Apple Watch is often oversimplified as an iPhone on your wrist, and almost everyone I have demoed it to has accidentally referred to it as & quot; your phone& quot; - even I slipped up once or twice in the last year.
It’s not an unreasonable comparison. The square-shaped smartwatch is like a mini iPhone; it enables me to read emails, summon Siri and make and receive phone calls from my wrist.
Apple Watch review
The size is just right too. While many Android Wear watches look and feel chunky to the average person I talk to, the 42mm Apple Watch fits my wrist much more unobtrusively.
An even smaller 38mm size is also available, although most people should for opt for the bigger of the two. It offers better battery life and more useable touchscreen space ( but does come at a slightly higher cost) .
What feels strange about writing this review is that there’s no point in really comparing it to Android Wear at all. Nobody chooses a smartwatch first and then decides on which phone to go with it; no, if you’re reading this, you’re probably either scanning through my review on the iPhone or with one close to hand, wondering if it adds enough convenience to make it worth the extra cost.
But do I need this Watch? On the one hand it’s been great for changing my behavior, as too many times I’ve instinctively run to my phone, charging in another room, because it’s ringing or because the default SMS chime has turned me into one of Pavlov’s dogs.