Apple Watch Ultra Teardown Confirms Its Ruggedness, but It Can’t Be Easily Fixed

This teardown shows how much bigger the Apple Watch Ultra’s speaker array is compared to Series 8. 

It is also difficult to access the battery or other componentsThe teardown also shows how much larger the speaker array on the Apple Watch Ultra is compared to Series 8.

This is not the same advancement in do-it-yourself friendlyness you saw in base iPhone 14. If you fall on a hike, you’ll need to bring this to a professional repair shop. Despite this, iFixit believes the Watch Ultra is a step towards more repairable Apple wristwear. It’s unclear if future smartwatches will make this leap. However, it shouldn’t surprise given the increasing political pressure on tech companies to produce more maintenance-friendly devices.