- The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is now $649 (was $799) for Prime Day—that’s 19 percent off and the lowest price in over a month.
- Serious running metrics, a rugged titanium build, and the full Apple ecosystem on your wrist.
- It tracks your miles, your heart rate, your intervals—and yes, your post-run latte order, too.
iOS fanatics, it’s your time to shine for Prime Day. If you’re a runner who’s been eyeing the Apple Watch Ultra 3, Prime Day just gave you a fab excuse to stop waiting to grab a new running watch. From June 23 to 25, it’s down to $649 from its usual $799—19 percent off and the lowest price we’ve seen in over a month. Is it the deal of the century? No, but if you were on the fence about an upgrade, it’s a dang fine time to grab it.
Apple Ultra 3 (GPS + Cellular 49mm) Smartwatch
Apple Ultra 3 (GPS + Cellular 49mm) Smartwatch
So what does the Ultra 3 actually do for runners? Quite a bit. It tracks advanced metrics like vertical oscillation, ground contact time, and stride length. You also get a customizable Action button for Precision Start or marking segments, Heart Rate Zones, Race Route, Pacer, and an industry-first automatic track detection feature that clocks the fact that you hauled yourself to the oval at 6 a.m. without you having to input it manually. Not going to lie, it’s kind of cool.
The custom workouts let you build out intervals and set pace targets right from your wrist or iPhone, and the app ecosystem is as stacked as you’d expect from the software juggernaut. The updated Strava app includes Live Segments, TrainingPeaks pushes custom workouts straight to the watch, and Runna works well too for those following a structured training plan. And all those fancy training apps for strength, Hyrox, or swimming? They’re there, too. Essentially, whatever fitness app you’re already devoted to, the Ultra 3 plays nice with it.
Then there’s the hardware itself, which is thoughtfully designed (apart from battery life). The titanium case is 3D printed from aerospace-grade powder, which isn’t something I was aware you could do, and it has a clean sapphire lens that’s one reason my husband hasn’t scratched his all to hell yet. It’s a 49mm watch with the largest display Apple has ever put on a Watch, so if you have wrists the size of a child, fair warning. But out on a run, that big bright screen is a pleasure to glance at mid-stride.
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Battery life comes in at up to 42 hours of standard use and up to 72 hours in Low Power Mode, with up to 20 hours of GPS tracking in Low Power Mode— more than enough to cover your marathon, your long training block, and your post-race scroll through your splits, but it’s still not touching a Garmin. Worth noting that serious ultra runners doing 20-plus hour events may want something with more stamina in the field, but for the vast majority of runners out there, this watch has you covered from first mile to finish line.
And then there’s everything the Ultra 3 does when you’re not running, which is honestly half the reason to grab one today. It’s a full Apple smartwatch—Apple Pay, cellular calls, message replies, music streaming, sleep tracking, and health monitoring, including hypertension notifications, backed by a clinical study of over 100,000 participants. If you need seriously advanced metrics, or you’re a runner who lives and breathes iOS, this makes the $649 Prime Day price feel a lot easier to justify.
For most runners who want serious training tools without sacrificing their smartwatch life, this is about as good a time to buy as you’re going to find.
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Cat Bowen, senior editor of commerce; reviews, is a seasoned runner with more than 20 years of distance running experience, including dozens of marathons, half marathons, and even a few ultra marathons. For over a decade, she has tested parenting, fitness, home, and running gear and written in-depth guides to help readers with their next purchase. Holding multiple advanced degrees and currently studying kinesiology, Cat Bowen brings research-backed insight to all of her guides. Passionate about women’s health and neurodivergent inclusion, she advocates for closing research gaps and helping others—especially AudHD people—find joy in running and fitness.