I couldn’t contain how excited I was when Alcatel gave me the opportunity to take one of their smart watches through a trial run. I’d had been told it was more for a junior market and aimed at children which excited me even more. Unfortunately, when I unpacked the bright orange, blue and yellow toy-like time teller, it wouldn’t wrap around my wrist and instead I enlisted the help of a younger confidant. With his parents’ permission I could stalk him to my heart’s content.

So, little Mogale aka Mo agreed to wear the Alcatel...