Is he really being that critical if he observes their product would fail without something it already has?

I know it's not a direct comparison, but you wouldn't call me insightfully critical if I noted that a car was not a compelling device without wheels.

Yes but this analogy only holds true if every other car has hexagonal wheels, and the apple watch "car" has circular ones.

Yes but this makes the analogy a criticism of other cars, not the Apple one.

So the Taptic Engine is just rumble right? I know phones are different, but pretty much all my phones (Android) have had the whole "different vibrations for different notifications" thing for years. I don't know how Wear's ecosystem is, but I imagine it does the same.

I understand he's not saying it's not present in the competition, but I'm trying to get what the fundamental differences are

>When my phone vibrates, it feels like it’s telling me, Hey, I need you now. When the Apple Watch taps me, it feels like it’s telling me, Hey, when you get the chance, I’ve got something for you.

I don't know, but if I get tapped on the wrist, that feels a lot more like a "hey I need you now" thing.