| Had the same experience w/ the Apple Watch Ultra. I realized the main way I'm using the watch is as a stopwatch when I'm at the gym. For fun -- let's do a quick comparison: Cheap Casio Watch: - Never have to charge it - Continuously shows me the minutes and seconds on the stopwatch $700 Apple Watch Ultra: - Needs to be re-charged daily - Refuses to offer a minutes and seconds mode for more than 10-15 seconds at a time (it will keep counting, but will just show the minutes unless you continuously keep raising your wrist) - Refuses to offer a settings option to adjust the above behavior (presumably because Apple's UI in general is basically "would you like 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 60 minutes?" with very little thought given to the idea you might be able to actually comprehend how many minutes you want and that it might not be one of the Cupertino options) Also since I'm already rambling -- just to ramble a bit more: - Receiving "now's a good time to be mindful" or "time to take a break and stand up" alerts while I'm driving and (maybe because of the specific distance from my house) particularly when I'm about to merge onto the nearest freeway .... when the watch has a GPS and knows how fast I've been moving and where I am ... kinda leaves me speechless. To balance: It is still useful overall for seeing Maps directions displayed directly on the watch face -- and this would be the major use case for me. But it's enough of a PITA to keep it charged that I generally just use my phone instead anyway. |