This afternoon we will not have a new Apple Watch Ultra, or at least not as many expected, because Instead of a new Ultra 3, there will only be a new black color for the Apple Watch Ultra 2 that was released a year ago.

Mark Gurman said it, and when this happens less than 12 hours before Apple’s launch event, it’s almost as if Tim Cook himself said it. There will be no Apple Watch Ultra 3 at today’s launch event, We will only have the new Apple Watch 10 with the expected improvements in terms of screen size and the sleep apnea sensorApple’s most premium watch will have to settle for a new black color, which was already rumored for last year but ultimately never saw the light of day, and which could debut at today’s event. It would be the same titanium finish but in black, with no other changes. Same sensors, same screen, same battery, same processor.

The question that many of us ask ourselves is: How do you eat that? Apple’s most expensive and premium watch may have fewer features than a cheaper model? Because if the new Series 10 includes the sleep apnea sensor, that’s exactly what’s going to happen. Unless Apple enables that functionality by software in the Ultra 2 model. It also wouldn’t be the first time that the brand’s most premium and expensive product in a category has fewer features than other more affordable products, we have the perfect example in the AirPods Max and AirPods Pro 2.

The advancement of smartwatches is quite stagnant in terms of features and innovations. Remember that the Ultra 2 is practically identical to the Ultra 1launched two years ago, and if there is no Ultra 3 this year it will mean that for 3 years we will have practically the same watch on the market, with the only novelty being the new black colour. Our credit card can breathe easier, at least for now.