Apple announced a couple of new watches today, as well as the new iPhone 15. And if you’re like me, you might be wondering how much Apple will give you on a trade-in for your old Apple Watch? Well, it’s not much, for the Apple Watch Ultra.
Apple will give me $380 for the Apple Watch Ultra. A watch that cost me $799 a year ago. Not a huge surprise since watches don’t hold their value as long, at least smartwatches don’t. But if you were thinking about upgrading your Watch Ultra to the Ultra 2, it might not be worth it.
Trading in your Apple Watch used to be pretty lucrative during the pandemic, but the values have started to drop a lot quicker recently. However, still getting $380 for a $799 watch is not bad, that’s a little less than half of what you paid for in just under a year. But is it worth upgrading to the Apple Watch Ultra 2?
Should you upgrade to the Apple Watch Ultra 2?
The Apple Watch Ultra 2 does bring along some new upgrades for the watch, but they are pretty few and far between. The biggest visual upgrade we were expecting, did not happen. Apple decided to keep the natural titanium look here. Which, I quite like, though many others were expecting it to be available in black.
Apple did give it a brightness boost on the display. So now it has a peak brightness of 3,000 nits. It is also carbon neutral, as it is made from 95% recycled titanium. Which is a big change from the original Apple Watch Ultra, which was almost all new titanium, not recycled at all.
The company has also debuted some new bands for the Ultra. The Alpine Loop, Trail Loop and Ocean band now come in new colors, and are made from recycled materials as well.
2023-09-13 15:09:16