The watch is a pretty decent fitness tracker. Certainly better than an iPhone. It&#x27;s more expensive than a FitBit, though the FitBit Surge is not cheap at $250.<p>Notifications are actually really nice. My phone has been on silent for months. When I&#x27;m at home, I never, ever have my phone with me anymore. Basically wherever I go I just put my phone down and forget about it because the watch is a sufficient proxy. Is it life changing? Nope, but it&#x27;s definitely convenient.<p>I&#x27;ve taken phone calls through my watch when cooking before. That was actually really cool.<p>I think you&#x27;re forgetting that it&#x27;s also, well, a watch. I always find it silly how people underplay the fact that smartwatches are also just watches. In my case, I have the time, date, temperature &#x2F; weather conditions, next meeting time, activity tracking, and the time of sunrise&#x2F;sunset all available with a split second glance on my wrist. Again, it&#x27;s not life changing, but it sure is convenient. The sport band is also way more comfortable than almost all traditional watches I&#x27;ve ever worn; I often barely notice I have it on.<p>I flew a bunch recently and I loved having my gate and terminal information for my next flight right on my watchface.<p>I don&#x27;t regret getting the watch at all. It&#x27;s been a really pleasant companion on my wrist.<p>I&#x27;ve never really understood why people are mystified by smartwatches. They&#x27;re just watches that do more and provide more information. People wear them for the same reason they would wear any watch. They&#x27;re not even that expensive. Maybe $350 sounds like a lot, but I can find you hundreds of Citizen quarts watches for that price or more. $350 is just not high in the watch world.