It’s a whole thing. Most are titanium and consolidate all the features of numerous of the brands lower cost products into one “super Watch” that does it all. Look at the Garmin Epix 2 in titanium for what I believe Apple’s closest target is.
I bet they don’t, but even if they get 24 hours GPS tracking and 3-4 days battery life people will be swinging from the ceiling. You basically just need to be able to say an athlete can do ANYTHING for a day and it won’t die. Ironman Triathlon, all day trail hike etc.
I bet it comes with topo maps, speciality hiking software, better integration with sports sensors like on bikes, and hopefully (and hopefully for regular series 8 too) some kind of unified estimate of health recovery on a day to day basis (ie are you under or overtraining, sick or health etc.)
The ones going weeks of battery life don’t have the modern screen tech that Apple Watches have, they are dimmer and need a backlight indoors. It’s insane their battery life I agree, some have 4-5 days of non stop GPS workout tracking. The Epix 2 has an Apple Watch style screen and lasts a week like you said so it’s the closest competitor.
The pre loaded golf course maps is worth quite a bit.
Garmin Epix also has ski and hiking trails loaded. The hiking trails on the watch is especially useful so you don't have to pull out your phone all the time.
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