While the Apple Watch does a lot right, the battery life and usability issues show the company couldn't quite muster up a miracle of smartwatch design. However, there's no excuse for the poor sports features. With new native apps the Apple Watch is growing into a decent device, although not a world beater yet. What Apple has achieved is genuine wearability, and despite its flaws, the Apple Watch could be the first wearable that's actually a pleasure to wear.

Apple has certainly managed to make a smartwatch that has the class of a real watch, while being the best smartwatch for iPhone users. More than that, the Apple Watch is better than Android Wear, outstripping it for features, interface and controls. More importantly, the more I wore it, the more I got used to it and turned to the Watch to do everyday tasks. That’s the crux of this product: it’s not essential, but it makes the things that you do all of the time quicker and more convenient. Now, with Apple Pay available in the UK, the Watch really is the perfect way to pay for things.