We gave the Apple Ultra Watch to five pros (diving, running, hiking, teardown)
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- The Apple Watch Ultra is meant to be the ultimate smartwatch for athletes and outdoor adventurers. So we spent the last three months putting the Ultra to the test on off-grid hikes, deep dives, skiing down slopes in Tahoe, and running around the GPS nightmare of New York City. #apple #applewatch #smartwatch
0:00 Intro
1:10 Safety Features, GPS Backtrack, hiking
5:20 Emergency Siren vs. $4 whistle
8:39 Action Button
10:54 Fitness Tracking
14:31 Repairability/teardown with iFixit
17:02 Diving / Oceanic+
21:45 Conclusion
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What is your typical battery life on the Ultra Watch? Do you charge it every day? Every two days? Never?!
I do a top off charge every couple of days. I sleep track and run avidly.
I literally have no idea. I just charge it whenever my wrist needs a “naked” break and don’t pick it up until my phone tells me it’s charged. Every 1-3 days! Usually I still have about 20% on it when I start.
It’s amazing, and the watch is super durable. It’s truly the smart watch I’ve wanted since the original Apple Watch was reviewed
I charge every other day and rarely get below 10%. That said, I'm not often far from wifi and my iPhone so I'm sure that saves on my battery.
2/3 days
With 2 workouts, notifications, apple pay, etc., i was able to get mine to last 50+ hours on one charge
This review was so well done! I understand the need for publications to quickly publish reviews shortly after a product is released, but it’s these type of well thought out in depth videos that I love the most. You and the team crushed it!!!
Agree. High quality work by all of you! Thanks! The joke is on Apple, though. They could have just slapped the longer battery on a S8 watch, and many people (including me) would have bought it for $750. They could have priced this at $900+
@@ArtIrwinhow is the joke on apple lol, they still have a 45mm stainless steel at a high price, they still have the Hermes watch and now they have this. Their margins are unbeatable and they’re the biggest watch maker in the world so???
I second this sentiment. Bravo !
Really agree.
Ya, this video was amazing. The transitions were incredible.
😮 I guess this is the kind of review that 3 extra months gets you! Well done!
Great job everyone. Review was well worth the wait. It’s nice to see a review in which something is realistically used in various scenarios. That takes time and it was time well spent
Don’t usually have patience for longer reviews but this was a brilliantly stitched-together set of of scenarios. Thank you.
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So happy to hear that!
- Vjeran
It’s nice to have real world demos of the features! For a first generation product, it’s surprising decent. Can’t wait to see what gen 3 or 4 look like. These tech companies are really doing some amazing work.
Great review! I really liked the long, in-depth format. Probably like a lot of folks, I fall into the “weekend adventurer” category, and I participate in a range of activities. So it’s nice to see how it performs in specific areas and get thoughts from experts in those areas. Thanks for making this and nice job!
Amazing video! I often wish you guys made more videos, but I can't complain when the quality is this high.
I loooove these long videos! Thank you for producing it and allowing this immense room for creativity.
We do too! They take a bit longer, but we’re over the moon with how it turned out 🤗
- Vjeran
I did not want to watch a 23 minute review video. But I did it and loved it. It was less about specs and more real world experience, the kind of stuff you can't know after a week. And it's always a pleasure to spend some time hanging out with Becca, even in video form.
Honestly the best of the best review, just incredible 🎉
If backpacking use a whistle until you physically can’t use it anymore. Then activate the watch siren.
Gosh, this video just ticked all the boxes. It was polished, great production values, clever and engaging narrative, and importantly informative and brave with opinions. Becca’s earphone reviews have always been a cut above but this review shows long-form content is truly needed. Excellent work and you guys rock. Happy holidays.
I consider this amongst the best Verge reviews I’ve ever watched. Thank you!
Beautifully shot , indepth review! Love this format. Thankyou verge team for this high quality content. Always nice to see Becca in the reviews!
Amazing production Becca and thorough review of the watch from the Verge crew and experts in each area. Worth the wait. Loved it!
Outstanding from the team, loved this longer-term review, and will definitely watch more of them in future across all the products The Verge reviews. Time is an important factor.
Becca’s Videos are just the best! What an amazing, in depth, huuuuge video with so many participants and on so many locations. Truly an immense project.
LOVE this review format. Actually spending time with the device and testing all the things it's advertised to be good at is so much fun to watch and makes for a more trustworthy opinion. Keep making more like this!
Great review, I love the longer format. Great images and impeccable colours too!
Thank you! For a well put together non biased review 👏 I was on the fence about it but I’m just going to hold off until September 2023
Incredible review. I'm not even in the market for this (I have a Series 4 and will eventually upgrade to a newer regular Apple Watch and not an Ultra) and I was STILL absolutely fascinated by it. Beautiful shooting, crisp editing, fun from beginning to end.
This comment is coming after the safety features section and I am just so impressed with the level of effort and production on this video review
Another awesome review from Becca.
She's my gold standard and benchmark for tech reviews.
Awesome work!
You're standards must be flatline 😬
Awesome work. You guys have done a fantastic work 👌🙌
Amazing job on this review y’all. Really covered all aspects that Apple is pushing with this watch, and the editing+cinematography is awesome. Thanks to y’all for putting this together! 👍🏻
This is the review that's needed! So incredibly thorough testing each of the features Apple tends to frame or oversell, when in reality, it still has some areas to improve on.
I was literally banking on the waypoints and to find out that it functions like this-I think I can stick with the normal Apple Watches in the meantime. Thank you so much!!!!
I’ll also say this was by far, THE BEST and most in depth review of the watch I’ve seen, and I’ve seen allot of them. This is the video I’ll share with friends trying to decide if this piece is right for them. You nailed it with the overall use of the watch being more for casual athletes vs pros. Great job team. Bravo.
Great approach to the video. Especially having the dedicated section on repair-ability and the battery's eventual degradation.
Working with @ifixit is always a blast! Hope to do it more in the future!
@@TheVerge Really appreciate that! Only consumer and media pressure will make a difference and I really love that you start to emphasise this more and more. I think an eco design / reparability checklist would be a great addition to your "Agree to Continue" coverage. Maybe include the iFixit score in every review as a first step?
Fantastic review! The amount of effort from production, graphics, planning, and everything else.
That end of year hustle 🥵
Truly appreciate it, Phil! 🙏
Absolutely worth the wait. The quality is outstanding. Thank you very much for all your hard work. The results are phenomenal!
This is an incredible review. Thank you.
Loved the new format so much and truly felt the time and consideration put into it!
This was a wonderful review. I picked one up a few days ago because I wanted something that would capture good gps data for long walks and hikes. The screen is great and the battery life is pretty killer.
Well done, the Verge always has the best tech videos. I got the AW Ultra for Christmas and am basically the person they described at the end, marathoner, weekend warrior, and techie.
I don’t usually comment but have to say - really great review, love the format and appreciate all of the hard work and time that went into this. Thank you!
What an incredible review. Always can count on The Verge for quality content.
Awesome review. Beautiful editing!
Agreed. The Verge is always beauuuut
Really, really well made video. So much effort put into it, and tons of great information. Thanks for the hard work!
This was so well produced and presented. Verge you have levelled up! Keep up the good work.
This video is why I love the verge. Amazing production
This has been definitely one of the best reviews i have watched, it has been done in probaly an easy natural way to follow with the use cases
Splendid review, Verge!!! I saw so many videos about apple watch ultra, but this is the best one so far.
Truly excellent review. I like how you brought in different perspectives and talked to people who will actually use the features. Great job 👍🏼👍🏼
Superb format. I really enjoyed multiple people covering their area of expertise and how the device helps them
I was losing interest in Verge videos but this was amazing. Loved every minute of it. The depth of this review, style of covering, hosts. Perfect!
The kind of reviews which help the consumer and entertain the techies 🙌.
This is such a nice review, super good to get professionals on each category and real world testing. Kudos to everyone!
love the format and effort yall put into this review, keep it up guys
Absolutely incredible review! Congrats on such a great format that addressed everything interesting and important to know about the Apple Watch Ultra without getting distracted by specs or a marketing cheat sheet! More like this please? 🥺
You guys were thorough! So much great detail and information whilst also making it a fun watch (pun not intended). Tip top job!
Loved the format of this long video review! Hopefully we get more of these.
I really enjoyed the in-depth review. Great work by The Verge team!
Got an Apple Watch for my own ‘Motorcycle specific’ review and I loved this review to help fill in information I wanted to test but couldn’t do. Awesome work!
Awesome review. I can't wait to see where Apple takes the Ultra. Personally, I'm waiting on integrated offline maps before I pick one up. An ambient temperature sensor would be nice too... Not sure if the new sensor can do that but it doesn't seem like it.
it can do ambient temps only under water right now
The review was well done. Don’t mind the longer reviews. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
Excellent review, love hearing from so many different users with different experiences
Thank you for making this sort of content.
What a great review. The best I’ve seen of the Ultra.
Nice to watch this review.
Gave all the information that I would expect and liked the format.
This is a brilliant review - professional and very well presented. Thank you all for putting in so much effort to put this out there!
Love this review!!! More videos with Becca 🙌🏾
Thanks for in depth review of the watch ultra,Vjeran and Becca.
I always look forward to more of Becca coz you somehow give me good vibes.
Keep doing whatever you do.
I’d watch Verge videos WAY more if they were more like this one! Impressive!
The best Apple Watch Ultra review I’ve seen. In fact, this format, and the information within it, is by far one of the top tech review videos I’ve seen on RUclips.
Well done all - you should be super proud of this. I’ll definitely be coming back to this channel if this is the quality to expect!
Probably my favourite review by verge!! Love the format.
That’s an amazing review, thank you so much and congratulations for putting everything together in a single video in this interesting way
this is an AMAZING review, EVERYTHING I was looking for. Field-tested in such a good way. Now THIS is content!!
This format was really cool. Nice work, more please.
Fantastic video, and great format. IMO it was well worth all the extra time and work. Thanks for making it!
I really liked this format. Super cool, and kept me super interested and focused the entire time. Great job!
Amazing review the quality of your content its becoming insane, those 20+min flew by
Just got ultra 2. It’s incredible and beautiful. Way more so than my old series watches
That was actually an excellent video. You covered so many nuances that really matter to people on the fence between AWU and brands like Garmin. Thank you!
very well put together review. a real life example using the watch for its intended capabilities. great job.
Great review! I have been using AWU for 2 months and I love everything about it
What a great review! Well thought out. Covered a lot of areas of concern. And beautiful video footage!
Great video exploring some of the watches limits. Loved the cinematography.
Excellent review - and especially the iFixit teardown part.
Love this longer form review. Great work, thank you 🙏🏽
This review is exceptionally high quality, thank you for this.
Really loved this format. Keep it up!
Becca! Her reviews have become a benchmark in my view!
Yeah I really miss Dieter but everyone else has been picking up the slack very well
Best product review I have seen in the last few years.
I was amazed to see a 23-minute smartwatch review but it was well-organised and deserved.
The Verge is contributing to apple's testing and I hope Apple Engineers are taking note of this. I will not be surprised if some of the issues mentioned are resolved in the next Apple watch, but apple should give credit to such creators.
We appreciate the efforts you all put into creating such content.
Shout out to all contributors of The Verge, it was review another level!
Somehow, Would like to see crash detection tested next time 😅
Amazing.. in depth.. wholesome, practical review.. verge team is an asset for the community.. keep it up guys..
This was a joy to watch. Keep the amazing work!
Amazing video. Loved all the different situations and the teamwork ✨
I love the honest, in-depth and thoughtful review. This is probably the best review I’ve seen thus far. Thanks 🙏🏽 so much for the hard work and attention to details.
So so soooooo good. Really appreciate the time that was put into this review.
Very good reviews. I like the level of details you keep it on. Like your language and honest review of the features. Well done
These meticulous reviews are up beyond the best!! Well done!
the Quality of the video is sooooo good, good job Verge 😁
Any time 🙏
This is an awesome review format. You get a good focused look into the aspects of the watch that are important to you.
Great review guys! Love the format.
I think this is the best review I’ve seen in The Verge. And you have a pretty high bar. Thanks guys.
Not a single person is bad at talking back (reviewing) to the camera in this video. Andddd the production is on another level. Good job
THE definitive Apple Watch Ultra review. Yes I've seen other more in-depth reviews focusing on a specific sport or aspect of the watch, in particular marathon training & ultra running, but the sheer breadth of this review blows them away. Plus this is the 1st time I've seen the Ultra run through a REAL battery of scuba testing. Impressive work. Y'all at the Verge should be proud of this review. I'd like to see more stuff along these lines. Rushing to publish 1st is overrated if the info being delivered is mediocre or simply surface level..
I think the advantage of the Apple Watch Siren is that it does not need a constant effort from the person who's activated the siren, where is with a whistle you probably won't be whistling for more than a couple of minutes.
Really great to get this longer deep-dives into tech products! Please keep it up!
Awesome video!!! This long form version of reviews is great
Best review of the Ultra I have seen so far.