IT Home September 8th news, today, Apple brought the new Apple Watch Ultra at the autumn new product launch conference, and is priced at 6,299 yuan .
IT Home learned that Apple Watch Ultra will be open to order from now on, and will be officially released on Friday, September 23 (Friday). At present, Apple's official detailed interpretation has also come, let's take a look.
Apple today announced the launch of the Apple Watch Ultra, which features a bold new design and adds a variety of features for endurance sports, field exploration and adventure. The Apple Watch Ultra uses a 49mm titanium case and a flat sapphire glass mirror, and is equipped with the largest and most bright Apple Watch display to date. Customizable operation buttons are convenient for users to quickly use a variety of practical functions. The Apple Watch Ultra has the best battery life of all Apple Watches, up to 36 hours under normal use. In addition, with the new low-power setting, the battery life can be extended to up to 60 hours, making it suitable for multiple consecutive days of wearing. Designed for Apple Watch Ultra’s large-area display, the “Pathfinder” dial includes a compass that incorporates the time display area and provides space for up to 8 complex features. The Apple Watch Ultra also brings 3 new straps: wild trail loop strap, alpine loop strap and ocean strap, respectively, providing a safe and comfortable wearing experience for every adventure with unique design.
Apple Watch Ultra is available for ordering from now on and will be officially released on Friday, September 23rd.
Apple Operations Director Jeff Williams said: "We draw inspiration from explorers and athletes around the world to create a new Apple Watch designed for new and extreme environments, and the most durable and powerful Apple Watch to date. The Apple Watch Ultra is a device with rich features that helps users surpass their limits in adventure, endurance and exploration."
▲ Aerospace-grade titanium and flat sapphire watch mirrors provide protection for the display. The display has a maximum brightness of 2000 nits, twice as bright as other Apple Watches.
is larger, brighter, stronger
Built from aviation grade titanium, the Apple Watch Ultra reaches an ideal balance of weight, durability and corrosion resistance. The case extends upwards, wrapping around the flat sapphire glass mirror, providing protection for the retinal display. The display can be as bright as 2000 nits, twice as bright as the displays on all previous Apple Watch models. The new operating buttons are presented in high contrast international orange, making it easy to customize settings for quick access to a variety of features including physical training, compass waypoints, backtracking and more.
Apple Watch Ultra is equipped with three built-in microphones, which greatly improves the sound quality of voice calls in various environments. Adaptive beamforming algorithm uses microphones to capture sound while reducing background noise, making the sound quality clear and transparent. In a windy environment that is extremely challenging to radio, the Apple Watch Ultra uses advanced wind noise reduction algorithms, including machine learning, to provide clear and easy-to-recognize audio for calls.
▲ Apple Watch Ultra is equipped with a new customizable operation button in high-contrast international orange, which is convenient for users to quickly operate a variety of functions in a physical way.
▲ The digital crown has a larger diameter, more protruding grooves, and the side buttons are higher than the case for use when wearing gloves.
's new strap for outdoor activities
wild trail loop strap designed for endurance athletes and runners, is the thinnest Apple Watch strap to date. The lightweight braided material is soft and flexible, which can easily achieve an ideal sense of composure. The convenient fastener design is easy to quickly adjust the elasticity. The alpine loop strap designed for explorers adopts a continuous braiding process without seaming to present an integrated double-layer design. The upper layer of the strap is woven in high-strength yarn for easy adjustment of elasticity and securely secured by a titanium G-buckle.
marine strap is designed for wading extreme sports and casual diving, and is equipped with a titanium buckle and a matching spring coil buckle. The strap is made of flexible and extendable fluorine-containing elastic material, and uses tubular geometric shape to achieve a stable fit.The ocean strap is also equipped with an optional extended strap for users to wear comfortably while wearing a diving suit.
▲ Three new straps: wild trail loop strap, alpine loop strap and ocean strap provide a safe and comfortable wearing experience for every adventure with unique design.
Endurance Sports and Elite Athlete
For endurance athletes and users who are interested in challenging their physical limits, the Apple Watch Ultra is an excellent device. It comes with precision dual-band GPS for the first time in the Apple Watch, including L1 and the latest L5 frequencies, and uses a new positioning algorithm. The Apple Watch Ultra has the most accurate GPS capabilities of the Apple Watch to date, providing users with highly accurate distance, pace and route data for training and competition.
▲ Apple Watch Ultra provides the most accurate GPS functionality of all Apple Watches to date.
Apple Watch Ultra runs watchOS 9 and incorporates new running measurements to measure performance, including step size, touchdown time, vertical amplitude and running power. New views on physical training such as segments, single segments and climbing heights make important indicators clear at a glance. Thanks to the larger display, the Apple Watch Ultra is the only Apple Watch that can display 6 metrics simultaneously. Users can also take advantage of heart rate intervals, custom training plans, speed measurement functions and racing routes to be launched later this year to take the exercise effect to a higher level. For triathlon , biathlon and any segmented activities including swimming, cycling or running, the new multi-item sports have added the automatic recognition function to easily switch training modes. The Apple Watch Ultra has a battery life of enough for most users to complete ultra-long-distance triathlons, including 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and a full marathon of 42.195 km. The
operation button can immediately start physical training, allowing the user to move to the next interval of custom physical training, or the next segment of multiple events. The button can also be used to mark segments, making the new track running experience more complete and automatically provides extremely accurate pace and distance estimates for runners training on the track.
▲ The new "Pathfinder" dial complements the sturdy hardware, incorporates a compass in the time display area and can be customized for mountain, ocean or runway.
Explorer
Thanks to a larger, brighter display and rugged design, the Apple Watch Ultra will become the ideal device for adventurers and explorers in a variety of environments, and can handle it easily in daily life and extreme conditions. The completely remade Compass app in watchOS 9 shows more depth information and 3 unique views. This app displays new hybrid views, while displaying analog compass disks and digital views. Rotate the digital crown to display another view, including latitude, longitude, elevation and slope information, as well as a directional view that displays compass waypoints and backtracking functions.
▲ The Apple Watch Ultra's wrist operating temperature ranges from -20℃ to 55℃, which is enough to cope with extreme outdoor adventure environments.
users can use the "Compass Waypoint" function to quickly and conveniently mark locations or important locations in the App. Press the action button or tap the compass waypoint icon to place the waypoint, and tap the icon that appears to edit the waypoint. The "Compass Waypoint" will be updated dynamically in real time to provide the direction and approximate distance of the waypoint.
backtracking function uses GPS data to create routes that users have taken, which is particularly practical when users get lost or lose their direction, and can help them find their return route. This function will automatically be enabled in the background when the user enters the wild area. Just press the action button once and the user can quickly place the compass waypoint, or turn on or view backtracking. Sirens up to 86 decibels can be used in emergencies such as users get lost or injured, helping to attract outside attention. The iconic unique sirens combines two alternating sound patterns that last up to several hours. The first mode means someone is in distress, while the second simulates the globally common SOS sound mode.For days-long backpacking trips, battery life can be extended to up to 60 hours with low battery mode and additional low power settings including reduced GPS and heart rate readings.
▲ The “Pathfinder” dial is designed for the Apple Watch Ultra and includes spaces that can accommodate 8 complex features.
Wrist working temperature range is designed to help users explore in the most extreme and remote locations, from cold snowy mountains at -20°C to blazing deserts at 55°C. The Apple Watch Ultra has been certified by the standard MIL-STD 810H related projects. The standard is used to test military equipment and is widely popular among durable equipment manufacturers. Test items include low pressure (height), high temperature, low temperature, drastic temperature changes, liquid pollution, rainfall, moisture, immersion, sand and dust, freezing and icing/Frozen rain , impact, tremor, etc. To optimize the night experience, when using the Pathfinder dial, rotating the digital crown turns the interface red, providing better visibility in the dark.
▲ To optimize the night experience, when users use the "Pathfinder" dial, they can rotate the digital crown to start the night mode, making the interface red and providing better visibility in the dark.
Ocean and Water Sports enthusiast
Apple Watch Ultra is designed for water sports, including extreme sports such as kite surfing and tail wave water skiing , and uses the new Oceanic+ App to help casual scuba diving with a depth of less than 40 meters. To support these underwater adventures, the Apple Watch Ultra is WR100 certified. The Apple Watch Ultra is also EN13319 certified, an internationally versatile standard used to test diving instruments such as depth meters, and is trusted by casual diving enthusiasts around the world.
Using the new depth meter, Apple Watch Ultra has launched a water depth app with an intuitive user interface. The Water Depth App can display information such as time, current depth, water temperature, underwater duration and maximum depth that has been reached, so that users can see it at a glance. Users can set operation buttons to quickly launch the Water Depth App.
makes Apple Watch Ultra a brand new Oceanic+ App that is comparable to a diving computer was created in collaboration with Huish Outdoors. The brand is known for providing innovative and reliable leisure diving equipment. The app will be released on the App Store later this fall. It uses the Bourmann pressure decompression algorithm and includes diving plans, easy-to-read diving indicators, visual and vibration reminders, pressure-free decompression limits, ascent rate and safe stay guidance. Oceanic+ also provides personalized user settings, current and local diving status reports and diving logs. Logs can be shared with relatives and friends and automatically synced to iPhone.
Huish Outdoors CEO Mike Huish said, “We are excited to work with Apple to combine our world-renowned expertise in scuba diving and the unique features of the Apple Watch Ultra to turn the watch you wear everyday into an innovative diving computer. With Oceanic+, Apple Watch Ultra users can enjoy a new and rich experience during scuba diving activities.”
▲ After diving into the water, the Apple Watch Ultra will automatically open a new water depth app to display information such as time, current depth, water temperature, underwater duration and maximum depth that has arrived.
Other functions
Apple Watch Ultra has comprehensive connection, activity and health functions, making Apple Watch very popular in the global smart watch , including various functions from heart rate monitoring to electrocardiogram and blood oxygen app, to the activity ring and mindfulness app, and has added a number of health, safety and navigation functions.
Apple Watch Ultra has innovative temperature sensing functions to provide a more in-depth interpretation of women's health. The original dual sensor design reduces temperature measurement errors caused by the external environment and the body itself. With this new capability, users can use the back-repulsive ovulation day feature to help with fertility planning. Body temperature sensing can also help users predict menstrual period more accurately. Relying on iOS 16 and watchOS 9, users will be notified if period history data recorded by period tracking App users show that period deviations may occur (indicating potential health problems).
uses two new action sensors and advanced sensor fusion algorithms, and Apple Watch can detect whether a serious car accident occurs through the car accident detection function. The Apple Watch will confirm the user status when it detects a major car accident. If the user does not respond after the 10-second countdown, the device will make a first aid call. Rescuers will know the location of the user's equipment and this information will also be shared with emergency contacts.
Apple Watch Ultra and Environment
Apple Watch Ultra is designed to minimize the impact on the environment. It is the first Apple Watch to use regenerated gold during the electroplating of multiple printed circuit boards, and uses 100% regenerated rare earth elements in all magnets and 100% regenerated tungsten in the touch engine. The display glass is arsenic-free, and the Apple Watch Ultra is mercury-free, brominated flame retardant (BFR), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and beryllium. Apple Watch packaging does not use external plastic film, and 98% or more of the packaging materials are fiber-based, bringing Apple closer to its goal of completely removing plastic in packaging by the end of 2025.
At present, Apple has achieved carbon neutrality in global company operations and plans to achieve 100% carbon neutrality for the entire production supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. This means that every Apple device sold will achieve net zero climate impacts from parts manufacturing, assembly, transportation, user usage, charging, to equipment and material recycling.
Privacy
Privacy is crucial in the design and development of all Apple functions. When a user locks the phone with a password, touch ID, or face ID, all health and exercise data in the Health App will be encrypted, except for information in the Medical First Aid Card. Any health App data backed up to iCloud will also be encrypted and protected during transmission or when stored on the Apple server. When enabling the default two-factor authentication and using a password in iOS and watchOS, data synchronized by the Health App to iCloud will be encrypted with end-to-end , which means that Apple cannot decrypt and read data.
price and launch time
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, UAE, the United Kingdom, the United States and more than 40 other countries and regions can order Apple Watch Ultra from now on. It will be available at retail stores starting Friday, September 23.
Apple Watch Ultra is priced at RMB 6,299.
From Monday, September 12, watchOS 9 can be downloaded and used by Apple Watch Series 4 and subsequent models. It needs to be used with iPhone 8 or subsequent models running iOS 16, or iPhone SE (second generation) or subsequent models. Some functions are only available in some devices, some countries or regions.
The ocean strap is also equipped with an optional extended strap for users to wear comfortably while wearing a diving suit.
▲ Three new straps: wild trail loop strap, alpine loop strap and ocean strap provide a safe and comfortable wearing experience for every adventure with unique design.
Endurance Sports and Elite Athlete
For endurance athletes and users who are interested in challenging their physical limits, the Apple Watch Ultra is an excellent device. It comes with precision dual-band GPS for the first time in the Apple Watch, including L1 and the latest L5 frequencies, and uses a new positioning algorithm. The Apple Watch Ultra has the most accurate GPS capabilities of the Apple Watch to date, providing users with highly accurate distance, pace and route data for training and competition.
▲ Apple Watch Ultra provides the most accurate GPS functionality of all Apple Watches to date.
Apple Watch Ultra runs watchOS 9 and incorporates new running measurements to measure performance, including step size, touchdown time, vertical amplitude and running power. New views on physical training such as segments, single segments and climbing heights make important indicators clear at a glance. Thanks to the larger display, the Apple Watch Ultra is the only Apple Watch that can display 6 metrics simultaneously. Users can also take advantage of heart rate intervals, custom training plans, speed measurement functions and racing routes to be launched later this year to take the exercise effect to a higher level. For triathlon , biathlon and any segmented activities including swimming, cycling or running, the new multi-item sports have added the automatic recognition function to easily switch training modes. The Apple Watch Ultra has a battery life of enough for most users to complete ultra-long-distance triathlons, including 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and a full marathon of 42.195 km. The
operation button can immediately start physical training, allowing the user to move to the next interval of custom physical training, or the next segment of multiple events. The button can also be used to mark segments, making the new track running experience more complete and automatically provides extremely accurate pace and distance estimates for runners training on the track.
▲ The new "Pathfinder" dial complements the sturdy hardware, incorporates a compass in the time display area and can be customized for mountain, ocean or runway.
Explorer
Thanks to a larger, brighter display and rugged design, the Apple Watch Ultra will become the ideal device for adventurers and explorers in a variety of environments, and can handle it easily in daily life and extreme conditions. The completely remade Compass app in watchOS 9 shows more depth information and 3 unique views. This app displays new hybrid views, while displaying analog compass disks and digital views. Rotate the digital crown to display another view, including latitude, longitude, elevation and slope information, as well as a directional view that displays compass waypoints and backtracking functions.
▲ The Apple Watch Ultra's wrist operating temperature ranges from -20℃ to 55℃, which is enough to cope with extreme outdoor adventure environments.
users can use the "Compass Waypoint" function to quickly and conveniently mark locations or important locations in the App. Press the action button or tap the compass waypoint icon to place the waypoint, and tap the icon that appears to edit the waypoint. The "Compass Waypoint" will be updated dynamically in real time to provide the direction and approximate distance of the waypoint.
backtracking function uses GPS data to create routes that users have taken, which is particularly practical when users get lost or lose their direction, and can help them find their return route. This function will automatically be enabled in the background when the user enters the wild area. Just press the action button once and the user can quickly place the compass waypoint, or turn on or view backtracking. Sirens up to 86 decibels can be used in emergencies such as users get lost or injured, helping to attract outside attention. The iconic unique sirens combines two alternating sound patterns that last up to several hours. The first mode means someone is in distress, while the second simulates the globally common SOS sound mode.For days-long backpacking trips, battery life can be extended to up to 60 hours with low battery mode and additional low power settings including reduced GPS and heart rate readings.
▲ The “Pathfinder” dial is designed for the Apple Watch Ultra and includes spaces that can accommodate 8 complex features.
Wrist working temperature range is designed to help users explore in the most extreme and remote locations, from cold snowy mountains at -20°C to blazing deserts at 55°C. The Apple Watch Ultra has been certified by the standard MIL-STD 810H related projects. The standard is used to test military equipment and is widely popular among durable equipment manufacturers. Test items include low pressure (height), high temperature, low temperature, drastic temperature changes, liquid pollution, rainfall, moisture, immersion, sand and dust, freezing and icing/Frozen rain , impact, tremor, etc. To optimize the night experience, when using the Pathfinder dial, rotating the digital crown turns the interface red, providing better visibility in the dark.
▲ To optimize the night experience, when users use the "Pathfinder" dial, they can rotate the digital crown to start the night mode, making the interface red and providing better visibility in the dark.
Ocean and Water Sports enthusiast
Apple Watch Ultra is designed for water sports, including extreme sports such as kite surfing and tail wave water skiing , and uses the new Oceanic+ App to help casual scuba diving with a depth of less than 40 meters. To support these underwater adventures, the Apple Watch Ultra is WR100 certified. The Apple Watch Ultra is also EN13319 certified, an internationally versatile standard used to test diving instruments such as depth meters, and is trusted by casual diving enthusiasts around the world.
Using the new depth meter, Apple Watch Ultra has launched a water depth app with an intuitive user interface. The Water Depth App can display information such as time, current depth, water temperature, underwater duration and maximum depth that has been reached, so that users can see it at a glance. Users can set operation buttons to quickly launch the Water Depth App.
makes Apple Watch Ultra a brand new Oceanic+ App that is comparable to a diving computer was created in collaboration with Huish Outdoors. The brand is known for providing innovative and reliable leisure diving equipment. The app will be released on the App Store later this fall. It uses the Bourmann pressure decompression algorithm and includes diving plans, easy-to-read diving indicators, visual and vibration reminders, pressure-free decompression limits, ascent rate and safe stay guidance. Oceanic+ also provides personalized user settings, current and local diving status reports and diving logs. Logs can be shared with relatives and friends and automatically synced to iPhone.
Huish Outdoors CEO Mike Huish said, “We are excited to work with Apple to combine our world-renowned expertise in scuba diving and the unique features of the Apple Watch Ultra to turn the watch you wear everyday into an innovative diving computer. With Oceanic+, Apple Watch Ultra users can enjoy a new and rich experience during scuba diving activities.”
▲ After diving into the water, the Apple Watch Ultra will automatically open a new water depth app to display information such as time, current depth, water temperature, underwater duration and maximum depth that has arrived.
Other functions
Apple Watch Ultra has comprehensive connection, activity and health functions, making Apple Watch very popular in the global smart watch , including various functions from heart rate monitoring to electrocardiogram and blood oxygen app, to the activity ring and mindfulness app, and has added a number of health, safety and navigation functions.
Apple Watch Ultra has innovative temperature sensing functions to provide a more in-depth interpretation of women's health. The original dual sensor design reduces temperature measurement errors caused by the external environment and the body itself. With this new capability, users can use the back-repulsive ovulation day feature to help with fertility planning. Body temperature sensing can also help users predict menstrual period more accurately. Relying on iOS 16 and watchOS 9, users will be notified if period history data recorded by period tracking App users show that period deviations may occur (indicating potential health problems).
uses two new action sensors and advanced sensor fusion algorithms, and Apple Watch can detect whether a serious car accident occurs through the car accident detection function. The Apple Watch will confirm the user status when it detects a major car accident. If the user does not respond after the 10-second countdown, the device will make a first aid call. Rescuers will know the location of the user's equipment and this information will also be shared with emergency contacts.
Apple Watch Ultra and Environment
Apple Watch Ultra is designed to minimize the impact on the environment. It is the first Apple Watch to use regenerated gold during the electroplating of multiple printed circuit boards, and uses 100% regenerated rare earth elements in all magnets and 100% regenerated tungsten in the touch engine. The display glass is arsenic-free, and the Apple Watch Ultra is mercury-free, brominated flame retardant (BFR), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and beryllium. Apple Watch packaging does not use external plastic film, and 98% or more of the packaging materials are fiber-based, bringing Apple closer to its goal of completely removing plastic in packaging by the end of 2025.
At present, Apple has achieved carbon neutrality in global company operations and plans to achieve 100% carbon neutrality for the entire production supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. This means that every Apple device sold will achieve net zero climate impacts from parts manufacturing, assembly, transportation, user usage, charging, to equipment and material recycling.
Privacy
Privacy is crucial in the design and development of all Apple functions. When a user locks the phone with a password, touch ID, or face ID, all health and exercise data in the Health App will be encrypted, except for information in the Medical First Aid Card. Any health App data backed up to iCloud will also be encrypted and protected during transmission or when stored on the Apple server. When enabling the default two-factor authentication and using a password in iOS and watchOS, data synchronized by the Health App to iCloud will be encrypted with end-to-end , which means that Apple cannot decrypt and read data.
price and launch time
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, UAE, the United Kingdom, the United States and more than 40 other countries and regions can order Apple Watch Ultra from now on. It will be available at retail stores starting Friday, September 23.
Apple Watch Ultra is priced at RMB 6,299.
From Monday, September 12, watchOS 9 can be downloaded and used by Apple Watch Series 4 and subsequent models. It needs to be used with iPhone 8 or subsequent models running iOS 16, or iPhone SE (second generation) or subsequent models. Some functions are only available in some devices, some countries or regions.
