"After a week of use and tinkering, the Ultra 3's biggest selling point is its battery life. Apple includes the S10 chip in the Ultra 3, lengthening its battery life by six additional hours, for a total of 42 with regular use. I'm not religiously proactive about charging my smartwatch, but the 42-hour upgrade kept me ahead of battery drain and made continuous use simple."
"ZDNET contributor and hiker extraordinaire, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, goes on off-grid adventures regularly. He's tested the Apple Watch Ultra 2 on his hiking adventures, sent his location, and used satellite communications during his explorations. Jason Hiner/ZDNET The Ultra 2's satellite communications didn't perform as well as his Garmin inReach Messenger or Spot X satellite messenger, though. "It's a faff finding satellites" on the Ultra 2, he tells me. The Ultra 3's upgrade could change that."
The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is Apple’s rugged, endurance-focused smartwatch positioned alongside the SE 3 and Series 11. It introduces a wide-angle display for quicker viewability, the S10 chip that extends battery life by six hours to about 42 hours of regular use, and enhanced emergency features including Satellite Emergency SOS, location sharing, and messaging. Satellite communications on the Ultra 2 performed worse than dedicated devices like Garmin inReach Messenger or Spot X, described as difficult to find satellites. The Ultra 3’s satellite upgrades aim to improve off-grid communications for hikers and multi-sport endurance athletes.
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