Seriously? I don’t think so. It looks like a 90s Casio with a worse outlook
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Pebble Time 2 Unveiled With 30-Day Battery and E-Ink Display
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This is where I really miss the Jobs era of Apple, where products actually were differentiated. The Apple Watch lineup should have a band version, the watch, maybe the ultra and maybe one with eink…a variety of choices much like the old iPod lineup….not just cheaper versions of the same product.
I prefer these watches they have a decades long feature called always-on display
No longer stylish? The Always On display can be anything you want it to be! The Series 4 from 2018 was the last one with a ‘Black’ display
So does the Apple Watch since the Series 5
What a novelty! That's incredible!
And you don't have to charge it every day to get that???
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Well it is good that Pebble is releasing these models. And it is good that they are asking more people to put pressure on Apple to open up their ecosystem.
Apple's "walled garden" strangles innovation, and at the end of the day you have an Apple watch with the same battery life as the first. Or maybe the battery life is possibly worse. Just think of how much better Apple's own products could be if they faced any real competition without the artificial limitations they impose on other smartwatches.
Hopefully one day Apple will be forced to open up their APIs to all app developers, though it seems unlikely to happen until an entity such as the EU forces them to.
The walled garden that you seem to think so highly of is actually more like a baby pen that you willingly want to be inside of. At least you're not going to be able to lick an electrical outlet, but not everyone with an iPhone wants to be treated like a child.
The hype is over everyone is wearing an iWatch apparently wearing a vintage watch sets you apart from the masses.
Yeah and how many days does that watch go between charges?
You seriously don’t take off your watch for 20-30 minutes a day? I just take my Series 10 off during showers and find it nearly fully charged. It feels unreal sometimes. Feels like AirPods being charged (in just a few minutes)
My Series 5 with 74% battery health lasted 8hrs with Always On. And 14hrs with Always Off. But it’s a smartwatch doing a lot of things in the background. A dumb watch is taking up my entire wrist for Just showing the time!
Fitbit was acquired by Google in 2021. The Pebble brand most likely transferred to them. So either this new watch is from Google or Google sold the brand name to a third party who created this watch.
It’s still selling like hotcakes across the world. The sales are not declining. And Apple Watches can be very unique too. Just switch up the band with a Milanese Loop or a Hermes band(or other unique leather ones). I find the Apple Watch to be more expressive of style and customization than dumb watches. Being able to switch up the Face and Band depending on mood is a Killer feature
Fitbit bought Pebble, then Google bought Fitbit and decided to open source the PebbleOS.
I owned a Pebble way back in the day before I bought an Apple Watch and man I sure do miss that thing. The battery life was absolutely fantastic and it was just enough smartwatch to keep me happy but not enough to constantly distract me. I am considering ordering one for the sake of tinkering but maybe I will wait and see what others think of it first.
It definitely took me a while before I got used to the Apple Watch but I ended up turning nearly every notification off besides calls and texts so I am not constantly getting pinged on my wrist.
It definitely took me a while before I got used to the Apple Watch but I ended up turning nearly every notification off besides calls and texts so I am not constantly getting pinged on my wrist.
I had the original Pebble Watch in 2014. It was nice and gave me a glimpse of the future.
They didn't or weren't able to keep up with the times, and so lost out to Apple Watch and the Android equivalents.
I respect Eric Migicovsky and Pebble's contribution to this space, but the Pebble is best fondly remembered instead of being brought back from the dead.
They didn't or weren't able to keep up with the times, and so lost out to Apple Watch and the Android equivalents.
I respect Eric Migicovsky and Pebble's contribution to this space, but the Pebble is best fondly remembered instead of being brought back from the dead.
It lasts 1/3 of a day. Incredible!
How many actually useful things is it doing in the background? And how many of these things are the reason that the battery life is just 1/3 of a day for your Series 5?
There are smart rings that do much of what the Apple watch does and they last something like 7 days with a fraction of the battery.
There is something to be said about a dumb watch as a fashion statement, and as others have said, the looks part is quite subjective. I'm arguing that Apple faces no real competition for smart watches because they don't allow anyone else to use the APIs they use for the Apple watch. And because of this, all smart watch users suffer, especially Apple watch users, as they (myself included!) have to live with whatever slop Apple wants to sell.
As does every single Pebble. That was one of the main features that set it apart from other early smart-watches: It's e-Ink or e-Paper display was always visible.
And the Pebble founder started rePebble, but then (through some deal, I'm not sure on the details of it) managed to get rights to the original Pebble name for his revival.
It’s true. Apple will have to work hard (ahem, battery life) to win back our kids who started with Fitbit and moved on to Garmin because AW dies on them mid-workout.
I loved my Pebble Kickstarter edition and its multi-day battery life. Can't wait to see the reviews on the new ones....I might ditch my SE2 for one of the new Pebbles. All these years and Apple still can't get at least 3 days battery life is ridiculous.
Not even that. Some have had the same chip span multiple generations, like S9-10-11 and I believe S5-6.
I don't get what's up with Apple anymore on the AW.
Garmin's Venu X1, also with an OLED screen, is basically the same size as the 46mm S10
But the X1 is thinner and lighter and has a battery life up to 8 days.