Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra In-Depth Review - Is it ULTRA Enough?

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra

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00:00 - Intro / Overview
00:54 - Price / Options / Bands
01:53 - Compatibility
02:18 - Hardware Overview
06:47 - Looks / Aesthetic
07:56 - Display
09:05 - User Interface / Wellness Features / Energy Score
13:45 - Emergency Siren
14:20 - Activity Profiles / Running / Metrics
17:11 - Mapping / Navigation
18:20- GPS Accuracy
21:05 - Heart Rate Accuracy
22:33 - Real Life Battery Life Test
25:12 - Final Thoughts / Conclusion

[paulkline]

Been waiting for the good reviews. Earlier today we got DC Rainmaker. Now Chase the Summit. Just waiting on DesFit. Good day. 😃 Thanks for all your hard work.

[kwiyau]

I been watching at least 20 + videos on YT about the Ultra watch! Yours is the 1st that does a deep dive into battery life, fitness, n GPS! Well done, man! I switched from Garmin Fenix 3 to this just under a week now no regrets! Do a lot of spinning classes, weight training, n MTB! Very accurate recordings!

[QuantumFantasy]

8:11 "Look What They Need to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power" - watches with MIP displays

[privxete]

finally more reviews of deep info. thankyou!

[GadgetyMV]

Compared to the Galaxy Watch 7, which uses the same sensors and all the processing hardware, what you gain for more than double the price is a 40% larger battery, 3000 nits instead of a 1000, the ability to worry free dive into the water from the jetty but not below 1.5 meters, the alarm, the extra orange sport button and the titanium body, plus the squircle cushion design.

[b.rocket]

I actually am enjoying this watch. I'm not a professional athlete. Always enjoy watching your reviews!

[rpgeraltofrivia]

its seems like a good watch, shame the battery life is so bad [for a runner/cyclist etc]

[rndom]

I love my Ultra. Same model as yours. I'm still dual tracking right now due to my commitment to the Garmin ecosystem, but really dig the Samsung for all of the other functionality that my Garmin either lacks or doesn't do well, such as body composition analysis.

[Sagothh]

As usual, best review on youtube. Bought it on release day, love it! Only downside is the battery.

[JamesWindland]

Now we need the Garmin ring and truly seamless Physio True Up. I still love the Garmin ecosystem, I just can't get on board with a watch needing charged pretty much daily.

[CrystalWolf]

I ordered 8 different bands for the two Galaxy watch ultras I bought. Got titanium grey & titanium white. Happy with them both so far. I just didn't like the provided bands they came with. Thumbs up from me. I do miss the physical scroll bezel though.

[kokonstant]

Nice review. Didnt watch the whole thing since I'm sticking with my garmin. But Samsung is starting to get it.

[NickBEADG]

I keep wanting to blow the fuzzy thing off the watch when it's rotating on the rock lmao

[mherald]

I'm liking it so far. The accuracy is much improved when compared to the previous Samsung watches. I primarily got it for the smart watch features and LTE connectivity so that I dont have to run with my phone. My Epix Pro 51mm is my main fitness tracker, but I wear the Samsung watch on my other wrist. The overall design is growing on me. I have the same color as you and think it looks better with the dark gray trail band. I do hope Samsung adds support for external sensors in the native app.

I hate on samsung watches that I cant connect any sensors. I ve had Samsung Watch 4 and when I went for a run, 21km (2hours) listening to music, I came home and they turned off. So GPS+music 2hours battery life made me switch to Garmin Fenix 7X pro and now I couldnt go back. The battery on garmin is awesome, 30+ hours of GPS is mindblowing. And I barely used any of a smart features of a samsung. I used payments and calling. Calling is one feature I miss the most on my Garmins. Great video!

[tomaspuskas]

I cant imagine that 3000 nits. I was wory about 1000nits in Epix pro, but even witth 2/3 or 1/3 of brightness settings it is amazing even on sunny days

[AinzOoalGwn]

the thing about the design they probably needed the shape to increase the battery size and maybe for the new bio sensors?

But use the apple ultra 2 as an example. It has a rectangular display screen. Had Samsung gone down that route, people will be then scoffing it's a blatant copy/clone.

So they went with this. Whatever way they took they'd still get criticized. Personally i don't really care about the copy accusations, i would have prefered had their display be the same size and shape as the apple ultra 2. Primarily because that has more display retail space, and it doesn't have rounded edges which cuts off stuff like UI among other things due to screen shape constrictions.

The downside to that though, is the round shape for watch faces are all circles, so to use it on a rectangular design won't be as good. So they would have then have to do a completely new design unique to a rectangular shaped display screen.

You would also not have a rotating bezel with that design. But that only works with a circle shape. But the reason given why they didn't add that this time around was because that rotating mechanism would impact the durability rating which was why it was omitted. Marques said something interesting, that they should done it anyway even if it impacted durability. If they did do that and release some special edition with disclaimer that now it might not work in water at all, and durability rating is impacted, would then people complain about that?

My point is, people will just complain no matter what even if they add what people critisized it for.

quantified scientist did some testing on ring, and the results were not good. the only thing then left for it would be the reduced battery drain when paired to the watch, but with those poor accuracy results.... yikes. the ring isn't cheap and if the accuracy is poor, that is a hard sell.

[nickmotsarsky]

I agree with you. The squircle design is ugly. That's the only thing that prevented me from getting one. I'll stick with my 5 Pro for another year.

[AinzOoalGwn]

for battery drain does that take into account the bluetooth bug where it cauzed crazy battery drain? A new firmware released fixed it supposedly. At least some users are reporting positive outcomes after updating.

[knuton]

I owned Gear Sport maybe 6 years ago and that design was almost same.

I'll go for Watch 7 44mm lte, looks better and cheaper.