You don't need a smartwatch. And if you think you do, paying more than a couple of hundred dollars feels pretty hard to swallow. The Apple Watch is in Year Three now, and there are three choices: the fancy Apple Watch Series 3 that's also a phone, the Series 3 without cellular, and the entry-level...

Costs less than Apple Watch Series 3; Has Apple Pay, heart rate functions, and runs all the same apps; Similar design and uses same bands, too

Lacks swim-ready water resistance and onboard GPS found in Series 3 models; Only comes in aluminum; Doesn't have the Wi-Fi music streaming and Radio app of Series 3 models

The Apple Watch is a versatile smartwatch with a great display, rich array of features and strong app selection, and the watchOS 2 update adds lots of enhancements.

Highly customizable design with easy-to-change bands; Native apps with watchOS 2; Beautiful display; Good use of haptics for notifications; directions; Seamless Apple Pay integration; Can make voice calls

Takes time to learn interface; Time isn't always displayed; Can be sluggish to update apps; No GPS

Interestingly, when people saw us with the watch, they would exclaim, "Oh, you got the watch!" Not the Apple Watch, the iWatch, or some other variation, just "the watch." Then, nine times out of ten, people would follow up with the question, "what do you find useful about it

New; intuitive technologies for interaction; Hardware design with great band options; Notifications and good built-in apps; Apple Pay integration

Sluggish third party apps; Clunky Apple Watch iPhone app; Passbook not as useful as on iPhone; Siri needs improvement; audio feedback; No third party clock faces; Apple Watch

When Guy Sémon, Tag Heuer general director, told Wired back in March that the Apple Watch was not a watch but a connected device for the wrist , he was more or less correct. But this is not a bad thing.

Design; 'haptic' interface; Siri performs well

Lacklustre launch apps; time checking is problematic; expensive

"I will not have sex with anyone who wears an Apple Watch," read a headline published on Gawker , shortly after wearable's pricing was confirmed. "Nine reasons only a tool would buy the Apple Watch," was another, found on The Guardian .

Fantastic fitness tracker; Comfortable to wear; no irritation from strap; Oozing with potential

Long load times on third party apps; Steep learning curve; Expensive

At its September 7 event Apple unveiled a new . This packed in a new GPS sensor as well as waterproofing to 50m and a new dual-core Apple S2 SiP chip to power everything. The new Series 2 will be available for £369.

Best-looking smartwatch so far; Force Touch well integrated; Digital Crown is a useful addition; Comfortable to wear

Unintuitive and buggy software; Significantly drains iPhone battery; Third-party apps need work; Some gimmicky features

It's hard to justify purchasing an Apple Watch, considering how redundant a device it really is. In most cases, the Watch costs more than the iPhone is it designed to complement. Imagine paying more for a full-featured remote control than your actual TV.

The watch is of good quality as promised, but the belt attached to the watch was of 38 mm watch, whereas the watch body itself is 42 mm.

I had a £11,500 Apple Watch Edition strapped to my wrist today. Rose gold. 38mm. Rose gray strap that felt like butter, with a modern buckle also in solid 18-carat gold. It was beautiful.

As the mobile market continues to evolve, the latest innovations by companies such as Apple have given rise to the iWatch . Although early reports suggest the first incarnation of Apple's Smartwatch might not live up to expectations (especially the top model priced at more than £6,500/$10,000), tech...