Apple Watch worth the cost despite app imperfections

Another Apple Watch review. As per the review we highlighted yesterday, Jason Cipriani from Fortune loves his watch but found this as his major negative:

Although the watch’s apps are an amazing added feature they were far from perfect; third-party applications were unpredictably slow and I was often forced to wait for them (or Glances) to load during my first week with the product. Sometimes an app would launch in seconds ready for use, while other times I was left waiting upwards of a minute. Apple’s own native applications (such as Mail, Stocks, or Weather) always launched almost instantly.

As I said yesterday, a big part of this is the 3rd party app developer learning curve. Apps will get better, faster, more responsive as developers learn the tricks of the trade.

Also interesting:

The first few alerts pushed to my watch left me a bit perplexed. My iPhone screen was no longer lighting up as each message arrived, nor was there any sort of audible alert coming from my phone. It wasn’t until I unlocked my screen that notifications begin to pop up and I realized that instead of the iPhone and Apple Watch competing for your attention, alerts are only sent to the device you’re using at the time.

Makes sense.

So far, most reviews I’ve read come to the same conclusion: There are shortcomings (e.g., slow 3rd party apps), but the Apple Watch is beautifully designed and fun to use, makes the iPhone better.