hi so when Apple had their September event if there was one thing that got me way more excited
than even the iPhone 14 pro it was the Apple watch Ultra and so first I want to talk about
the price a lot of people look at this and just go that's an 800 watch that's a lot of money but you
see I didn't pay 800 for this at least not all in one shot my cell phone provider is a t but if you
go to ATT Verizon T-Mobile I mean pretty much any of the US carriers you go to their website
and you're gonna have multiple options to buy phones you can buy them outright if you want them
unlocked or you just want to not have to worry about monthly payments or you can break it down
into monthly but if you go under the Smartwatch section of course you will see the ultra listed
at 800 bucks or you can see a series 8 or an SE which I believe the series 8 starts at like 3.99
so you're like whoa 400 difference but when it displays the monthly breakdown cost they're the
same and even the smallest series 8 is only like a two dollar earn 50 Cent difference to go up to the
ultra it's the reason that I get a one terabyte iPhone 14 pro Max or a two terabyte iPad Pro yes
you're still paying the very expensive price but my iPads I hang on for a number of years watches
I hang on to for a number of years I know in most of the world you just have to like pay the dollar
amount for the device and in a lot of countries it's even more expensive but at least here in
the states and maybe some other places you do have some more buying options to make it more palatable
so let's talk about the design of this watch I'm obsessed I always like to say I'm a Lamborghini
guy not a Ferrari guy and the reason I say that is not because I think one car is inherently better
than the other I don't know cars well enough to actually debate that but when it comes to the
Aesthetics Lamborghini tends to have very sharp and straight lines and it looks like spaceships
to me whereas Ferrari tends to go more that old Johnny Hive uh aesthetic where everything
these more round and has a lot of Curves to it I've been loving the recent apple design
language of sharp straight lines on the phones iPads computers and so once I saw the like
rugged bulkier sharp edges of the ultra I was instantly in love and everyone's talking about
how much bigger this is than the previous series or or the series 8 or something but to be honest
the only time that I was like well this is pretty thick is the first moment that I put it on within
like 30 minutes I didn't even notice the size I haven't like bumped it into things more or hasn't
gone in the way of typing more it literally just feels on my wrist the same way my series
three or four did and I love the flat display to me it makes it so much more usable whether
you're typing or just going to edge to edge on different applications now the bands I loved
seeing all the new band options especially the fact that they were made for specific
professional athletes I'm sure those who use them in those extreme environments really appreciate
those different designs I went with the Alpine Loop which I thought was really cool I love this
shade of green I think the color combination looks really nice now for those curious about sizing ooh
for those concerned about band sizing I got you yes I should use the the watch wrist here look at
that tan line I don't know if I'm supposed to read at the one or the edge of the tape but there's the
edge of the tape so maybe seven seven and a half hey half an inch counts right so I just took a
shot in the dark when I was ordering because you have to choose the size for this band and
I believe I went with the medium yeah Green Alpine Loop medium and if it's great taking it on and off
it does take a little bit more work I'm still finding the best way to do it to take it off I
just grab around the frame of the watch and then kind of pull up because the bar here has to work
over top of the groove so that takes a couple seconds and then to close it you kind of just
pull up on it kind of slides up so you kind of to adjust it and then
kind of hold the bar and pull down so it's not a huge annoyance but it's definitely not as fast as
the sport Loop or some of the other ones where you just like slip it on and it's good to go within
like two seconds I'm sure if I were to tie myself putting on all the bands this probably would be
one of the slower ones but nonetheless I still love this band one of the things I was curious
about the band is since it's fabric when you go swimming with it or when you get it wet how fast
is it going to dry and I didn't exactly time it I wasn't finding myself being annoyed hours later
because I'm you know away from the pool fully dressed back to normal life and my wrist is
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battery life of this thing right and people's use cases have varied a bit now I will say for the
first couple days I've had cellular turned off and that seems to potentially be an important variable
so the morning after I got the watch I took it off the charger when it was at 100 it was 6 30
a.m and then I proceeded to get two full days and then on the third morning I got into the afternoon
I want to say it was like 4 30 and whatever 11 hours after 6 30 a.m is because I calculated
it it was almost exactly 59 hours it was like two minutes short of 59 hours way above the advertised
hour range but since then I've been using it like normal at night I throw it on the charger next to
my phone I've been ending the days around like 80 and so that's really nice because there are
times when I'm traveling where I go beyond that 24 hour period and I'm not able to charge it because
you know I'm running through airports and so you can be rest assured with this watch that you're
just going to be okay for at least like 48 hours with average use and that kind of transitions to
my point of the watch Ultra for the average person when you buy a lower tiered model of anything it's
c feeling of how well it's going to perform how well it's going to last in rugged environments is
lower right it's it's not meant to be in any extreme situation and so us average you know
active people are going to kind of fluctuate here and there are moments where you're kind of getting
kind of close to that line right you know maybe you're going swimming and you're it's your first
time scuba diving you're not a pro but it's your first time and so you have to think okay well the
Apple Watch series 8 is only you know rated to you know a handful of feet you know is it okay
and it's it's ip68 it's so it's up to 30 minutes how long am I going to be going you have to think
about all that or I'm going to be traveling for the next couple days so is the battery going
to give me I got to make sure I have my my watch charger at the top of my backpack so I can charge
it for a few minutes in the airport those average scenarios where you're kind of reaching that limit
of some of the other watches if you get the ultra you may never be climbing Mount Everest you may
never be diving 100 meters in the ocean but it means that for all my average person activities
I'm nowhere near where that new ceiling is and so I can just go about living my life and using the
watch and not have to freak out about bumping into something and potentially scratching the
display as much or going through a couple days of traveling without immediately having a watch
charger on me or going in the ocean or a deep pool and thinking how long have I been in the pool and
is anything going to get underneath the display and so for all those reasons on top of just loving
the new aesthetic and design of it made the watch Ultra a no-brainer for me now one video that I am
going to be working on that I'm super excited for kind of in a pair of these two has to do with all
those new survivable features but very soon I'm going to put my myself in a scenario where I may
need all those features of the loud siren the backtrack the GPS locating of the phone and so
make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss out on that very fun video anyways I'd love to
hear what you guys think about the Apple watch Ultra did you pick one up for yourself how are
you liking it are you still on the fence between some of the other models or a totally different
brand of watch let me know otherwise thanks so much for watching guys see you in the next one