With a timepiece like the Ultra, though, the exposed screws are part of the design tale of stories adventurous stories created by the tough people (with giant wrists) who will begin writing the history of rugged Apple wearables from the ground floor.
Apple Watch Ultra display repair and battery replacement
Prying off LG’s OLED display, however, is near impossible to do without shattering it, so, unlike the iPhone 14, the Apple Watch Ultra will be a tough nut to crack for repair shops if you damage its screen.
“Our teardown explores how the Apple Watch Ultra is, in many ways, an engineering marvel. With mindblowing case machining, a safely encased battery, and impressive use of space– next time, hopefully Apple will extend that marvelousness to making the watch sustainable,” jokes iFixit.
Unfortunately, the easy removal of the ceramic backplate doesn’t give you access to the battery and haptics motor, so one has to heat and try to pry off the display to get to those, working around the raised lip, presupposing cracks and breaks.
The battery itself is 542 mAh in capacity, which is nearly twice larger than the power units inside the Series 8 watches, explaining why Apple rates the Ultra at “up to 36 hours” of battery life
