REASONS TO BUY THE APPLE WATCH NOW

Today's the day: the Apple Watch went on sale overnight. But among the dozens of available ordering options (between watch size, version, and band), it can already seem pretty confusing about what to get—and that doesn't even cover its actual feature set.



Asking around for opinions isn't entirely helpful either. Reactions to Apple's upcoming wearable have been pretty split: some can't wait to get the iPhone-paired smartwatch on their wrists, while others don't quite see the purpose of a phone companion that costs a few hundred dollars to start.

Why You Should
1. It's The Most Capable Smartwatch To Date

The Apple Watch may be the smartwatch that proves how versatile and useful they can be. Beyond telling time and pulling notifications from your phone, which all smartwatches do, the Apple Watch puts more information and functionality on your wrist. You can interact directly with a wide array of apps and games (with a seemingly more robust initial ecosystem than Android Wear has wrangled to date), use Apple Pay, hold calls directly from the watch, get at contacts in a hurry, send watch-to-watch images and vibrations, and more. That means less of a need to pull your phone out of your pocket every few minutes, which might make you more attentive in your daily life.

2. It's A Gorgeous Timepiece

Apple's design aesthetic translates well to its first wearable device, with the Watch looking almost like a tiny, rounded square iPhone that you strap to your wrist. It can also be outfitted with any number of distinctive, easily attached straps. It's a good-looking gadget, with the Retina display sharper than competing watches, and the hardware also brings some innovation to the smartwatch industry. Using the Digital Crown for zooming and scrolling gives you precise control without obscuring the screen, and the Force Touch tech lets you press harder on the screen to access additional options. Having interaction with a smartwatch broadened beyond simple taps and swipes should make for a more comfortable interface.

How To Get the Apple Watch
How To Get the Apple Watch
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3. The Software Looks Just As Impressive

The iOS-derived Watch OS is an eye-catching piece of wearable software, with bright graphics, crisp fonts, and a nice selection of customizable watch faces. More importantly, it appears to be quite functional, too: the main menu's flowing array of circular icons should make it easy to get to your apps and games without having to swipe endlessly to access what you want. And the app ecosystem already looks like it'll be very solid from the start, with a good selection of useful and fun apps available from the outset, along with at least a few games. If the iOS app selection is any indication, it'll only get better and better by the week.

4. It's Been Made For Communication

One surprising aspect of the Apple Watch is how much focus Apple has put on communicating directly from your wrist. It won't be for everyone, but the ability to take calls from your phone right on the watch could come in handy. The subtler interactions also have potential to expand your options for staying in touch with others: like being able to send a drawing from one watch to another. (If a picture is worth a thousand words, perhaps sending a doodle will save time, since you won't need to deal with your phone's on-screen keyboard.)

The 1st Apple Watch Game Has Been Approved - IGN News
The 1st Apple Watch Game Has Been Approved - IGN News
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5. It'll Get You Up and Moving

The Apple Watch might not suit hardcore fitness buffs, who have many options for dedicated wearable devices out there, but Apple's seeming intent to get people to move more in their everyday lives should work for the general population. Striving to hit reasonable, attainable goals by doing a little more each day is much more sustainable (and manageable) than trying to go all-out. The Watch will buzz you if you've been sitting for too long, track the hours in which you were standing or moving, and offer charts and graphs to track your activity and encourage more. If you need a little motivation during the day, the Apple Watch will provide just that.

Why You Shouldn't
1. It's First-Generation Hardware

If Apple's recent hardware history holds true for the Apple Watch, the first iteration will be the one that innovates and turns heads, while the second one will get a lot more of the little details right. Early reviews say that using apps on the Watch is slower than expected—though Apple claims a software update will address that—and that navigating the UI can be clumsy. It doesn't sound like the one-day battery life is that much of a concern for the average wearer, but heavier use or longer days could tap out your charge before bedtime. The Apple Watch looks like a seriously polished device, but another year of refinement should make for a much better second-gen release. If you can't live with early adopter shortcomings, then you'll want to wait before pulling out your wallet.

Is the Apple Watch Worth Spending $1K?
Is the Apple Watch Worth Spending $1K?
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2. It's Rather Expensive

The so-called "Apple tax" usually means paying a little extra for product that's been positioned as more premium. So when compared to higher-end Android Wear watches that range between $250-300, the $350 price of the Apple Watch Sport doesn't seem so surprising. However, adding another $200 for the standard model is a big leap, and some of the straps are bafflingly expensive. That's where Apple is losing some of its devotees: the cheapest model might seem fairly reasonable (to some), but the prices skyrocket thereafter—and we're not even talking about the $10k-17k Apple Watch Edition that's made with actual gold. Third-party straps could help keep your costs down, and maybe the next version will come in a bit cheaper. But for now, the price will surely intimidate many interested iPhone owners.

We'll have our own full review of the Apple Watch as soon as we've had ample time to test it out in our everyday lives. For now, if you're still on the fence and want to get in on pre-ordering as soon as possible, we strongly recommend booking an Apple Store try-on session and doing plenty of research before making a decision. Via ign

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