OPINION : This week Apple treated technical school rooter to its annual September deluge of announcement .
During the Far Out upshot , Apple announce countless devices , let in the heavily leakediPhone 14,iPhone 14 Pro , Apple Watch 8andApple lookout SE 2 . While there were plenty of upgrades here that I welcomed , notably on the Pro iPhone model , there was n’t a whole lot to really get me really excited .
But gratefully there was a shiny ray of hope that broke the monotony – theApple Watch Ultra .
This is a high - end wearable , vastly dissimilar from the stock Apple Watch and it will place the hardcore jock market place presently hold in by Garmin , Polar and their ilk .
Despite being describe by Apple as “ its most forward-looking Apple Watch ” to day of the month , a idiomatic expression it usually uses before uncover you ’ll have to re - mortgage your house to buy whatever new outfit it ’s schilling , the gimmick will retail for $ 799/£849 .
To be unclouded , I am well cognizant that ’s notcheap . It ’s actually over twice the terms of the Apple Watch SE 2 , which starts starts at $ 249 for theGPSmodel and $ 299 for the cellular model .
But for what you get this could actually be very good value .
countenance ’s run through the perks – in advance GPS and mapping connectivity similar to the good - in - class experience you get on theGarmin Forerunner 955Solar , including SOS and backtrack support . The latter is a particularly nice feature that make the watch result markers on routes you ’re travelling that you may then use to notice your way back if and when you get misplace .
The Watch Ultra also packs a nose dive ready , atomic number 22 build which is capable of surviving sub - zero conditions and temperatures up to 139 degrees . Adding to this are upgraded activity tracking feature , which from what Apple showed include primal things including more detailedheart rate zoneanalysis . This is a key differentiator and the reason we be given to advocate Garmins over Apple Watches for serious athletes .
When you consider all this and the fact that on top of this you get the in advance app library of WatchOS 9 and full - fat smartwatch functionality , two things missing on most of the best seaworthiness trackers on the market , this makes the Ultra very militant . To put it in context thebest seaworthiness trackerwe presently commend , theFenix 7 , retail for £ 699 .
In fact , the toll and feature film set depend so good , that I ca n’t help but suppose there must be a catch .
