Apple Watch Ultra 2: A Day In the Life Of a PhD Student

Apple Watch Ultra 2 Review After One Month

I received the Apple Watch Ultra 2 (AWU2) and the iPhone 15 Pro as a birthday present by my parents which I am eternally grateful for. Before, I had the Apple Watch Series 7, and I wouldn’t have upgraded on my own. However, they insisted that I keep it and as the good son that I am, I have worn it for the past month every day. In this blog I want to share my experiences and impressions with the watch.

Image by author. Shot with iPhone 15 Pro, edited in LuminarAI.

Sleep Tracking

It is 4:40 a.m. and my watch gently nudges me on my wrist to get my lazy a… out of bed. What others might call crazy, I call the beginning of a functional day for me. My watch doesn’t seem to judge me either. Instead it greets me with a good morning on the screen and shows the current time, the state of charge, and today’s weather. 13 degrees Celsius is perfect for a run. But before that I’ll be heading for the gym. My watch still has 64 % of battery left although I charged it over a day ago and recorded two workouts with it.

AWU watch face. Image by author. Mockup by FreeMockupWorld.

I hit the massive Digital Crown and my trusty watch face appears. Compared to the Series 7…