From watching the commercials, it seems the watch is more of an annoyance than convenience.
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I think we need Swordmaker to comment on that..
My Apple Watch is not an annoyance. My girlfriend finds that hers is not either. It save both my girlfriend and me from having to dig our iPhones our of her purse and my pocket to see what the alert or phone call is. You can set what alerts you want to get on your watch. . . and they are very subtle. No one but you notices them, for the most part. It is quite useful.
Can it be more useful? Yes. Are their some apps that are useless? You bet. Those can be removed.
I like the Maps function with silent directions is great. Messaging is great. SIRI is fantastic on the watch, better than on the iPhone and dictation is almost flawless, with quick response by selecting from a menu of choices— including user created—to send is easy, I am finding the health reminders a big help in keeping me on my schedule for doing what I should be doing for fitness. . . although I have yet to meet my daily goals, much to my chagrin.
So far the battery life has been great, with putting on the watch in the morning when i get up and putting back on my charge stand when I go to bed at 1AM or 2AM and it always has between 60% and 70% remaining charge after a day of normal use.
Answering and initiating phone calls is very easy, but you look a bit strange talking to your wrist ala Dick Tracy, so I keep phone calls to a short conversation while I do get my phone out and then hand it off to the phone. Clarity is excellent but more volume would be appreciated.
When out together, while in different parts of a mall or store, connecting to my girlfriend, without the Watch, she'd often not hear her phone ring or message ping. Now she does and can respond without digging her phone out of her purse. We find that one of the most useful things. . . making those connections where before it could be very frustrating not getting her because she literally didn't hear, or the phone cycled off before she could find it in her purse.
It’s quite convenient.
I’m annoyed that I forgot mine this morning (one of _those_ mornings).
Walk away from phone (plugged in & charging)? still get notifications with a flick of the wrist, and can even take calls if needed without racing back to it.
Curious about health patterns? monitors my activity & heart rate; cardiologist is gonna like my next visit.
Calendar? what’s up next is shown whenever I look at my wrist (particularly good for those of us whose calendars are sparse but not empty, too often missing things because actively checking a calendar is not normally needed).
A few apps aren’t quite up to snuff, but the thing just came out a few weeks ago and WatchOS 2 is coming soon.
It’s already much better than my pretty “time and nothing else” watch costing more.
Speaking of cost, I’ve a rule of thumb: if it costs less than a dollar a day, and is used every day, it’s worthwhile - even if it gets replaced in a year or so. $400? meh, I’ve gotten a dollar-a-day’s worth out of it when I get around to upgrading.