I spent years dithering back and forth over it, debating the pros and cons, not knowing whether I'd like it or not while my mother and my sister both got Apple Watches and said they liked them, and finally when the 6 came out, I asked for one. I've had it for a bit now and I can see why some people are fanatics for it. I'll never be one of those people who's always talking into my wrist, and I turned off the always-on display so it's only on when I raise my wrist (which seems to double the battery life so I only have to charge it every other day), but I set up the Infograph watch face to show my steps, activity rings, the phase of the moon, sunrise and sunset, the weather, and a link to my calendar. I have spoken to it once, to tell it to set a timer, which was easier than pulling out my phone--and like my phone, it only speaks Japanese.

I got the 40 mm because I have relatively small wrists for my height--I'm 6'5" / 197 cm, but I wear size S shirts--and I really like the way it looks. It looks more like a watch and less like A Device, and with the screen off most of the time it's a mysterious blank cube on my wrist. Like the Monolith.

Right now, most of what I've used it for is exercise tracking. I set up Activity to track all my exercise and closed the rings for the first time today, and I've been engaging in a competition with my mother and sister. My sister took the train back to Michigan today so she obviously didn't get a lot of exercise, but my mother--for someone who's almost 70 (tomorrow!), she moves a lot. I'll really need to work hard to beat her consistently.

I'm not sure it's possible to do so without revealing our true names and so gaining power over each other, but if anyone wants to be Activity buddies message me.