Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hits Lowest-Ever Price of $649

Clearing out inventory for Apple Watch Ultra 1.3, coming this Fall

if you buy one now you should get a free upgrade to the next version that will be launched in 2 months

If you buy a new Apple Watch Ultra 2 in July and the Apple Watch Ultra 3 comes out in September, you know what happens to your Apple Watch Ultra 2?

Absolutely nothing.

It undergoes immediate devaluation. Moreover, new features are unlikely to work on the outdated device. Furthermore, future software updates will screw up the battery life. You’re right, nothing happens to your old outdated brand new Apple Watch.

It “undergoes immediate devaluation” the second you open the box. That’s how electronics work. And you’re years away from not getting software updates. New software updates won’t screw up battery life as much as actually using the thing, increasing the cycle count on the battery just like you would have if you bought it last year — and, importantly, just like you will on your new AWU 3.

If you buy this watch now and like it, you’ll like it just as much in October after the new one comes out. If that ends up not being true, then you’re not really in it for the product. You’ve just been tricked by a marketing campaign.

Is Apple that paranoid to make a "mens" and "womens" versions of watches? Serious question.

I would argue they always have made them - since day 1 they've offered two different face sizes. That said, I have no reason to believe women want a smaller watch considering how many of them carry a "handbag" the size of a small suitcase. Also, not all men have giant Jack Reacher-size wrists yet a lot of the watches I see could be worn around the neck like Flava Flav's clock.

I am still on AWU1. Still waiting that they add back blood oxygen measurements; that's a must to be called sports watch or fitness watch. Also the crown should be on the other side of the watch or better protected against involuntary presses. I don't remember how often I pressed the button while wearing wrist wraps or lifting straps.

I bought my Apple Watch Ultra 2 just before the Blood Oxygen ban kicked in—as we all saw it was coming once the case was lost.
I’m still very unhappy about that for us all—that Apple are such shysters they would steal the patent work, and when caught, remove the feature from the 10a of millions of watches rather than pay what they justly owe to Masimo.

if you buy one now you should get a free upgrade to the next version that will be launched in 2 months