The Apple Watch is a hi-tech gadget , It's like having a iPhone and iPad on your wrist . The one draw.back is the watch is designed to work with the iPhone ....... but it can operate without being paired with a iPhone ...but its operation is limited .

I stop using my phone less, and don't get my wrong, there are things that become some easy when they are reachable from your wrist that feels just natural. WachOS is really snappy and smooth, Siri works better than in my phone and battery life is not that as you think.

It's a personal assistant, fitness tracker, communicator, mobile wallet and elegant piece of jewelry all rolled into one. But for the Apple Watch to win me over, it really needs to do two things: 1) Save me time and 2) Do enough to justify the high price and the need to charge another gadget each...

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

The latest Apple Watch operating system - watchOS 2 - brings with it many new improvements.Among my favourites are its ability to create multiple Friends screens of 12 contacts each (instead of the current one), use multiple colours for sketching drawings to send to your friends, and reply to e-mail...

The Apple Watch is the best smartwatch we've used, and the first that feels friendly and has character. Watch OS 2.0 adds needed app and Siri abilities.

Unique communication methods make it special; Attractive design in multiple sizes; Notification taps are subtle; Setup is a breeze; Watch OS 2.0 fixes some app problems

Third-party apps crash; Software has a learning curve; One-day battery life

At this point, it is clear that virtually all of the major mobile device manufacturers are laser focused on the wearables market. While one could argue that the war for the wrist began a couple of years ago, most of the smartwatches that have shipped thus far have served only a small niche.

Before it even went on sale the Apple Watch, which some affectionately call the iWatch, polarised opinion around the globe. Six months on from initial launch and it's still up against a multitude of challengers, with the number seemingly growing by the week.

Great design; Glances; stylish; battery life; reply to text messages; photo watch faces; Apple Pay

Apps are slow to load when not native; no GPS; no third-party watch faces; doesn't offer huge amounts over what is on the market

Welcome to our review of the original Apple Watch, which looks at the 2015 model's features, design and build quality, screen quality, interface, battery life, specs and pricing, and where appropriate contrasts it to the Apple Watch Series 1 and

Smartwatches have come and gone in the lead up to Apple's Watch. Samsung has been churning out iterations of its Gear seasonally and LG has proven to be little better with its G Watch, G Watch R and so forth.

Two sizes; Excellent build quality; Refined interface; Customisable; Water resistant

Premium pricing; A day battery life; Thick watch body

Apple has definitely made the smartwatch appeal to the mainstream in a way that Pebble and Android Wear didn't. A year on and the Apple Watch is still the best smartwatch available.

Hard to learn interface; Limited useful apps

Hard to learn interface; Limited useful apps