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Do we really need an Apple Watch? That’s a bold question considering the overwhelmingly positive initial response garnered by Apple’s newest offering. But a quick scan of leading tech discussion boards shows that many consumers are wrestling with the Feb 27, 2015 09:43 AM ET // by Renee Morad In an interesting take on smartphones of the future, one company is looking back to the days of pocket watches for inspiration. Berkeley, Calif.-based Monohm Inc., which makes so-called heirloom electronics and BARCELONA -- While smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the HTC One M9 push the limits of what a handset can do, Runcible aims to do the complete opposite. Developed by a team of three at Monohm, Runcible is a perfectly circular, palm-sized phone Samsung is riding high following the debut of its flagship Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones. But while the Galaxy S5 but while LG has made a significant leap from the lackluster G Watch to recently announced Watch Urbane, Samsung’s original That’s a view from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where Chinese telecom giant Huawei launched its first smart watch which works with Android phones. It joins a crowded market just weeks before the highly anticipated unveiling of the Apple Watch. “Consumers are still unsure about the use case for many wearable devices, including watches and glasses. In particular, consumers are hesitant to adopt wearable companion devices” that function much like smartphones, the report said. Now, here comes .

The Apple Watch goes on sale in April several consumers we spoke to were looking forward to getting smartphone functionality on their wrist. "It just seems really useful," says P.G. Gunni, a Santa Monica, Calif., student. "It's cool you can use Along with accolades for its flagship smartphone, LG also won awards for its smartwatches. The LG Watch Urbane and Watch Urbane LTE managed to pull in nine awards during Mobile World Congress. The LG Watch Urbane took home the best smartwatch award from Related: An Apple Watch may help keep the doctor away Related: Apple stock is making regular Americans rich Related: iPhone is back to being the world's top selling smartphone "The Apple Watch is the catalyst to ignite the global smartwatch market The Strategy Analytics study comes as the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a major trade show for the smartphone industry, winds down. The event played host to a wide range .