Apple Watch first-look review: hands on with Apple's highly-anticipated smartwatch

In short, it’s a watch that sends notifications and other information from your iPhone to your wrist and lets you send stuff back the other way, whether that’s a text message, a phone call or a simple way to call an Uber.

I’ve been using the very first Watch released into the world outside Apple for ten days now and the experience has been intimate and enjoyable. Here’s The Independent’s in-depth review.

While I’ve been using it, I’ve regularly been asked why I’d need this gadget when I already have an iPhone which does all the things the Watch does, including telling the time. It’s a good question.