Huawei has released its latest high-end smartwatch in the UAE. The Huawei Watch Ultimate is a very premium-looking watch that’s priced accordingly and builds upon all the features Huawei has offered on its smartwatches in the past.
Huawei has a great track record with smartwatches that are usually featured in my list of top smartwatches you can buy and thus, expectations from the Huawei Watch Ultimate are high.
Huawei Watch Ultimate Price and Availability
The Huawei Watch Ultimate releases in early May 2023 in two colours- the Voyage Blue and the Expedition Black. The Voyage Blue is the higher priced one and comes with two straps- a titanium band and an HNRB rubber strap while the Black only comes with the rubber strap.
Weight: 76 g | Thickness: 13 mm | Resistance: 10 ATM 100m | OS: HarmonyOS | Screen: 1.5 inches, AMOLED | Sensors: Heart rate, Temperature, Depth, Barometer | Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth | Battery: 8-14 days
- 10 ATM 100m diving
- Beautiful finish
- Excellent battery life
- No tap to pay
- Expensive
Here is how the Huawei Watch Ultimate is priced in the UAE and other parts of the world.
| Model | UAE Price | Europe | UK |
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| Voyage Blue | AED 2,999 | € 800 | £799.99 |
| Expedition Black | AED 2,599 | £699.99 |
Priced at AED 2,599 is easily on the expensive side and puts the Huawei Watch Ultimate directly in competition with the Apple Watch Ultra, which is similarly priced in the UAE.
Huawei Watch Ultimate Specifications
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Design:
Size: 48.5 x 48.5 x 13 mm
Weight: 76 g Colours: Voyage Blue, Expedition Black 10 ATM water resistant, 100m diving |
Design:
Size: 46.4 x 46.6 x 10.9 mm
Weight: 54 g Colours: Silver 5 ATM water resistant, 30m water resistant |
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Screen:
1.5-inch LTPO AMOLED display
466 x 466 pixels (~311 ppi density) |
Screen:
1.43-inch AMOLED display
466 x 466 pixels (~326 ppi density) |
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Connectivity:
Bluetooth 5.2
NFC GPS |
Connectivity:
Bluetooth 5.2
NFC GPS |
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Sensors:
Accelerometer sensor
Gyroscope sensor Magnetometer sensor Optical heart rate sensor Barometer sensor Temperature sensor Depth sensor |
Sensors:
Accelerometer sensor
Gyroscope sensor Magnetometer sensor Optical heart rate sensor Barometer sensor Temperature sensor |
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Battery:
8-14 days of usage
60 min wireless fast charging |
Battery:
8-14 days of usage
85min wireless charging |
Weight: 76 g
Colours: Voyage Blue, Expedition Black
10 ATM water resistant, 100m diving
466 x 466 pixels (~311 ppi density)
NFC
GPS
Gyroscope sensor
Magnetometer sensor
Optical heart rate sensor
Barometer sensor
Temperature sensor
Depth sensor
60 min wireless fast charging
Weight: 54 g
Colours: Silver
5 ATM water resistant, 30m water resistant
466 x 466 pixels (~326 ppi density)
NFC
GPS
Gyroscope sensor
Magnetometer sensor
Optical heart rate sensor
Barometer sensor
Temperature sensor
85min wireless charging
Design and display
If there is one word that comes to mind when it comes to the design of the new Huawei Watch Ultimate, it’s stunning. The smartwatch is beautifully designed with what Huawei calls a zirconium-based Liquid Meta case and claims to be the first on a smartwatch. Compared to a stainless steel body, this is 4.5x stronger while being 17.4% lighter. Think of it as the Mithril coat worn by Frodo Baggins in LOTR.
The Huawei Watch Ultimate is available in Voyage Blue and Expedition Black. The Voyage Blue has a lighter steel colour body with a beautiful blue outer bezel made of ceramic and comes with both a titanium strap and a rubber strap. The black version has a more stealthy look and only comes with the HNBR strap.
The Huawei Watch Ultra comes with a 1.5-inch LTPO AMOLED display that can seamlessly adjust its refresh rate from as low as 1Hz for static content to 60Hz for smooth animations. This feature ensures the watch’s performance is consistently smooth. The 466 x 466 pixels provide a sharp display during daylight, while the dim mode keeps it comfortable for nighttime usage.
Features and performance
The Huawei Watch Ultra caters to the needs of regular users, professional athletes, and divers with its long list of features. The watch can monitor fundamentals like counting steps, heart rate, and stress to more sophisticated capabilities like tracking dives and long-distance hikes. There’s also an allnew expedition mode with location trackback, so you don’t lose your way. The Huawei Watch Ultimate is ATM 10 certified so it can do 100-metre water resistance during dives.
We don’t quite know what processor Huawei has used with the Huawei Watch Ultimate or how much RAM it has, but you can store up to 2GB of music on the watch. Connectivity-wise, you have Bluetooth capabilities to connect to a headset and GPS for tracking your walks and runs. An NFC feature is also present, but you can’t use it for tap-to-pay functionality in the Middle East.
As with other Huawei watches, the Huawei Watch Ultimate is compatible with Android and iOS, meaning you can use it with almost any smartphone.
Battery & charging
As with many Huawei products, the Huawei Watch Ultra boasts an impressive battery life, making it nearly impossible to completely drain the battery even with heavy usage for over a week. Huawei claims that you can go as much as two weeks with moderate usage, which puts other Smartwatches on the market to shame.
Additionally, the battery can be fully charged in just around 60 minutes. The watch also supports Qi wireless charging for added convenience, allowing it to be charged through your phone’s reverse wireless charging capabilities- if your phone supports that.
Huawei Watch Ultimate reviews
TbreakTech has taken a first look at the Huawei Watch Ultimate and showcased some of the watch’s capabilities and functions. Daanesh liked the design and the premium finish, and the three-button layout with the crown highlighted the ease of navigating the watch. The video also showcased the water-resistant capabilities of the watch by dropping it in water.
Abbas Jaffar Ali
Abbas has been covering tech for more than two decades- before phones became smart or clouds stored data. He brought publications like CNET, TechRadar and IGN to the Middle East.
