I think I'll be able to handle not wearing the watch for an hour a day while it charges if necessary. Not a bad tradeoff for the much better screen and way more functionality.
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Pebble Introduces 'Pebble Time Steel' Following Successful Kickstarter Campaign
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I think I'll be able to handle not wearing the watch for an hour a day while it charges if necessary. Not a bad tradeoff for the much better screen and way more functionality.
I agree with this but I intend to get one because it fulfills a need for me. I wanted it to do two things which it does, controls my music without the sound coming out of my wrist. Stil comes from the phone. And two it will allow me to reply to texts with Siri. Replying to texts will be so much easier on a bike ride, at stop lights I can just look at my wrist and reply, more more phishing our my phone, pulling off the gloves, etc.
If they would just allow 3rd party apps to use apply pay then it will be great at the train station too.
I am sure apple watch 2 is going to kill it
Thinner longer battery life etc etc
And I'll upgrade then too if I like it enough.
And I thought Pebble wasn't trying to compete with Apple? If that's true, why try to look like them?
Can you provide links to your data and sources, please? Thanks.
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Because "most people" like to wear something that doesn't look like it came from Toys R Us. Fashionably styled is not an Apple exclusive feature.
If Apple reveals astronomical prices next week, I may consider the Pebble Time Steel at its lower price during the kickstarter (while it's a steal... sorry).
Yea, really. Looks like Samsung is running that company with how obvious a ripoff it is. Also, isn't kickstarter suppose to be for start up companies? Didn't pebble rake in millions already with the first watch? Seems like it's a way for them to push their watch. But I guess kickstarter just wants that %, eh?
Except if you use your watch as a silent alarm that vibrates to wake you up, but not the person sleeping next to you.
I'll probably use that on the Apple Watch. So I'll charge it while I'm getting ready in the morning and it should have enough battery to get me through the day. Or I can charge it an hour before I go to sleep and leave it on standby at night.
The gunmetal version with the leather strap actually looks fairly nice. I'm tempted at $250 because I probably won't be able to get an Apple Watch that looks that good for under $600. But I'm just kinda horrified by the UI on that thing. The awkward icons are especially ugly. Perhaps if they had an alternative theme?
I'm probably best suited just waiting for the second or third generation Apple Watchespecially if I'm going to be spending a lot for the stainless steel model. Although I'm really getting an itch for a new watch. One of my link pins broke the other day and I took that as a sign that maybe I need to upgrade. If Apple had a clear upgrade plan for users then maybe I would get the first gen. If I'm going to be spending north of $600possibly even north of $800-900 on an Apple WatchI don't want it to become obsolete so quickly. If I could upgrade the S1 innards to an S2 every year for like $250 then that would be reasonable. At the September unveiling Apple mentioned how the S1 chip was sealed up in a nice little package. I wonder how easy that package is to swap out, including the battery?
I'm probably best suited just waiting for the second or third generation Apple Watchespecially if I'm going to be spending a lot for the stainless steel model. Although I'm really getting an itch for a new watch. One of my link pins broke the other day and I took that as a sign that maybe I need to upgrade. If Apple had a clear upgrade plan for users then maybe I would get the first gen. If I'm going to be spending north of $600possibly even north of $800-900 on an Apple WatchI don't want it to become obsolete so quickly. If I could upgrade the S1 innards to an S2 every year for like $250 then that would be reasonable. At the September unveiling Apple mentioned how the S1 chip was sealed up in a nice little package. I wonder how easy that package is to swap out, including the battery?
Given the rather unsightly bulky watched a lot of people seem to wear these days I'm not so sure about that...unless that's what (some sort of steampunk/hipster inspired) "fashion" is these days.
I can understand that they wanted to make it look nicer, but can you honestly say that they weren't influenced by Apple's design?
Seems like watches have the "smart phone syndrome" - there are only a limited way of how you can make a rectangluar look.
Oh, totally. And there's still a 50/50 shot that they persuade me to get an Apple Watch Sport even though I know the real one to get is the second gen.
But yes, Siri support with the Apple Watch is a killer app. (I need a smartwatch for the music remote function -- that's what I use my original Pebble for, and what I'll use my new Pebble Time for.) Enough to get me to get a first-gen device that I know I won't use for more than a year and whose battery life I will curse? We'll see on March 9th.
Seems like watches have the "smart phone syndrome" - there are only a limited way of how you can make a rectangluar look.
Not only the shapes and sizes, but the color choices too. It's as if Pebble was trying to make a statement directly at Apple.
I'll stick with a regular Pebble Time, thank you. I am very excited about the smart strap feature though.
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The Apple Watch screen may have more colors, but the trade-off is that it's non-persistent... You'll have to keep waking it up... and, since it's immersive rather than reflective, it almost certainly will be much more difficult to read outdoors.
Plus the Apple Watch is a day with "average use". Heavy users will have to charge it more often.
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The Apple Watch screen may have more colors, but the trade-off is that it's non-persistent... You'll have to keep waking it up... and, since it's immersive rather than reflective, it almost certainly will be much more difficult to read outdoors.
Plus the Apple Watch is a day with "average use". Heavy users will have to charge it more often.
Bad week for Apple. The S6/S6 Edge and now this!
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You're forgetting one important difference. Using the Apple Watch looks like crap and it's confusing. The one area that Apple is not paying more attention to. Instead they rather show off the watch in fashion magazines.
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Maybe they realize that only a fool would buy a tech piece that cost thousands of dollars which will become obsolete when gen 2 Apple Watch is released.
Yeah I agree. I'd suggest that Apple closes down while it's still fun. It can only go downhill from here. And once Apple is gone we should look for a new forum of some brand that we find stoopid and hate everything there
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