Just my opinion--this is the first wearables device that has reached the purchase-and-keep tipping point for me. I will buy it, and use it day-to-day. I am not hugely into wearing watches (I have a couple of very nice pieces that are more jewelry than anything else, and only wear them when in rare situations), so this is a big step for me. I tried out the original and Series 2, but just did not feel like I would use them enough.
I am already in the Apple ecosystem. I am one that *really* wants cellular connection. I do not like wearing my phone in the gym or on a run, and I like Apple Music enough to keep up the subscription. Some of the possibilities with Stanford and heart and glucose monitoring are really interesting. Near enough $500 for a wearables device that I'll probably want to upgrade in two years seems like a lot . . . and it may be in absolute value terms. But roughly $20/month does not seem so bad, and that assumes the value goes to zero of that period of time.
Of course I have accepted that Apple is going to **** me in the wallet but good late Dec/early Jan with the iMac Pro. So I come to the Watch from that perspective, too.
