is $400 or more worth it?

I think you've just answered your own question

 

LOL!!!! Same thing I was thinking...

 

I actually think the watch can be more of a necessity than a tablet. All a tablet does is provide a bigger screen than an smartphone but does the exact same things. A smart watch provides different use cases, so if you want to only pay for 2, drop the tablet and your actually saving money .

 

Even better idea: dump the tablet and forget the watch. Save even more money and just use your iPhone. All a watch does is provide a much smaller screen to do the same functions that your phone does.

 

You arent missing anything. You did keep someone else who wanted one from being able to have one when you couldve tried yours on in the store before buying.

The reviews are negative but the consensus is the Apple Watch is the best one on the market. If you dont like it, then it is not for you.

 

ive been debating myself. but i really want to try it so i decided to bite the bullet. if anything, apple devices have the highest resale value so you will get some money back if you're done with it. life is short, enjoy it.

 

If too many people did as you, it won't have.

 

Huh? U mean if many people buy Apple products it won't have a high resale value? What world do u live in?

 

I don't think it is a "must have" as you put it. Like others have been saying, it is a luxury item. Apple is very much pushing the watch as a fashion item which also happens to be the best smart watch in the market, which I think is the right move. As for comparing it with the Android Smart Watches -- you will see that even the negative reviews of the Apple Watch all mention that it is the best smart watch in the market at the moment.

I am a daily watch wearer. Watches are ridiculously expensive. If you go to a watch forum and request recommendation for an "affordable" watch, many will point you to a $1,000 watch. You will see many here who compare the Apple Watch (excluding the edition version in this discussion) to a Rolex, Omega, etc, but those watches are multiple times more expensive and the cost to service one of these watches is greater than the cost of the Apple Watch itself.

So in my honest opinion, it would be difficult to find another watch better than the Apple Watch at this price point if you are looking at the Apple Watch just as a watch. The bonus is that it also happens to be a smart watch.

 

Why do you post here?

 

How do you figure? It is right in line with mainstream Seikos, Citizens, Casios and other popular non-smart watches.

Okay, so you can buy a cheap Timex or Armitron for less... just as you can buy a cheap netbook instead of a Macbook Air. Apple can do small and inexpensive (as with the iPod Nano) but it doesn't do cheap.

Given the mainstream-class pricing of the Watch, I really have a problem with folks describing it as "luxury." No. It's a tool, and as its app infrastructure fleshes out we'll get a better sense of what it means for daily productivity.

(Okay, so maybe the Edition is a luxury. But that's a sliver of the sales so far, judging from reports. And for that I'm grateful. The article in Elle with its vapid blonde model and counsel on matching one's Watch with one's "statement jewelry" left me nauseated: http://www.macrumors.com/2015/03/22/apple-watch-elle-australia-magazine/)

I'll be getting a space-grey Sport, but a tax-time cash crunch dictates I wait a couple months. Meanwhile I'm wearing my trusty old Casio Pathfinder that cost about as much (and whose buttons are coincidentally starting to become unresponsive, giving me a good excuse!). I would not call my old watch a "luxury"-- it has multiple sensors and many functions that I actually use and which help me in my work and daily life, which involves a lot of travel. The Watch, when I get it, will be more so.

That's my expectation, and that of many folks who are purchasing, Elle aside. For us, it's about the functionality, and the integration with our iPhones which have become essential to our daily doings.

 

Where is it lacking in functionality? specifically?