Huawei Watch Ultimate vs Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro: What’s the difference?

Huawei is building a portfolio of wearable products, releasing the first watch made of zirconium alloy, making it more durable, waterproof, corrosion-resistant, and stronger than previous models. However, while it shares many features with the Watch GT 3 Pro, what is an exact comparison of the two models?

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  Huawei Watch Ultimate

  The Huawei Watch Ultimate is the company’s take on advanced fitness tracking, an ultra-luxury smartwatch made from zirconium alloy and ceramic: it can dive to 100m and features a dedicated expedition mode.

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  Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro

  With the Watch GT 3 Pro, Huawei has built a watch out of premium materials with sleek style, great durability and some spectacular fitness tracking features, making it a very affordable watch by smartwatch standards. realized.

design and durability

• Ultimate: 48.5 x 48.5 x 13.0 mm – 76 grams – 10ATM water resistant – ISO 22810 and EN 13319 certified 110m dive
• GT 3 Pro: 46.6 x 46.6 x 10.9 mm or 42.9 mm x 42.9 mm x 10.5 mm – 54g or 50g – 5ATM waterproof – EN 13319 certified 30m dive
• Ultimate: Liquid Metal/Amorphous Zirconium Case – Ceramic Back and Bezel – Sapphire Glass Lens
• GT 3 Pro: Titanium or Ceramic Case – Sapphire Glass Lens

The biggest difference between the Huawei Watch Ultimate and the two versions of its predecessor, the Watch GT 3 Pro, is in the design. For the old model, Huawei released versions in his two different materials. The larger 47mm case model is titanium, while the smaller 43mm model is entirely ceramic, including the strap. Both are smaller, slimmer and lighter than the new Huawei Watch Ultimate.

Newer models are made from liquid metal or an amorphous zirconium alloy. This, along with a thicker sapphire crystal glass on the display and an additional waterproof layer, is designed to withstand greater pressure and deeper depths, and is more corrosion resistant, making it better suited for diving in saltwater. We expect it to cost a bit more than the GT 3 Pro due to the ceramic bezel around the display, but we don’t know exactly.

As mentioned above, the waterproofness and durability have been upgraded. Specifically, the watch features a 10ATM water resistance rating, which is double the 5ATM rating of its predecessor. More importantly, it’s double-rated for ISO 22810 (similar to the Apple Watch Ultra) and EN 13319 certification. The Watch GT 3 Pro is also highly rated and certified to withstand depths of 30 meters.

Even the strap is designed to be more durable than the previous model – at least in the black version – Huawei replaced the fluoroelastomer with hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR) to make it more resistant to aging even in extreme conditions. For added resistance. The silver model comes with a titanium link bracelet to support any kind of 22mm quick release strap. Also available is a very long strap for attaching to a diving suit.

Similarly, the titanium version of the Watch GT 3 Pro is suitable for a 22mm quick release strap, while the ceramic model has compatible lugs for a smaller 20mm strap.

Display and software

• Ultimate: 1.5″ LTPO AMOLED – 466 x 466 – 1000 nits Peak – Dark Light Mode
• GT 3 Pro: 1.43″ or 1.32″ AMOLED – 466 x 466 – peak not disclosed
• All: Harmony OS 3.0

With both Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro versions with high resolution sharp AMOLED panels, you’ll find the Watch Ultimate to be very similar in everyday use as it also has a 466 x 466 AMOLED screen. The difference is brightness and size.

The Huawei Watch Ultimate has the largest screen of the three models, with a large 1.5-inch panel taking up space on the front of the watch. Huawei hasn’t released official numbers for the Watch GT 3 Pro’s brightness, but we can see that the latest model is about twice as bright.

Designed to help you see clearly even in poor visibility conditions. Whether due to reduced light levels, fog, snow, rain, or other conditions that may impede visibility. To help you out even more, Watch Ultimate has a Dark Light Mode that displays bright orange text on a black background for easy viewing.

The Watch GT 3 Pro started running an earlier version of the software, but all watches support HarmonyOS 3.0.

fitness and health tracking

• Everything: multiband GPS, all-day HR, SpO2, steps, sleep and stress tracking
• Everything: Running Coaching Plans, Running Performance Index, 100+ Activity Modes
• Ultimate: advanced dive and expedition modes

Huawei’s TruSeen platform has been the cornerstone of fitness and health tracking on watches for the last few years, and the Ultimate’s latest system is virtually identical to the one found in the Watch GT 3 Pro. Whether you’re switching gears during a workout or just want to track your heart rate throughout the day, you’ll get accurate and responsive heart rate tracking.

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It’s all underpinned by the Huawei Health app, which you can download to your Android or iPhone, and provides detailed runner analysis that gives you lots of insight into all your health metrics. Examine effort to determine the strength of your running performance. You can also sign up for his running coaching plans of varying difficulty levels, depending on whether you’re a beginner or want to train for a 5k, 10k, or marathon.

All the watches here also feature a multi-band navigation system. This means that your location and route tracking will be more accurate when you are tracking your outdoor activities. This becomes even more important if you’re using the Huawei Watch Ultimate’s Expedition mode. It gives you the ability to drop markers as you explore the great outdoors and track those breadcrumbs back to your starting point if you get lost.

The Watch Ultimate also has advanced dive tracking software that not only tracks depth and duration, but can also be customized to display the most useful data. More importantly, you get a climb speed that helps you get back to the surface at a safe speed. Freediver has a hover timer.

lifestyle and performance

• Everything: smartphone notifications, Bluetooth calls, calendar, weather
• Ultimate: 14 days battery life – 60 minutes full charge
• Meet the GT 3 Pro: 14 Days Battery Life (Titanium) – 7 Days Battery Life (Ceramic)

Comparing the Watch Ultimate and Watch GT 3 Pro, battery life is pretty similar. Both will last about 2 weeks on a full charge with ‘normal’ use.

Due to the smaller battery of the ceramic model GT 3 Pro, it only lasts half as long as it normally would, and a full charge typically lasts 7 days. All models charge using a magnetic wireless charging disc.

The features are also fairly similar across all models. Pair with your smartphone and get notifications, calendar and weather right on your wrist. Works whether you’re using an Android phone or an iPhone.

However, it has limitations compared to some other platforms. You cannot get offline music from popular streaming services. You have to manually drag and drop music files to your device. You also can’t use contactless NFC payments, and you can’t type or dictate replies to messages.

Conclusion

I think the watch that makes sense for most people is the Watch GT 3 Pro, unless you really want a new watch with extreme diving or expedition capabilities. Expect it to be expensive. The Watch GT 3 Pro is great value for money as it is discounted and comes in two different sizes and styles. If you want a small, gorgeous ceramic watch, you have that option too.