Seriously, like i must see 20-30 AW per day minimum. I’ve never even encountered one ultra, ever. What do you think the percentages actually are? Why are the percentages so high here? Just surrounded here by AW aficionados or something? It’s begun to feel surreal.

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    I have ultra because I love a big screen, you can tell I also have a pro max. Yea it’s rugged but I don’t think it’s for a purpose necessarily. Same thing why most of Jeep Wranglers are on the road not in the woods. I still rock the first version, it works great, battery capacity is still at 100%

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    I’ve seen two in the wild, in addition to mine. AWU is a big chunky mofo and the smaller cheaper AWs do almost everything AWU does, in smaller and more affordable packages.

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      This right here couldn’t be more true. Only reason I got the AWU myself is because I’m clumsy and wanted something a little more sturdy

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        Def happy with the sturdiness of it. No scratches yet and I don’t baby it other than taking off during construction projects (cause it’s too damn bulky)

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        I picked it up because the GPS is much more accurate on the Ultra than on my old SE. Multi-day battery life is also great for hiking/camping trips. But I agree, for 99% of users the standard AW is fine!

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    haha, yea it depends on a location. Back where I’m from I was very surprised of how many people were wearing AWU in the very early days of it’s launch. I wasn’t expect that. And then I found out that these were Chinese knockoffs on people’s wrists 😂

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    I’ve only seen one IRL, sitting on a train and using my watch to show my ticket QR code and having the conductor call me fancy for doing it on my S5, while he’s got an Ultra around his wrist. Had a little back and first, was good stuff

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        I ride mtb and road and got one primarily to save weight. Don’t have to carry my phone anymore with LTE on the watch. Half joking on the weight, but I’ve also broken a few phones mtbing so that’s another benefit.

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          I’m a roadie and I like to keep my jersey pockets free. Easier to get a jacket or something out while riding if you don’t have a phone in there as well.

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        It’s titanium so it’s still lightweight. The real issue is the aero drag it causes.

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    I see them a lot. Dads at the playground, fellow triathletes at races. A bunch at the last running race I did - a 10 miler.

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    I was down in Denver this past week and saw at least a dozen people with them… I was mildly annoyed hahah