It’s finally here. The most anticipated watch since its reveal in October 2014. At the time, it was only a brief revealing discussing the company’s plans to release it in spring of 2015. After several months of waiting for the tech giant to perfect it and build enough excitement, the watch and all its features were revealed in another meeting of March 2015, discussing its numerous new features.

It was officially available for pre-order on April 10th, at 12PM PST. It comes in two sizes, 38mm and 42mm. Prices range from $349 for the basic 38MM sport model all the way to a whopping $17,000 for a special 42mm 18-karat gold edition.

In just under 3 minutes, both sizes of the space gray with black sport band were completely sold out and had shipping dates slipped to 3-4 weeks. Others such as the stainless steel editions soon followed and the 18-karat edition a few days later.

In what has been named the worst apple product launch in history, many people were disappointed to find that they weren’t going to get their watch on the official first delivery day, April 24th. Issues with the taptic engine chip that controls the digital crown movement, and lack of knowledge of the anticipation behind the watch were believed to be the main causes for the lack of supply.

I personally purchased the 42MM Space Gray w/ Black sport band, and was luckily able to get it in the 3 minute window. I received it a few days later than the official delivery day for the early birds, which was April 27th. Coming from a Pebble smart-watch (one of the early smartwatches with a gray scale display) this watch is a major upgrade from the clunky and outdated Pebble.

Personally I love the watch, and find it a necessary companion for my iPhone 5S as it assists me in being able to accomplish more in my busy school and work schedule. Some of the many features include being able to send & receive text messages without having to pull my phone out, control my driving tunes handsfree, and see top tweets from my twitter followers.

These are just a few of the features of the watch, it also has more features such as fitness tracking w/ the use of a built in pedometer and heart rate monitor. Your daily activity is tracked and recorded while the watch encourages you to get up and move around if you’ve been sitting for a while or go that extra mile to meet your calorie burning goal.

Some may say that the watch is just a replacement for your smartphone, but this is not true. The watch can do many things without your phone connection such as storing over 2GB of music that you can listen to with bluetooth headphones, being able to use the built in Apple Pay to pay at approved retailers with your stored credit card, and also the ability to track your personal fitness. Some others include storing photos and viewing cached notifications.

To me, the watch was worth the $399 plus tax price tag, as I am better able to manage my time and get more things accomplished, while of course maintaining the great touch the watch adds to my style.