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I am wearing my OG Kickstarter Pebble right now, 12 years and still getting 8 days battery out of it.
I think I will be getting a new Core Time 2
Edit: added picture
I have a few times I rotate through. can't wait for some new hw
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Wait, the basic version has a compas and barometer without a heart rate monitor, but the more expensive one has a heart rate monitor and no barometer or compass? Why?
Because that's the feature people actually want. The biggest use of these watches is having an active heart rate monitor, as evident by even most of the cheaper watches having them.
Pebble is now playing a gambit, whereby they think they will sell more of the premium model to people who will be using it for exercise and health reasons.
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I just pre-ordered one, but the price made me wince
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too bad its a US based company
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My concern isn't that things will get delayed, it's that I'll give them my money and get nothing in return
That's. Uh.. the entire idea of a kickstarter.
It may crash and burn. Don't want that, don't back anything on kickstarter.
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Yes, had that problem, too.
easy to fix with zebra strip replacement I'm still wearing pebble steel rn
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Because that's the feature people actually want. The biggest use of these watches is having an active heart rate monitor, as evident by even most of the cheaper watches having them.
Pebble is now playing a gambit, whereby they think they will sell more of the premium model to people who will be using it for exercise and health reasons.
Pebble is now playing a gambit, whereby they think they will sell more of the premium model to people who will be using it for exercise and health reasons.
There's an explicit line in their site that says these are not made to be fitness trackers, and that garmin are good for that (or some other brand, can't remember). It would be very odd to say that if it was their target.
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easy to fix with zebra strip replacement I'm still wearing pebble steel rn
Good to know!
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Anyone remember the screen tearing issue that fucked basically 100% of screens from pebble? I remember.
I went through every single pebble that came out and never had this issue…maybe I got lucky?
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That's. Uh.. the entire idea of a kickstarter.
It may crash and burn. Don't want that, don't back anything on kickstarter.
The idea is that you judge each Kickstarter venture on its likelihood of doing that vs actually delivering.
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It has the screen tearing issue, which can't be fixed because it is one of the original ones which are glued together.
I have to have it on the analogue watch face so the screen refreshes every second. But it has outlasted the 4 other watches I tried.
I'm using a Garmin these days. Much battery life but I miss my old Pebble.
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Wait, the basic version has a compas and barometer without a heart rate monitor, but the more expensive one has a heart rate monitor and no barometer or compass? Why?
He wasn't going to add compass because most people don't use it, but then he added it to the Core 2 Dou as a favor to a friend who helped on that version and wanted a compass in it.
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as much as I loved the original Pebbles (and love the design of these too), I think basically the world has moved on... for this kind of money, I am buying a Garmin watch with GPS, HR, etc.
but I hope there will be a group of enthusiasts and wish all the luck to the company with sales. more options are always better
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The point is not that it is being used, the point is that corporations must protect their trademarks or else they may lose the exclusive rights to them. Intel also still uses the "Core" branding on their modern CPU's so it wouldn't be a stretch for them to try and continue legally protecting "Core 2 Duo" under the guise of retaining the "Core" part of their trademarks.
They do need to protect their branding, but only if it's likely to be viewed as "similar". there's no reasonable risk of people thinking that a watch and an old processor are the same.
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I was thinking of getting this but the focus is mainly for fitness. I think a garmin would be better for my purpose though because I honestly don't know what I would do with this watch
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Price seems kinda steep for a device that doesn't have sleep/SpO2/Stress and HRV tracking capabilities
As someone very excited for this watch, the battery life with an always on display is more important to me than a sp02 sensor (Btw it will do sleep tracking). That and the button navigation are the killer features. The watch shows me what I need to know when I need to know it, always has the time on, and I can navigate it and control media playback without having to look at it (since buttons are consistent). I want a smart watch to be a good watch first then being smart is the second priority, and the pebble is the only watch I've ever had that gets those priorities right for me. Every other smart watch I've used sacrifices something I value to fit more features that I dont value as much. The pebbles have just gotten it right for me.
That said, the watch also isn't for everyone, and a lot of people are OK charging their watch every day if it means they also get every feature they want.
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As someone very excited for this watch, the battery life with an always on display is more important to me than a sp02 sensor (Btw it will do sleep tracking). That and the button navigation are the killer features. The watch shows me what I need to know when I need to know it, always has the time on, and I can navigate it and control media playback without having to look at it (since buttons are consistent). I want a smart watch to be a good watch first then being smart is the second priority, and the pebble is the only watch I've ever had that gets those priorities right for me. Every other smart watch I've used sacrifices something I value to fit more features that I dont value as much. The pebbles have just gotten it right for me.
That said, the watch also isn't for everyone, and a lot of people are OK charging their watch every day if it means they also get every feature they want.
Regarding charging - I charge my huawei watch fit 3 (that I got for like $150) every 2 weeks or so
I probably will end up getting the pebble as it appears I can interact with it on home assistant. Rough that I may have to wait till December though, it looks like
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Pebble is now playing a gambit, whereby they think they will sell more of the premium model to people who will be using it for exercise and health reasons.
There's an explicit line in their site that says these are not made to be fitness trackers, and that garmin are good for that (or some other brand, can't remember). It would be very odd to say that if it was their target.
Dammit, I wanted to use this as a fitness tracker like garmin
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Because that's the feature people actually want. The biggest use of these watches is having an active heart rate monitor, as evident by even most of the cheaper watches having them.
Pebble is now playing a gambit, whereby they think they will sell more of the premium model to people who will be using it for exercise and health reasons.
Because that's the feature people actually want. The biggest use of these watches is having an active heart rate monitor, as evident by even most of the cheaper watches having them.
Seriously, even my $30 PineTime has a heart rate monitor.
I've never once used a compass on my watch, mostly because the phone it's attached to is a much better compass and even has its own barometer built-in. Plus it's a pain to use a compass on a watch because you have to hold your whole arm up.
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There are a couple already, e.g. https://github.com/Willow-Systems/pebble-home-assistant
What's even cooler is that the nRF52840 chip that they will use has ZigBee support, which theoretically means it can talk to your network directly if software supports it
No way! That's awesome, I will absolutely be checking that out
