Are you kidding? I love mine! No one, I repeat, no one thought this through as much as Apple did for this Watch.
Apple knew they had poor battery life, so they went OLED, restricted applications (some might see that as a con, but it's a Watch, what do you expect), tailored WatchKit around increasing battery life, near-perfected the wrist detection feature, added power reserve, made their own freaking single computer on a chip, did the others even come close to this? Those who do get better battery life skimp on things like the display, or have an e-ink display, which to me just looks ugly and dull. And I can't stop looking at how beautiful the Watch's display actually is. Would I like it so much if it had a Pebble display? Definitely not.
Then there's the notifications. The taptic engine is so cool! It's definitely subtle but that's the point, it doesn't annoy you like some of the other smartwatches out there which just buzz your wrist. Other smartwatch makers didn't even think of any other things they could do, just buzz your wrist, and be annoying was their intention, apparently. They just didn't care enough. With the taptic engine, I don't even have to look at the screen to see that it's time to stand up, I will know by the gentle "tap-tap" it does. This is different from other notifications I get like Messages which is a vibrate then a tap-tap. You slowly learn these things. And to me, that's what's so cool about it.
There's no one else that comes close to what Apple has. And there's something like the ridiculous Samsung Gear S, which just looks asinine. Clearly they thought Apple would be going this way so they threw it out there hoping it would catch on. Moto 360 looks cool, but having a round face watch when Android Wear wasn't designed for that a misstep in my opinion. And to top it off, it has one of the worst displays compared to other smartwatches out there.
I'm not sure what people thought when they bought the Watch and are now returning it. If you want it but can't afford it, wait. If you want it but can't justify it, don't buy. If you see yourself using it but ultimately pointless, don't buy. If you just want it and know it will change your life, buy it! It's pretty simple. After all, isn't that the reason why we buy iPhones? Because it's the best of the smartphones out there, and because it's not laggy, filled with bloatware or demanding when it comes to resources as Android devices. We buy it because we know we want it, and are not going to return it because "my order didn't arrive at launch!" like some guy running around this board is currently doing. Or complain that Tim or Angela messed up the launch and they should be fired. I guess I'd better prepare myself for those who will surely say "oh you're just saying that because you already have one". *sigh...*
Anyway, if you couldn't tell from the fairly long post above, I love my watch. But I will even use a stronger sentence to describe it. I love it more than I love my iPhone.
product yet. I'm even using my phone less now and I must say closing the rings on the Activity app is pretty addictive.
