Honestly, I started using it for tracking fitness but the reality is that it’s pretty much only usable for casual fitness tracking.
The battery life is atrocious and it’s not really water resistant.
Realistically, the battery life makes it useless for any real longer duration athletic use. Going on a 3 day weekend climbing trip? Sorry, the battery isn’t going to last. Even the Ultra has really poor battery life.
If you are serious about fitness, you are better off getting a real fitness watch like Garmin or Coros.
But the biggest perk is the integration with my iPhone and I can make calls, control music etc. I also can just wear the watch if I’m going on a short run etc.
So if you are looking for an everyday watch that does everything well enough then the Apple Watch is great.
Honestly, I started using it for tracking fitness but the reality is that it’s pretty much only usable for casual fitness tracking.
The battery life is atrocious and it’s not really water resistant.
Realistically, the battery life makes it useless for any real longer duration athletic use. Going on a 3 day weekend climbing trip? Sorry, the battery isn’t going to last. Even the Ultra has really poor battery life.
If you are serious about fitness, you are better off getting a real fitness watch like Garmin or Coros.
But the biggest perk is the integration with my iPhone and I can make calls, control music etc. I also can just wear the watch if I’m going on a short run etc.
So if you are looking for an everyday watch that does everything well enough then the Apple Watch is great.