Not really bad at all if these are the cherry picked negative comments. These are the most critical comments that could be gathered from numerous reviews?
I currently have the the Pebble Steel and I have to deal with some of the issues that the Apple watch is going to have. I rarely just look at my watch without having to do a little wrist flick to turn on the backlight so having to do that is no big deal to me (It's a habit at this point). I'm a little disappointed in how slow the Apple Watch appears to be but I'm sure I can get past that. I'm really interested to try the Apple watch after using the Pebble for over a year and seeing how the experiences compare.
Uh, yes they are. I've read the majority of those reviews and those quotes are the worst from them. If you disagree I'd love to see what you thought was worse.