Anyone looking to "try out" a Smartwatch or looking for an inexpensive graduation gift, you should take a look at the Pebble Time watch. Last year, Pebble was bought by Fitbit but you can still find them on Amazon and Ebay.
The watch is super cheap and pretty unique in features. Features that I wish could be found on other watches.
Pro's:
7 day battery life
Always on color screen
Works on Android and iOS
receive and send texts, notifications
Health and fitness app
You can buy one for under $40!!!!
Minuses:
No touch screen
No heart rate monitor
No voice commands
not a "dress" watch
Here's an Ebay listing selling the Pebble Time for $36 shipped.
Over the last 4 years I've bought 6 pebble watches for various family members. My whole family loves them.
Things I routinely do with it:
Handle texts and emails (nice and quick esp when driving, school or church etc...)
Activity monitor (I think it does sleep too)
MLB and NFL apps to keep updated with the current game situation anywhere-anytime.
Tons of watch faces. I use an integrated weather and time face.
Alarm and timer