Nope, I just live under a rock apparently. The S3 nails the sweet spot of functionality and form for me, but from the looks of it I apparently could have gone all-in much sooner.
Nah, it's not just you. I just find it inexplicable when Apple releases "the Apple watch! Super expensive! Doesn't make phone calls! Doesn't have a camera! Almost completely pointless!" and the crowd goes nuts.