It’s a very solid companion device for the iPhone. You don’t need your phone in your hand to check notifications, send messages, or make calls. It has a slew of fitness features and health tracking if you’re into that stuff.

It’s the kind of device that’s hard to understand its true value until you have one and use it. If your friends have one you can have fitness competitions, or use the walkie talkie feature. They’re the most widely supported smart watch, with so many band options to suit your style and needs.

If you have the Ultra you get mob boss respect.

I got mine specifically for sleep and health tracking. I don’t have the cellular version, since I always have my phone with me. It makes it nice to not have to pull my phone out of my handbag just to check the time or the weather, or set a timer.

It saves lives. Me personally it told me when my heart went over 200bpm. Now I need to check for heart conditions. But that made me stop being unhealthy and it made me hit the treadmill and my heart was good again. This was in 2021 I still think about that a lot. Thankfully I was okay. Still here

I think AW is amazing thing to have. Notifications, calls (just buy cellular, it’s worth it, trust me), fitness things like tracking calories, steps. Features that cares about your health, like sleep data, breating data and heart things. Overall, if you have money for it, go for it. One more thing about Cellular - I was wondering if it’s worth to pay extra money for it, but honestly, even when I’m at home its useful

My main reason for having the watch is so I don’t have to have my phone with me or I can just leave it in my bag where it’s much safer than in a pocket or pulling it out all the time for whatever reason.

Bonus is the health tracking apps.

If you need people to list it out you don’t need it. Or you can take 2 seconds to Google it and read a few reviews and some info about it. And then decide if it will work for you. You don’t need Reddit to regurgitate the feature list as it’s available and you can watch some reviews and/or pop in a store and check it out.

It’s got the time on it

I have one and quite like it but honestly it’s overrated and overpriced.

I wouldn’t get the cellular one.

I don’t wear watches or jewelry… My wedding ring is somewhere. lol

I have the biggest size latest version, but not the Ultra.

I had the smallest size, previous generation and I only had it to tell time…

I dunno why the bigger sized changed things, but I use it for everything now. My phone’s always close by so I don’t see the need for cellular on it. I have a macbook too so it makes unlocking it magic.

I’m really into the eco system though.

Makes it really easy to tell the time, among other things.

I love the possibility of getting away of the phone and screen addiction. I usually go outside just with my LTE Apple Watch. Lifechanger for me.

Text message notifications on your watch are nice because you don’t have to look at your phone. It’s great while working. Quick glance at the watch without opening the whole phone and getting distracted.

It’s a good watch too. I have three times zones on it and today’s date. That’s a real utility for me.

Exercise tracking is decent.

The breath app is great for relaxation.

Mine is 4 years old and still going strong.

A lot of these features are enhanced if you have na iPhone, so I’ll assume that you do.

• Fitness tracking (but can be achieved with other fitness watches)

• Quick messaging including answering calls (useful for me while driving). Possible with other smart watches also.

• Activate Siri without needing phone for simple tasks like timers, reminders (useful while cooking)

• Shortcuts: I have some home automations in place which is quicker to trigger from the watch.

• I use Focus Modes a lot so the watch enables quick toggles.

• Sleep tracking: I like to assess my quality of sleep vs my mood for the day and see if I can identify any correlations.

• Automatic login into my Mac Mini.

The real value of an Apple Watch is being able to combine all of these and more into one device. If you only care for specific features, then almost any smart watch would suffice. I have the wifi only SE2 and I love it. I only take it off to charge when I’m showering.

I really like what one review on YouTube said. It was essentially this: an Apple Watch isn’t going to change your life, but it makes everything about 5% better.

Examples include paying for stuff with the Watch—not necessary at all, but it adds a little moment of coolness and fun to your day. Also, listening to lossless albums on the go without my phone—such a simple thing, but it feels just a little magical.