[jlubawy]

My two cents on smart watches: If you already wear a watch, and if you regularly check your phone for notifications, a smart watch is perfect for you (contingent on price and look). If you never wore a watch before then maybe not so.

I finally decided to buy a Moto 360 about a year ago, my main reasons for choosing it:

   * it looked like a normal watch (has a round face, and I use a minimal digital watch face, I don't like the fake analog ones)
   * at the time it cost about the same as a normal (nice) watch $150, I waited for the 1st gen price to go down from $300

It's actually gotten to the point where if I'm not wearing my watch I get that "naked" feeling as if forgot my phone at home. Wearing the watch makes it way easier to check messages, and dismiss those which aren't important. The only time I don't wear it is when running (I think it's too fragile) or at nicer events like weddings where I'll substitute it for a nice "real" watch (plus I shouldn't be checking notifications anyway).

Edit: I also have never used the fitness tracker features, I personally don't see the point of them. Either I went running or exercised that day or I didn't, I don't think number of steps really or my heart rate tells me more than I already know. Again, my two cents...

[predakanga]

As someone who never wore a watch before I got a Pebble, I have to disagree with your first statement.

I bought mine (and a subsequent Pebble Time) specifically because I wanted a less obtrusive way of checking messages and controlling my music, and it's filled the role superbly.

I don't generally need nor want fitness trackers either, but the accelerometer does come in handy for use with sleep tracking programs.