Apple Ultra 2 [GPS + Cellular 49mm] Smartwatch

I bought an Apple Watch Ultra 2 from Amazon. It works great it’s a great watch and Amazon has a great price on it.
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I’m really happy with the Apple Watch Ultra 2. The battery life is a huge improvement. I am averaging about 3 days on the battery with 1 to 2 hour workouts each day and sleep tracking. I also like the larger screen, more rugged titanium construction, Alpine strap and increased GPS accuracy. It’s pricy but I plan on keeping this for 5 years, if not longer.

I had an SE watch and I was becoming unsatisfied that it would be at 40% by the time I got home in the evening from work. What would happen if I was out late? I would have a dead watch. And since I use the watch at the gym as well as apple maps, the battery would go quickly.

So I decided to get the Ultra 2. Could I justify buying an $800 watch just for longer battery? I was iffy at first, but I am SO grateful that I pulled the trigger. Not only is this thing a beast with battery life, I am finding more features that I didn’t even know it had.

First, when I ping my phone using my watch, a numerical distance pops up on the watch face and tells me how many feet I am away from the phone. And as I walk around my house, the numbers go down when I’m closing in on my phone. This is such a nice little feature (maybe for those who are in a loud house and can’t hear the ping, or if it’s under the couch cushions and the sound is muffled. I have this exact feature when I’m using my phone to locate my Airpods. I’m very glad they added it to the watch.

Additionally, the display is amazing. The keyboard looks so much sharper and more crisp when texting, and the size allows for additional complications. I can see the weather, the high and the low, chance of rain, time and date, battery life, etc. all in one glance.

I’m even excited to use the Wayfinder feature! If you are hiking and you see a waterfall or a bridge, you can mark it and pin the location. You can then basically build a map of all the things you see, so you can loop back to it, or if your going on a curve, you can say “We’re about to loop back towards the old bridge we were just at.” You can even use the “Backtrack” feature which will guide you to retrace your steps so you’ll never get lost in the woods again.

There’s a “Where did I park my car?” feature that will guide you back to your car, as well as a “Siren” feature that will begin to emit a loud sound that can be heard in a large radius in case you are in danger or need help.

These are only some of the very cool features that are included on the watch.

Now, was I worried that going from a 40mm to a 49mm be too much? Yes.
IS it too much? NOT AT ALL! I don’t think it’s too big, and it’s not heavy at all. I am very glad I got the watch. I am grateful that I was able to use Affirm for this purchase and only pay $49 a month, otherwise, I would never have been able to get it.

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I owned an apple watch for almost 4 years. After it cracked along the side while I was rock climbing the issue slowly got worse until the watch slowed down and became much less useful. The battery was already kind of dead and it had already seen like 7 years of life total between me and my brother. I have always used it for the amazing exercise tracking, and the ability to listen to music/podcasts on the go without my phone. I upgraded to the Ultra 2 last week, and it was an instant change!!!!!!

The battery alone makes the device worthwhile (especially if you use it for exercise and sleep), but I’m finding new use cases every day with the much larger display and veritable trove of options available to me compared to my old hand me down model. The cost is kind of an instant drawback, but if you have always been a fan of the design then I personally think it is worth the money.