Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, battery details from regulatory databases. Apple does not reveal details about the batteries in the specifications of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, and in the absence of official technical details – as on other occasions in the past – without the need to disassemble the devices it was possible to identify the capacity of the batteries from the certifications inside a database in China.
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This was reported by the US site MacRumors, explaining that, according to the data reported in the Chinese database, the 41mm and 45mm Apple Watch Series 9 integrate batteries of 282 mAh and 308 mAh respectively. The batteries in question are practically identical to those of Apple Watch Series 8, an element that was also possible to understand because Apple indicates “up to 18 hours” as the average autonomy of a day (the same indications as last year’s models).
As for Apple Watch Ultra 2, the device integrates a 564 mAh battery, approximately 4% more than the 542 mAh of the first Apple Watch Ultra. In any case, Apple always indicates “up to 36 hours” for autonomy with “normal use” (180 time controls, 180 notifications, 90 minutes of app use and 60 minutes of training with music playback from Apple Watch via Bluetooth, over a period of 36 hours); battery life is the same as the previous model but Apple Watch Ultra 2 boasts a brighter display (3000 nits peak), an element that makes the device even more readable even in bright sunlight. Battery life is quoted as up to 72 hours in power saving mode.
Apple Watch Series 9 offers new features, boasts the S9 SiP with consequent improvements in terms of performance, general improvements at the system level and new functions, such as double tap, support for the new double tap gesture that allows users to control Apple Watch Series 9 with one hand, without touching the display.
Apple Watch Ultra 2 features S9 SiP, expanded altitude range, on-device Siri, iPhone Precise Location and advanced water sports capabilities, overall system-wide improvements, and new dual gesture support tap that allows users to control the device with one hand, without touching the display.
