The one presented on Wednesday Apple Watch Ultra is larger and more robust than previous versions. Takes with her Apple especially extreme athletes and adventurers, who have so far been addressed by specialists such as Garmin.
Thanks to a larger battery, the Watch Ultra is said to run for 36 hours without charging – and up to 60 hours with activated power saving settings. All versions of the watch come with a built-in cellular connection by default. An additional large button should also be easy to operate with gloves, which helps divers, for example. With a price of $799 in the US, the Ultra watch is slightly more expensive than previous models.
The conventional new Apple Watch 8 gets two sensors that measure body temperature. New motion sensors can detect car accidents so the watch can automatically alert emergency services. The watch recognizes, among other things, a frontal or side impact as well as a rollover. The watch also evaluates the ambient noise.
Apple’s Watches with a mobile chip will also support roaming for the first time. Until now, without a connected iPhone, connectivity was limited to national borders. The cheaper Watch SE, which is often bought for children or older relatives, gets the same new chip as the Watch 8.
Apple has been in the computer clock business since the launch of the first Apple Watch in the spring of 2015 leader. According to calculations by the analysis company Canalys sold Apple 18 million watches in the first half of the year and thus had a market share of 52 percent.
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