1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:07,359 Oh, goody. Why do I have to do the Apple 2 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:09,840 watches this time? 3 00:00:07,359 --> 00:00:13,759 Did nobody else volunteer to look at pretty much the same watch, but slightly 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:18,320 more different? In all seriousness, there are some significant upgrades to 5 00:00:15,839 --> 00:00:22,880 the Apple Watch 2025 series. And we're going to start with the Ultra, which is 6 00:00:21,279 --> 00:00:27,519 probably got the upgrade that would be the most meaningful to me. I have never 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:33,280 unboxed an Ultra before. This is my first time. mountains. I'm feeling 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,800 suddenly inspired to brave nature in VR 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:39,680 from the comfort of my living room. Okay, maybe the Apple Watch Ultra is not 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:43,680 made for me. But there is some cool stuff here. Starting with, of course, 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:47,760 the fact that now in addition to 5G connectivity like the rest of their 2025 12 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:52,960 lineup, the Apple Watch Ultra features satellite SOS, just like the full-sized 13 00:00:50,879 --> 00:00:57,360 iPhone. That means that if you are ever in dire straits, somewhere in the 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:01:02,800 wilderness, middle of nowhere, you should theoretically have the ability to 15 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:04,960 summon help. That's pretty darn cool. 16 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:10,799 Both also feature the ability to monitor for hypertension. Unfortunately, this is 17 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:12,799 not included in the new SE3, but that 18 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:18,000 doesn't mean that the SE3 is going to be a major downer either. In fact, it looks 19 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:23,200 like the most compelling Apple SE series watch yet. Let's take a closer look at 20 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:28,159 the Ultra. I have seen them on people's wrists, but 21 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:33,040 I have never actually worn one. My god, is it ever heavy. That is a fat watch. 22 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:36,960 And I say this coming from a freaking OnePlus whatever this is. It's not 23 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:42,479 actually any bigger than my daily driver, but it's so heavy. And they used 24 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:48,000 that weight to pack it with cool tech. It features a new wide-angle LTPO 25 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,840 display that can reach up to 3,000 nits. 26 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:55,360 That's compared to 2,000 nits on the Series 11 and 1,000 nits on the SE3. 27 00:01:53,360 --> 00:02:00,240 Now, under most circumstances, you won't need 3,000 nits, but you have an Apple 28 00:01:58,479 --> 00:02:06,000 Watch Ultra. Can I get a dude perfect? Yeah. 29 00:02:03,119 --> 00:02:10,879 But if you're on a mountain peak where there's less atmosphere to absorb the 30 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:15,920 rays of the sun and you need that full brightness because you're an adventurer, 31 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:20,239 the Apple Watch Ultra 3 will be there for you. Let's put the watch strap on. 32 00:02:18,239 --> 00:02:24,800 God, it's heavy. Wait, no, sorry. Let's do this first. This is cool. Apple 33 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:28,480 claims that you can get 12 freaking hours of battery life on just a 34 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:33,599 15-minute charge, which really does make the sleep tracking features that they've 35 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:35,360 added way more usable. Because if you 36 00:02:33,599 --> 00:02:38,239 have to put it on your nightstand to charge, then obviously it's not going to 37 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:42,239 be able to do a very good job of tracking things like how often you wake 38 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:45,680 up, how long you take to fall asleep, all of those useful sleep tracking 39 00:02:44,239 --> 00:02:50,239 features. But I don't think I'd want to wear something this size on my wrist 40 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:53,680 when I'm sleeping anyway. And besides, I already have a sleep tracking mattress. 41 00:02:52,239 --> 00:02:56,800 I don't need another thing in my life to tell me that I don't sleep properly. I 42 00:02:55,280 --> 00:03:02,319 haven't used an Apple Watch in a while, dude. It's got so many flipping buttons 43 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:04,239 now. So, I got Okay, this one. Neat. I 44 00:03:02,319 --> 00:03:08,319 can press the digital crown and also scroll it. Okay, I've got my action 45 00:03:06,239 --> 00:03:12,800 button over here on the left. Got three flipping microphones for beam forming 46 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:17,760 and wind noise mitigation. That unfortunately is not present on the 47 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:22,319 regular Series 11 or the SE3. What else can we say about the Ultra? That really 48 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:26,400 is quite a large display on your wrist, isn't it? Oh, 49 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:30,560 I see what they've done here. It's got like a guard so you won't accidentally 50 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:34,400 rotate the digital crown as often, but it's not too bad. I bet I could get used 51 00:03:32,159 --> 00:03:38,879 to that. This is cool, though. I was just kind of touching the metal frame of 52 00:03:36,319 --> 00:03:44,159 the watch and I remembered the new Ultra 3 is actually made with 3D printed 53 00:03:41,599 --> 00:03:48,000 recycled titanium. That's pretty cool. And oh, and so are Series 11s in the 54 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:51,680 titanium option. It's just that the Ultra 3 is only made out of titanium. 55 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:57,280 Man, I've been all over the place in this unboxing. Belle's trying to keep up. Just like he could try and keep up 56 00:03:54,959 --> 00:04:02,879 with the battery life of the Apple Watch Ultra 3. They're claiming 42 hours of 57 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:07,120 regular use, up to 72 hours in low power mode, and up to 14 hours of high 58 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:10,720 frequency vitals tracking during fitness. Dude, if you're the kind of 59 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:15,040 person who can actually engage in physical fitness for 14 hours, just 60 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:19,600 throw away the health tracking monitor. You're doing fine. If anything, you 61 00:04:16,799 --> 00:04:25,360 might be overdoing it. Which is why all Apple watches include fall detection. Is 62 00:04:22,639 --> 00:04:29,360 this workout buddy? Welcome to workout. New navigation. Quickly access workout 63 00:04:27,759 --> 00:04:32,639 options like goals, music, workout views, and alerts. You can scroll to 64 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:37,040 other workout types. Do they have badminton yet? Uh, add workout. Yeah, 65 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:42,960 that's what I just said. Oh, damn. There it is. Let's go. 66 00:04:39,919 --> 00:04:46,320 Apple. Apple, you might have just won me 67 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:48,479 back. Boom. In this type of workout, you 68 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:54,080 earn the calorie equivalent of a brisk walk at a minimum. You can earn more 69 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:57,360 based on sensor data. Brisk walk, please. Well, they did say minimum. They 70 00:04:55,840 --> 00:05:01,680 did say minimum, though. One of the big new features is Apple's new workout 71 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:05,520 buddy. The idea is that it uses Apple intelligence from your paired phone to 72 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:08,880 give you personalized words of encouragement during your workouts. I'm 73 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:13,039 not sure if I fully understand the difference between this and that one 74 00:05:11,039 --> 00:05:17,680 time that I was driving down the highway and my Apple Watch buzz to tell me, 75 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:23,120 "Great job. Keep it up with your uh cycling." But AI, it makes everything 76 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:26,320 better, right? Oh, this is cool. It now has higher precision GPS with the idea 77 00:05:25,039 --> 00:05:30,479 being that it will be able to more accurately track your cycling or walking 78 00:05:28,639 --> 00:05:33,840 or running or whatever the case may be. You can tell from the marketing that 79 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:39,039 it's really designed to be the ultimate companion for the outdoors person or 80 00:05:36,479 --> 00:05:42,560 extremely fitnessoriented person. Unlike the SE and Series 11, which I might as 81 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:48,479 well just start opening at this point, which are rated for water resistance to 82 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:50,960 50 m and IP6X, respectively, meaning 83 00:05:48,479 --> 00:05:55,840 full submersion and basically the good stuff. The Ultra 3 is rated for like 84 00:05:54,080 --> 00:06:00,160 extreme water sports, meaning that it could have like a jet of water from 85 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:04,080 freaking going flying off of your seed or whatever. And theoretically shouldn't 86 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:10,400 die, but who knows, maybe it will. What am I looking at here? Series 11 SE and 87 00:06:07,919 --> 00:06:15,919 oh, a message from our sponsor. Thanks to MSI for sponsoring this video. Their 88 00:06:12,479 --> 00:06:18,000 Crosshair 18 HX AI laptop has powerful 89 00:06:15,919 --> 00:06:23,840 performance in a portable package. It comes packed with an RTX50 series GPU, a 90 00:06:20,479 --> 00:06:26,319 QHD 240 Hz refresh rate display and an 91 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:30,800 RGB keyboard that even has translucent key caps for some major illumination. 92 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:35,360 And with their over boost technology, you can drive extra power to your GPU or 93 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:39,440 your CPU, letting you run even more intense games or applications. Check it 94 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:43,440 out today by using our link in the video description. Both of them include the 95 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:48,720 same accessories, so that is to say, a USBC to Apple Watch wireless charger. 96 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:52,560 Uh, but these have a lot more differences between them than the Ultra 97 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:56,560 does with the Series 11. Let's talk about that. The Series 11 gets the same 98 00:06:54,319 --> 00:07:02,479 sapphire glass and wide-angle LTPO display, albeit only to 2,000 nits max, 99 00:06:59,599 --> 00:07:06,479 while the SC3 gets a regular LTPO display, no sapphire glass, and only 100 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:09,840 a,000 nits peak brightness. And the Series 11 boasts a wider suite of 101 00:07:08,319 --> 00:07:13,680 sensors, including water temperature sensing as well as blood oxygen level 102 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:17,680 monitoring. You can even just see on the back that it has a lot more sensors in 103 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:22,160 it. In terms of the wearability, both of these are frankly, in my opinion, a lot 104 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:26,960 better than the watch Ultra, so they have that in common. And all three of 105 00:07:24,479 --> 00:07:31,120 the new watches use the same S10 chip as last year, which was a little bit 106 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:35,840 disappointing to me. Both the Series 11 and the Watch Ultra 3 have the ultra 107 00:07:33,199 --> 00:07:39,039 wideband precise location sensing with Bluetooth, so you can use the Find My 108 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:43,840 app to find your devices more easily, which has been very handy for me at 109 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:51,919 times in the past. I had someone at a resort once put my AirPods up in one of 110 00:07:47,039 --> 00:07:53,759 the equipment closets for reasons that 111 00:07:51,919 --> 00:07:57,919 never became clear to me and I can only assume where to stash it to take them 112 00:07:55,759 --> 00:08:00,639 away later. Uh, but I was able to find them thanks to the Find My app and I 113 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:04,639 would have been able to find them faster if I'd had the UWB chip in any of my 114 00:08:02,639 --> 00:08:06,800 devices. Looks like our SE is dead. So, let's go ahead and charge it up. In the 115 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:14,560 meantime, we can talk about the differences in Apple's claimed battery life. They say 24 hours of regular use 116 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:18,000 for the Series 11 with only 18 hours for 117 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:21,039 the SE3. With that said, that finally, 118 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:23,599 thank you, Apple, includes always on 119 00:08:21,039 --> 00:08:28,479 display for the first time in their SE lineup. I have always been of the mind 120 00:08:25,599 --> 00:08:33,519 that a watch is not a watch unless you can always tell the time on it, even 121 00:08:30,879 --> 00:08:38,399 when you are subtly sneaking a peak during an extended social interaction, 122 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:42,959 for instance. This makes the Apple Watch SE3 the first of their SE's that I would 123 00:08:40,719 --> 00:08:48,800 consider to even be a watch. Tell me I'm wrong. Go ahead. If you can't tell the 124 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:50,800 time, it's not a watch. Stay on. Oh my 125 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:54,160 god, you guys. Wait, it is charged. >> Okay, check this out. Okay, straight on. 126 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:59,760 Yeah, they're both kind of compensating for the brightness in here. About the same. Okay, that's the same angle, 127 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:05,600 buddy. That is very noticeable. Man, the SC3 is 128 00:09:03,279 --> 00:09:09,360 so light, though. Given that I really don't give two hoots about all of the 129 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:14,320 like sleep tracking, blood tracking, health tracking stuff. I feel like this 130 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:18,000 would be my one. I just Man, it's always on now, which is good. But I do wish the 131 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:21,360 display was a little brighter. Can she go any brighter than this? And they look 132 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:25,920 the same. So, I guess we're not going to be able to tell the difference cuz obviously both of them have ambient 133 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:28,959 light sensors and we are not pushing them to their limits. You know what? I'm 134 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:32,480 going to go outside and look at them and I'll be right back and I'll let you know 135 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:37,680 how different they feel. I think it's sunny, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. Nice. In conclusion, all 136 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:43,120 three are very readable in outdoor conditions, even in direct sunlight. But 137 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:47,279 the Ultra 3 is the most readable, but 2,000 nits is enough that I didn't 138 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:50,320 wouldn't really bother me at all. This is a little bit on the dimmer side, 139 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:54,880 though. Now, let's fire up our flashlights for reasons that will become 140 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:59,920 very clear in a second. Oh my god. Just stay bright. That's what 141 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:05,519 I'm talking about. People are making a pretty big deal out of how big the 142 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:08,160 bezels are on the SE3 and they are 143 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:12,720 they are bigger than the Series 11. Although, I got to say, I don't think I 144 00:10:10,399 --> 00:10:16,000 would care that much if it wasn't for the fact that this hurts the 145 00:10:14,079 --> 00:10:20,959 functionality of the device. Apple has deemed this to be simply too small of a 146 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:24,560 display for a querty keyboard. So, if you want to be able to text people from 147 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:29,200 your wrist using a full keyboard, you will need to spring for the Series 11 or 148 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:33,040 the Ultra 3, which is probably important to the market Apple's targeting here. 149 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:39,120 While the Ultra 3's marketing focuses on adventure folk and thrillsekers, the SE3 150 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:43,440 is clearly going after the parents of kids going, "Hey, look, did you know 151 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:48,480 that you can use it with no SIM, but with full cellular functionality? All of 152 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:52,079 them have 5G, Bluetooth 5.3, so full cellular connectivity. They can get 153 00:10:49,839 --> 00:10:56,160 their own phone number and you can manage their watch and their ability to 154 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:59,839 make calls and text people from your iPhone without them even owning an 155 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:03,360 iPhone. It's not a new functionality for the Apple Watch, but it is one that I 156 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:07,279 could see a lot of parents being interested in, and I guess it being the 157 00:11:05,519 --> 00:11:11,920 most affordable of the new lineup. This is probably the one you'd want to get for your kids who are probably going to 158 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:18,399 crack it or lose it. The SE3 starts at $2.49 49 with the Series 11 starting at 159 00:11:14,079 --> 00:11:20,800 $400 and the Ultra 3 being $800 160 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:25,120 before you buy a fancy designer band for it or whatever it is that you do with 161 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:28,880 your Apple Watch. As for where I would land between these three, there's no way 162 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:34,720 I'd spring for the Ultra, which means it's between $250 and $400 for what is 163 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:39,200 for me a lot of the same functionality. Man, I I think I'd probably spend the 164 00:11:37,279 --> 00:11:42,480 extra 150 bucks for the Series 11, though. Then when I'm done with it, 165 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:46,160 it'll have like more sensors and stuff for like my grandparents that I give it 166 00:11:44,079 --> 00:11:50,160 to, you know, even if I don't care about that stuff. It'll keep it current a lot 167 00:11:48,079 --> 00:11:53,839 longer. But if I was buying something for a dependent, this would definitely 168 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,240 be the one. Subscribe to ShortCircuit. See you later.