Apple Watch and iPhone 6: What the critics think

Apple was hoping to wow its audience when it unveiled the larger-screen iPhone 6, its first smartwatch and a new mobile payment system at its press event Tuesday in Cupertino, California. The early reviews have been mostly -- but not entirely -- positive.

"Apple definitely delivered on a lot of promises they've been making for the past year or so," CNET Editor-at-Large Tim Stevens told CBS News.

"The biggest news was about the old Apple: It's back, and it's more capable than ever," Farhad Manjoo writes in The New York Times. "Any question about how well Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, is managing the reins of the world's most valuable company will most likely be put to rest after Tuesday's profusion of product announcements at the Flint Center in Cupertino, Calif., where Steve Jobs first showed off the Macintosh in 1984."

But while many tech critics and consumers felt Apple did not disappoint, others have voiced concerns about the practicality of the Apple Watch and potential data security and privacy issues.

Some questioned the use of health data in Apple's new HealthKit apps, which will allow users track their heart rate, blood sugar and calories burned and share this information with their doctors.

"Health data are sensitive, and Apple hasn't said a lot about how the data will be used, and protected," wrote Elizabeth Dwoskin and Melinda Bec in the Wall Street Journal.

The announcement of the Apple Watch and its timing also sparked a number of polarized comments.

"The Apple Watch was just announced and it seems spectacular, worlds better than other solutions," wrote Matt Burns on TechCrunch. "No doubt there are countless other consumer companies gearing up to announce their Android Wear devices. And now, instead of simply competing with the round-faced Moto 360, they have to announce this device in the face of the Apple Watch."

But Burns also commented on the fact that the device won't actually be available until early 2015, which "does give consumer electronics companies time to rethink their wearable strategies."

Other commentators noted the reasons behind Apple's decision to announce the device now, months before it goes on sale.

"First, it put the rumor mongering to rest by telling -- and showing -- consumers what they can expect from its wearable," wrote CNET's Shara Tibken. "Second, and as important, CEO Tim Cook and his team, led by design chief Jony Ive, got every would-be smartwatch buyer to hold off purchasing a rival device from Samsung, Motorola, LG, and other competitors trying to nab a share of the emerging market for smart devices."

Compared to other smartwatches, CNET's Scott Stein thinks "Apple's is a cut above in terms of look and feel."

But some people have already announced that they are not interested in buying it.

"The Apple Watch won't hit the market until early 2015, but I've already decided I don't want one," writes Todd Wasserman on Mashable.com. He admitted that, while the device looks elegant, useful and fashionable, he does not see why he would actually need the device or how his life would be improved by it.

"In 2014, we need less technology in our lives, not more," he added.

Some Twitter users were also skeptical of the Apple Watch:

Others voiced their concerns about the new Apple Pay "mobile wallet" technology:

Apple's competitors had something to say about the new smartphones: