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Apple iWatch I mean the Apple Apple watch whatever now that we've seen it we've all been dazzled by an obscene amount of beautiful slow-motion close-up shots it's impossible not to have lustful gadget cravings for this thing that's where I come in old Donald Bell here it's gonna be the cold shower you need to clean that Apple watch from your brain let's count down five reasons you shouldn't buy it starting off at number five it's expensive starts at $349 and you know that's the model you don't want once you start decking it out with a leather watch band and a bigger screen you've probably got a $500 watch on your arm I'm dropping that kind of cash this thing better shoot lasers the deadly kind at number four its iPhone only not only will it not work properly without a phone but it won't work with any phone aside from iPhone 5 or above so now you're paying $350 for a watch that essentially prevents you from switching to Android it's brilliant coming in at number three the battery unlike those dumb old watches that have been refined for centuries your Smart Watch requires daily charging from a funky proprietary cable and just like your phone daily charging means that battery will inevitably wear out your overpriced SmartWatch probably has a lifespan of about 5 to 10 years while a $50 dumb watch could probably outlive your grandchildren progress I'm number 2 your phone you know that thing you've been using to figure out what time it is for the past 10 years did you know that it also takes and receives calls text messages emails gives you directions and tracks your health plays music it does it all and it fits conveniently in your pocket if you're feeling retro go buy yourself a Casio now before we get to the number one reason not to buy an Apple watch how about we get to one great reason why you should buy it learn fashion you'll be the king of the early adopting nerds and unlike a cool new phone that spends most of its time hidden away in your pocket the watch is designed to be a flashy emblem of your nerd pride that you could admire all day long and don't worry there's no way you'll be ridiculed like those Google glass people it's not like this obviously calls attention to your sense of superiority your disposable income or a lack of common sense it's a totally different thing all right and now the number one reason you should just say no to the Apple watch the Apple watch to remember how the iPhone went from a toy to a 3G phone with real GPS remember how the iPad 2 is about half the thickness of the original history has shown us over and over the Apple is exceedingly great at making second-generation products so just wait so there you go five reasons to save your money and skip the Apple watch more information on smart watches and all manner of wearables head over to the wearable tech section of CNET and more top fives from me top 5 cnet.com I'm Donnell Bell thanks for watching