you to choose from,

  • and I think that's wrong.

  • You can set up complications to do that.

  • I set mine so it starts my most used workout

  • which is something that I do every day, like walking.

  • And from a practical point of view when it comes

  • to the button, it is super convenient and I trust it.

  • Whenever I leave the house, I just press it.

  • I don't even double check to make sure

  • that the workout has started.

  • And it's easy to pause exercises

  • even when your screen is locked,

  • except well, that really means the button

  • is only good at one thing

  • which is starting my walking workout and that is it.

  • So if you're someone who uses Focus Modes

  • on your phone like me,

  • wouldn't it be cool if the action button

  • just sorta remaps itself?

  • So for example, let's say you're on a mountain.

  • (fingers clicking)

  • If I'm on a mountain

  • and I have my skiing watch face turned on,

  • you'd expect that the action button would just assume

  • that the next activity that I wanna do is skiing

  • and it would adapt itself to skiing

  • or turning on the slope side.

  • Same thing with any other focus mode that is based

  • on a specific activity that I do.

  • Luckily, internet is a great place

  • and somebody already made a serious shortcut just for that.

  • Except it's a serious shortcut

  • so it doesn't work as good as it should.

  • The screen itself is big and bright.

  • It can reach up to 2000 peak of maximum brightness

  • and I had no problem looking at my info during the day.

  • The weight and size of the Ultra also didn't bother me

  • while skiing or everyday use, but yeah,

  • it can look absolutely massive on a smaller wrist.

  • So I do have one other gripe that I want to talk about,

  • and that is screen size.

  • So on paper the screen is four millimeters bigger

  • than the standard Apple Watch, like 45 millimeters Series S.

  • But in practice, this newly gained real estate

  • isn't really being well-used.

  • I was expecting either just more information displayed

  • or even more new watch faces.

  • Right now everything just looks pretty much the same,

  • just bigger.

  • Maybe even the lack of curve doesn't help here.

  • I don't know.

  • Anyways, who's next?

  • Time for a transition?

  • Okay, so transition.

  • - I'll cut to the chase.

  • The Apple Watch Ultra is a good running watch.

  • It's not the best, but there's a lot to like.

  • Now I've used other Apple watches for years

  • and those were good too.

  • I trained for the New York Half Marathon

  • with the Series 7 and like three other watches

  • and didn't have a lot of complaints.

  • But the Ultra wasn't designed

  • with shorter distances like a half in mind.

  • It's meant to be the Apple Watch for triathletes,

  • marathoners and ultra marathoners.

  • Back when we thought this thing was going to be called

  • The Pro, I wrote that Apple had to get four things right

  • for this to be a true multi-sport watch.

  • That's a better battery, increased durability,

  • more physical buttons and recovery metrics.

  • The Ultra gets three of four.

  • The big one is battery.

  • The Ultra's battery life is the best of any Apple Watch.

  • It's got an estimated 36 hours of regular use.

  • I've been wearing this for two months

  • and I regularly get 48 to 55 hours

  • and that's without enabling any low power modes.

  • If you flip those on, I wouldn't be shocked

  • if you stretch that to 72 hours,

  • but it's not gonna beat a Coros or Garmin.

  • The Coros Apex 2 Pro lasts a month

  • and you can get 26 hours of multi-band GPS out of it.

  • The Ultra could easily last a whole marathon

  • but it depends on how fast you run for ultra-marathons.

  • That said, I would stick to six to 12 hour races,

  • 'cause this thing's not gonna make it a full 24.

  • Vjeran talked about the action button

  • but from a runner's perspective, it's really helpful.

  • I dig that I can launch straight

  • into my go-to run, skip intervals if I'm not feeling it,

  • and pause more easily if I feel like taking a picture.

  • I'm a fan.

  • As for running data, Apple's added a bunch to Watch OS 9

  • that were previously missing,

  • like cadence, stride length, ground contact time,

  • elevation charts and heart rate zones.

  • Oh, and you can create custom interval and tempo runs now.

  • These are staples on other running watches

  • that were missing from the Apple Watch.

  • The Ultra fixes that,

  • though the metrics themselves are simpler

  • than a Garmin or a Polar,

  • especially since there's no recovery metrics

  • or training load data.

  • Recovery is so important to athletes

  • and is a huge trend in fitness tech.

  • No one wants to close rings when they're injured.

  • That's a miss.

  • Another miss for trail runners is that you have no maps

  • and no turn by turn navigation.

  • Runners really care about GPS accuracy

  • and on that front the Ultra gets an A plus.

  • That's partly due to the fact that it has multi-band GPS

  • which is relatively new-ish to smartwatches.

  • The gist is, is that it can communicate with multiple

  • satellite frequencies and that in turn

  • means you get more accurate GPS data in challenging

  • environments like cities or dense forests.

  • I live in New York City,

  • a GPS nightmare and the Ultra performed just as well

  • as the Garmin Epix 2.

  • The Apex 2 Pro also has multi-band GPS

  • and the Ultra beat it in testing.

  • It still struggles in some areas, but it's way more accurate

  • than the standard GPS on an Apple Watch Series 8.

  • Take a look at these screenshots.

  • I ran up and down the exact same path

  • and the ultra is clearly more accurate.

  • As for durability, I mean look at this thing.

  • It is a titanium beefcake.

  • I've dropped it, I've knocked it against walls.

  • We might have cracked a Pixel Watch in the first week

  • but we have multiple Ultras and they're all doing fine.

  • But that doesn't mean accidents can't happen.

  • - The Apple Watch Ultra has four pentalobe screws

  • on the back.

  • A pentalobe screw is Apple's proprietary screw

  • that they've invented.

  • This is essentially a torx screw.

  • A torx has a six teeth and a pentalobe has five teeth.

  • So you can't fit a torx inside a pentalobe screw.

  • Sneaky, sneaky Apple engineers.

  • But sneakier us, we'll break into anything that they make.

  • I'm Shahram Mockhtari and I'm a teardown tech at iFixit

  • and this is Sharpie, our Chief Morale Officer.

  • iFixit advocates for a right to repair.

  • We believe that the devices that you buy,

  • they belong to you and you should be able

  • to do with them as you please,

  • which includes being able to repair them

  • or giving them to a person of your choosing to repair.

  • So what's interesting about the Apple Watch Ultra

  • is that you have those four pentalobe screws on the back.

  • Unfortunately, opening the back only results

  • in you destroying the waterproofing of this device.

  • There's a gasket under there.

  • You should not open the back of this device up.

  • The most common repair is likely to be the screen

  • and if you don't have Apple Care

  • that's going to set you back by about $500.

  • That's about two-thirds of the value of the entire device

  • which means in all likelihood,

  • if something like this happens,

  • people are either gonna throw the device away

  • or buy a new device and throw this device away anyway.

  • But the next most common repair is going to be the battery.

  • A lithium ion battery will on average last about two years.

  • You might get a bit more mileage

  • depending on how you use your device

  • but you will need to replace that battery

  • and it's wasteful to throw away an entire device

  • just because the battery's hard to get to,

  • or maybe even impossible to get to.

  • And to risk your screen in order to remove that battery,

  • well that's kind of a big ask.

  • Apple will replace the batteries for free

  • if you have Apple Care Plus,

  • but otherwise it will set you back $99.

  • We sell these batteries for $25 to $35.

  • You can see where Apple is making their profit.

  • You can see why they want to lock down their devices.

  • You can see why they want to force you

  • to go to them for the repairs.

  • It's got nothing to do with your ability to repair

  • and it has everything to do with them wanting

  • to make a profit.

  • This device is a marvel of engineering.

  • It is cutting edge technology.

  • It's a gorgeous device.

  • A lot of people spent a lot of time and effort

  • and poured their hearts and soul into this thing.

  • We would just love it if it was more repairable as well.

  • (gentle music)

  • - My name's Devin.

  • We are out here in beautiful Monterey Bay.

  • We're at a outer chase reef.

  • Often in Monterey, the visibility isn't great

  • so it gets pretty dark when you get down pretty deep

  • but we'll try and push it since we can.

  • I started diving in 2014.

  • It's just a way to fully immerse in nature

  • in ways that you can't on land.

  • We are going to go on a boat to do a dive.

  • There's a deep canyon out there.

  • We're gonna try and get some good depth

  • to test out the Apple Watch Ultra and the Oceanic Plus app.

  • Let's see what its capabilities are,

  • see how it compares to another dive computer

  • that I use that is also a smartwatch

  • and just kind of test out the differences.

  • Oceanic Plus is an app for your iPhone.

  • It allows you to set your pre-dive parameters.

  • It is your digital logbook

  • and it allows you to make certain adjustments

  • on the dive computer itself as well.

  • I also set it so it should activate at depth

  • so I was gonna do a test with both it not hitting

  • the action button and just descending and see what happens.

  • (water splashing)

  • Whoop, whoop, woo!

  • (Devin laughs)

  • Interesting.

  • Did not activate.

  • Okay.

  • Basic functions that any dive computer

  • is gonna need to be able to do is either air function,

  • nitrox, usually some kind of free diverse snorkel.

  • You are going to need to be able to set the different

  • air blends for nitrox.

  • It's gonna need to tell you your current depth,

  • your maximum depth, your total downtime.

  • It's gonna need to have some kind of ascent alarm

  • to make sure that you're not ascending too fast.

  • It's gonna need to be able to tell you your no deco time

  • and that's kind of like the most basic information

  • that it's gonna need to tell you.

  • Yes, it did tell me all of that, which is great.

  • Way that it's displayed is pretty intuitive, which is nice.

  • It does have some limitations.

  • My main gripe is that when you are on the compass

  • little section down here,

  • you don't know how long you've been down.

  • You should always be able to see what your depth is,

  • how long you've been down, what your no deco time is.

  • One of the things that is a little bit difficult is toggling

  • through some of the screens and trying to get back to them,

  • especially if you're wearing gloves.

  • So not having just a back button

  • that can take me to the previous screen

  • as opposed to sending me back to the whole original screen.

  • The battery life is, is a pretty significant thing.

  • I started the dive out with 92% battery,

  • it was a 50 minute dive and ended with 69%.

  • With that I could get three long dives

  • and maybe four short dives

  • but then it would be completely done probably.

  • So there's different colored alarms, there's yellow and red.

  • Yellow alarms were for when I hit my targeted depth

  • and targeted time and those were all very clear.

  • The one thing that was a little annoying

  • was that it kept buzzing.

  • It kept going off until I actually hit a button

  • to acknowledge that I was in it.

  • The red alarms are for if you,

  • if you get too close or beyond your no deco time.

  • I wasn't able to activate because we didn't hit proper depth

  • or you know, I didn't stay at 60 feet for quite long enough.

  • All of the alarms that I set went off beautifully

  • and it is kind of nice that it both vibrates

  • and gives you a flashing screen.

  • You know, the depth limitations are definitely there.

  • You can't go deeper than 130 feet

  • so you shouldn't be using this watch

  • if you're trying to do you know deco dives.

  • You shouldn't be using this if you're doing much more

  • technical dives.

  • I can definitely see how this would appeal

  • to somebody who just wants one device.

  • You don't have to have multiple computers.

  • The size is nice.

  • A lot of basic dive computers are quite big,

  • like twice the size of this.

  • It's definitely for recreational divers.

  • - All of us agree that the Apple Watch Ultra

  • is a great smartwatch.

  • It has good battery life, a large bright screen,

  • precise GPS, unique features such as the Oceanic Plus app

  • that can turn it into a recreational dive computer

  • and a rugged build that in our three months with it,

  • has stood up to rock climbing, diving, hiking, running,

  • and everyday use.

  • But while the Apple Watch Ultra sells a grand idea

  • of being the perfect companion

  • to folks who live adventurous lives,

  • often it falls just short of other extreme watches

  • from brands like Garmin, Coros and Polar.

  • Those watches have longer battery life

  • and provide more in-depth metrics for athletes.

  • Not to mention some of the safety features

  • on the Apple Watch Ultra are not as reliable

  • or in the case of the siren,

  • as loud as we'd hoped.

  • And without Apple Care Plus,

  • repairing the Ultra is very hard to do on your own

  • and will end up costing a lot of money.

  • Instead, the Apple Watch Ultra is for folks

  • who want a device that can be an everyday smartwatch

  • as well as an outdoor companion when needed.

  • It's for the aspiring marathoner,

  • it's for the weekend warrior

  • and it's especially for the tech lover

  • that just wants the biggest, baddest Apple Watch

  • money can buy.

  • And well, for that person and for $800,

  • it's gonna feel really badass.

  • Holy schnikes, I'm looking at the complete timeline

  • for this video and what a beast.

  • Anyways, a view I thought I'd never see.

  • Thank you so much for watching.

  • I'd love to know what you thought of this format.

  • We took our time with this review and did some crazy stuff.

  • Anyway, I hope that you're well.

  • I appreciate you very much.

  • Happy New Year and yeah, be well.

- [Becca] At 49 millimeters and 61.3 grams,

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We gave the Apple Ultra Watch to five pros (diving, running, hiking, teardown)

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