Living with an Apple Watch. It's really nice!

Here is my take, on living with the Apple Watch!

So in my many years of reviewing technology, it's been amazing. Along the way I've learned a lot, and as I continue to grow I learn more. Which leads me to is post....living with the Apple Watch.

I'm currently using several phones, but my current daily driver is the iPhone 6S Plus. It has done me well over all, but that wasn't enough. I needed more, I needed the ultimate sidekick. The Apple Watch. I'll start by saying I'm glad I bought one, and we've been enjoying them daily (bought one for the family 4 total)!  Okay let me start with the bad first. 

The setup! Ugh this was horribly slow, because of the watch 2.0 update taking so long to install. It took more than 3 hours to get this updated, with several annoying messages along the way. Failed to download, error you do not have enough memory for is installation, etc. none the less I got it going. Next I had an issue with iMessage because I was not on 9.0.2 at the time when I got mine, because it was not out yet. I spent 4 hours at the Apple Store messing with it, and the reps were clueless. 

With those out of the way, there is nothing more I have to complain about. This watch is truly amazing at delivering to your wrist.

Battery life is just amazingly good, as it can last nearly 2 days with some heavy usage on a single charge. I get a notification it seems every few minutes, and this watch will not die in 24 hours.  

It has a great screen, although I'd like a bigger one (maybe about a 2 inch screen). Colors are bright and vibrant, and come across really sharp. You can clearly see what you are reading!  If you have trouble with the tiny screen, just turn on double tap to zoom and they will solve your problems. Also, you can increase the font size, or make it bold which really helps. 

Smart watches have a lot of gestures, and this one is no exception. But that's a good thing with this watch, because Apple has learn to perfect others flaws. With the Apple Watch, there is endless swiping like on android wear. You also can go into each application if you do dismiss something, and need to see it again all without picking up your phone. I love this. Swiping up talkies you to another panel in which they call 'Glances'. You can see weather, control your music, or check stocks.

When it comes to fitness, here's where I like it better than my android or other smart watches. It's easy, and direct!  The watch will even let you know that you've been sitting too long, and you should stand up and move around some. I've read online that people really don't like this feature, but when you are knocking on 50's door this is a must have.  The watch will keep track out your steps, heart rate, miles, route with gps, etc. it does it all. 

I obviously have the Apple Watch Sport, because after that you are just spending money on a watch band. I don't see the point in it, because they all do the same thing (he watch that is). However, if you are real balla, you can spend upwards of $17000 on an Apple Watch. Not I.

But the main reason one might opt for a smart watch, is notifications. With the Apple Watch I'm happy to say they it does great at this. They come in, and if ignore they go away.   You can swipe down from the top to find all that you've missed, or let them sit until you're ready to catch up. Like some, I tend to let mine build up, because I can check each one as they come in. So I could have upwards of 50 messages waiting to be viewed, and that is fine too. If I want to dismiss them all at one time, I just long press on the screen (or force touch) and I will get an option to dismiss all. Basically, this watch works very well at what it does. Notifications!

Phone calls - wow, just wow. Compares to my Gear S by Samsung, the Apple Watch runs circles around it. Crystal clear calls, enough said. Oh and no shutting down from getting to hot after 20 mins either. Great job Apple.

Apple Pay - This is just awesome!  I've used Apple Pay several times, and simply put it just works. I hold my wrist up to the scanner for checkout, and boom I'm done!  It's just that simple, even win my iPhone 6S Plus it works easy like that too.  The only real drawback on this is, not every bank or credit union is on board, so if you don't have one of the big ones you might be out of luck. All in all, great system.

So that's it, I've given you MY experience with living with the Apple Watch, and how I use it. Did I point out every single feature? Nope! Because I don't use every single feature, but I'm getting my monies worth!  What do you think of the Apple Watch?  Do you plan on picking one up?  Leave a comment, and thanks for stopping by!