It has been touted as the most well-constructed smartwatch on the market, but does the Apple Watch really live up to its hype?
Consumer reporter Lynda Steele found a couple of Apple Watch wearers in Vancouver to see what they like about the device and if it’s worth the money.
Travel blogger Marc Smith is always on the road, so he treated himself to an Apple Watch Sport and says it's revolutionized the way he communicates.
"A text comes in, pops up on the watch. I hit reply. I just start talking and I hit the send button and boom, it goes out," he said.
First Nations art dealer Douglas Reynolds also pre-ordered the 1st generation Apple Watch.
"I like the fact when you go to Starbucks you can just hold your watch up, if your hands are full or when you're getting on a plane your boarding pass is there," he said.
Both Reynolds and Smith are fans of the watch's built in activity tracker.
"You become obsessed that you haven't completed your targets for the day that you never even had a week before you bought the watch," said Reynolds.
The Apple Watch comes in several styles and price points. The most expensive is a gold version that costs $15,500.
Consumer Reports has put the Apple Watch to the scratch test and it passed. Testers also dunked the watch in a pressurized tank for 30 minutes to test Apple's water resistance claim and it survived.
As for unexpected glitches, the smartwatch can malfunction if it's worn over top of tattoo ink and anyone who steals an Apple Watch can simply reset it and make it their own.
So is the Apple Watch worth it?
“I can justify it because I can use it for my work. If this was just for pure personal I think I might wait a year or two until they come out with the second version or the third version," said Smith.
The Apple Watch ranges in price from $450 for the sport version, all the way to $15,500 for the 18 karat gold version. It boasts an 18 hour battery life and has over 3,500 apps.
