Anyone here targeting to get the ultra?

I went from Apple Watch to Garmin, now on Garmin Instinct 2. Thé best bang for bucks ever considering I don’t even have to charge the watch for a month, and yes I exercise 6 days a week with that watch.

But the best thing is that it’s so rugged and well constructed that even if I hit the watch while working out, on the gym equipment or even one time I fell down on the road, there wasn’t any scratch let alone scuffs. Extremely stress free experience. Apple Watch wouldn’t have survived that, in fact my previous Apple Watch was blue in colour and the colour already started fading a little even though I washed it every time after I exercised, and that was within 3 months period only.  It didn’t seem to be able to handle chlorines, nor sweat very well. Not sure about this ultra though, but the battery life is always an issue if you are used to Garmin already.

Yea, the MIP display really save a lot battery....no wonder last time my G Shock watch battery can last so long....

But if on GPS, the Garmin Instinct 2 can last up to 30h only.

is there any device that can use as GPS without consuming battery? Just wondering...

Garmin has OLED display watches as well, that easily lasted for 7 days. I used Venu 2s too just like how I used my AW and easily lasted for 7 days. But I wanted something rugged and my exercises are going into higher intensity zone, and I quite like Instinct so I jumped there.

which band would u choose? the orange one looks nice ...  but so is the velcro and diving type ...

but practicality hmmm ...

The most I got from AW is 2 days but that’s because I didn’t wear it. Otherwise it’s less than 24 hours. Exercising does take up more battery cause the HR and gps and calculation work.

Don’t understand what you meant by support?

Yeah if you need to disable so many craps just to extend the battery, you might as well get a normal watch la.

Nice. But the colour of the strap seems to be…

Talking about the bands, come help me decide.

I'm thinking of pairing the Ultra with an Apple steel link bracelet.
Only question is....silver or black.

Silver - https://i.imgur.com/qowFObe.jpeg
Black - https://daringfireball.net/misc/2022/09/ult...black-link.jpeg

That'll be RM 5k. 
AWU and the Silver Link Bracelet.

But yeah, leaning towards the silver right now for that overall steel rugged look.

So far I never use for more than 2 years la. Cause I only started exercise like a crazy person since Covid started. But from what I could read and research,  a lot of people use their Garmin for 5-7 years cause their watches can easily last that long.

Since you are active in this forum, I think you have already decided on Ultra.

But you don’t climb mount K everyday also lo. So that depends on your needs. But sports enthusiasts will definitely go for Garmin, solely because the watches won’t give up on them halfway. Especially some logs their route via the garmin maps.

I’m not hiker myself but I have faced a few situations that when it’s finally time for me to exercise in the evening, only to find that my AW didn’t have enough juice anymore for my 1 hour run or exercises. So I had to just sit around for like 20 minutes for it to charge. Lol! That was the reason why I jump ship.

Sounds like the AWU ticks most of the boxes except extreme edge cases. Even that, may be bridged by the new low power mode rolling out soon.

The AWU is the closest one size fits all solution that I could find for me.

The way I see it, it is not purely performance or you would have gone with other alternatives like Garmin.

It is also the fact that this is an Apple Watch first. With iOS integration beyond what others offer, and it has that 'cool' factor being Apple. A product like the AWU is does NOT sell on price vs performance metrics. The best price/perf winner in the Apple space is the SE. Everything else sells on a premium because people want the highest end device available. Which is why I think the AWU will cannibalize some AW8 sales, but that is ok because it is part of Apple's upsell strategy.

Hi guys. For those of you getting ready to order the Apple Watch Ultra from Apple Online Store, what band sizes are you all going for?

Medium size seems to be the safest ?

Previously, I wear the Apple Milanese Loop. Since it’s free size, didn’t really have the dilemma. Haha.

Took that Apple Pay + atome 3 months 0% installment option. Installment too long very sien also to finish it.

Just got the Switch email on Apple Watch ultra promo. Crazy, propose rm80/ month for 48 months! 4 years ….

Is true. Very sien one. 😂

No screen protectors and no cases for me.
The Ultra is built for it.

I don't understand why anyone orders from local resellers other than for easy payment schemes. Orders directly to Apple is very secure.