Love it or hate it, the Apple Watch is taking the world by storm. As preorders recently opened, the watch already sold out in six hours. Shipping has been pushed to June due to such a great demand. So what makes this demand tick: The design? The operating system? The hype?

Starting with probably the most important aspect for consumers is the price. Many are surprised at Apple’s pricing methods for the watch due to the wide price gap. The watch comes in three forms: a brushed steel version that comes with essentially a rubber wristband, a stainless steel version with a variety of bands such as leather or steel, and an 18 karat gold version with a variety of bands. The brushed steel version, the sport model, starts at $350 while the stainless steel version starts at $550. Although those prices sound extreme, the gold versions come in at a shocker starting at $10,000 and go up to $17000! So if you’re looking to blow your car savings down the drain, you’re in luck.

Design wise, the sport is a simple silver-colored brushed steel while there is also a space grey model. The stainless steel is mostly regular silver with two models in black. The gold models come in 18-karat yellow and rose gold. The rubber-like sports bands come in neon colors such as blue and green and are designed for athletes. The steel bands are more professional and also come in leather models as well. The gold Apple Watches come in an assortment of wrist bands from the ones mentioned above depending on the package. The purchase set-up is to buy a watch package and pay for a separate band later if needed. The average for a band is around $150.

Upon initial inspection, you would be hard pressed to even considering spending a minimum of $350 on a watch, before accounting for the features. There are several features that this watch provides including sensors for heartrate, ambient light, accelerometer, and a gyroscope, Siri, Bluetooth, and force touch. All of these are bundled up in a new operating system that is appropriately named “WatchOS”. Battery life for only using the time feature is up to 72 hours but for using its features, you can expect about 6.5 hours of continuous use so it should last a full day if using all of its features. Charging is also put at around 2.5 hours for a full charge.

For hardware, the processor is an Apple S1 chip which is not as good as the chip that you would find on an iPhone, which is to be expected as the phone needs to handle more processor intensive tasks. There is also 8 gigabytes of memory for the entire system with no other options or upgradability so you will need to be content with that memory. There is also 2 gigabytes that can be used for music.

So at this point in the article, you might be asking yourself whether or not this watch is worth your money as the BASE model starts at $350. This is not simple to answer because it depends on the person. Due to the conjunction that the watch has with the iPhone, it is definitely more convenient than just using your phone. It also has a definite benefit for those who want the familiarity of apples operating system as well as many fitness applications. For the standard person, your phone is generally better as it offers more memory, a better chip, more apps, and a larger screen , but if you are looking for a nice watch that also works with your phone, or just have the money to get the latest items in the tech world, then the purchase could be worth it to you.