I keep hearing how much better the Apple Watch is but I still can't see how.
To start with, the GW6 classic looks like an actual classy watch while the Apple watch looks like a tiny phone strapped to your wrist.
Which makes their advice less credible for several possible reasons:
* they may not have the exposure to other products to have an authoritative opinion,
* or they have used the products in a completely different context (eg, within the ecosystem with an iCloud account or other accompanying product),
* or they might be expressing a bit of stockholm-esque sentiment ("it's the best I can easily use due to the limitations in which I can use this particular product and I love living within these limitations, so it's clearly the best option because everyone should love living within these limitations too..")
So even if you wanted to, you could not match the experience of being all-in on their ecosystem. That's intended, so that other products do not compete with theirs and look inferior.
I use only Apple products (desktop, laptop, phone, ipad), but I've never seriously considered the watch. Battery life less than a day? Come on...
Useless useless useless, and Apple is martyred and married to it. (can't enter a PIN without the touch screen, can't ask app developers to rewrite apps to be button-focused or button-primary, can't _ever_ introduce something that is less capable, or less pretty than their existing overcomplicated mess)
I use to love being able to skip to the next track while taking a shower from my pebble because it used these things called BuTtOnS, a long lost technology that allows you to reliable perform a limited set of actions while on the go and without looking.
But even 2 is ridiculous for a watch. It's not like a phone or another device that you use occasionally and can even use while it's charging. It's supposed to be there on your wrist.
The apple watch looks great but it's double the price and only works with iOS. I don't think you can even pair it with android to get notifications which is my main reason to have a smartwatch (the fitness/ activity stuff I don't care about except GPS tracking for hikes)