As an athlete if I can say that about myself, it’s a no for me. Touch screen and running doesn’t go hand to hand and even with ultra you only get one customisable button. Moved to Garmin ages ago and never looked back. Even to pause when waiting for traffic signal is pain in the arse, I used a third party app called WorkOutDoors to tap the screen once to start and stop which was grand but I then got Garmin 45 for like 80 euro and it was such a relief how easy it was to use which is what Apple is supposed to do for user experience.

I don’t care if you do 5k over an hour or 8 hour marathon, Apple Watch is only good on paper.

One feature that would make most previous gen iPhone users to get the new one is a really impressive battery life.

If you are in for battery it will be worth it for you, you will feel a bit weird at the start but then you will get used to it. I couldn’t agree more that it should have had 90hz display but here we are. I couldn’t find any 14 pro max otherwise I wouldn’t be considering 15 plus.

I feel like Apple is keeping up with the same mistake of making people who get the non pro iPhone feel more compromised every iteration by pushing the segment gap too much. The best part of iPhone mini was that it had the same processor as the max and only mostly differentiated in camera, screen and battery. Now we get the a year old processor that’s hardware locked out of new features which literally announced in the same keynote as the phone. They could have at least made minor changes and called it A16s or A17 and called the pro line 17 pro.

In the generation of marginal improvements it’s stupid not to bring the well established features into play for non pro iPhones. My two cents.

Things like generative AI is a user experience feature and not like an extra camera that hardly anyone uses.

They could still do what they do with Beats for android for earbuds. If it enhances android user experience then it is going to increase watch sales and ultimately more adopters to the iPhone than the other way around, I don’t have anything to base this on but people don’t stay in Apple ecosystem because they feel locked in and can’t move to anything else. If you are not in Apple ecosystem you are in Google/android ecosystem anyway, Samsung is even bigger with home appliances.

I’d get 15 plus over 15 pro because of the battery alone. But I think you should consider Pro Max if you are waiting this long for an upgrade. In 4 years your battery will last longer than how it performs now and that could mean you could push it for 5 years.