What keeps me from wanting/getting an Apple Watch:
1. Price. $350 for the least expensive model is a phone-level investment for me, and there's no way I'm going to blow $350 (if not more) on what amounts to an accessory to my phone if it doesn't also offer a laser gun, cloaking device, personal shield, and/or a remote with which I can launch ICBMs. I'm kidding of course (maybe...), but $350 is too much for what the Apple Watch is and offers at present, at least for me.
2. It's a 1st-gen device, and 1st-gen Apple products in particular are often followed up by successors that have at least "one more thing" that makes the 1st-gen look half-baked or gimped. Think iPad 1 vs 2, iPad Mini 1 vs 2, iPhone 2G vs 3G/3G[S], etc. I wouldn't be surprised if the next or following Macbook, for example, offers more ports and makes the current one (the one with only one port) look gimped. Anyone remember the 1st-gen clamshell iBook? Remember how many USB ports it had? Now, how many USB ports did its successor have? Yeah, just like that.
3. It requires an iPhone to function. Although I currently have an iPhone, I don't necessarily always want to use one and may switch to an Android or Windows phone down the line, and if I do the Apple Watch would become about as useful as a paperweight. On that note, this issue isn't exclusive to Apple; smartwatches with Android Wear are the exact same way. This is why if I do get into smartwatches again (I had a Pebble before), it's probably either going to be a Pebble Time or a 2nd-gen Microsoft Band, if only because they're cross-platform.
What keeps me from wanting/getting an Apple Watch:
1. Price. $350 for the least expensive model is a phone-level investment for me, and there's no way I'm going to blow $350 (if not more) on what amounts to an accessory to my phone if it doesn't also offer a laser gun, cloaking device, personal shield, and/or a remote with which I can launch ICBMs. I'm kidding of course (maybe...), but $350 is too much for what the Apple Watch is and offers at present, at least for me.
2. It's a 1st-gen device, and 1st-gen Apple products in particular are often followed up by successors that have at least "one more thing" that makes the 1st-gen look half-baked or gimped. Think iPad 1 vs 2, iPad Mini 1 vs 2, iPhone 2G vs 3G/3G[S], etc. I wouldn't be surprised if the next or following Macbook, for example, offers more ports and makes the current one (the one with only one port) look gimped. Anyone remember the 1st-gen clamshell iBook? Remember how many USB ports it had? Now, how many USB ports did its successor have? Yeah, just like that.
3. It requires an iPhone to function. Although I currently have an iPhone, I don't necessarily always want to use one and may switch to an Android or Windows phone down the line, and if I do the Apple Watch would become about as useful as a paperweight. On that note, this issue isn't exclusive to Apple; smartwatches with Android Wear are the exact same way. This is why if I do get into smartwatches again (I had a Pebble before), it's probably either going to be a Pebble Time or a 2nd-gen Microsoft Band, if only because they're cross-platform.