[HN Gopher] Pebble Round 2
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Pebble Round 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaDPMZKXcBU
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/pebble-reboots-its-thinnes...
Author : jackwilsdon
Score : 277 points
Date : 2026-01-02 14:56 UTC (3 days ago)
(HTM) web link (repebble.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (repebble.com)
| rationalist wrote:
| I just placed my pre-order. I never bought the original Pebble
| Round because it didn't look that good in my opinion, but this
| one looks great! I like that there is no huge bezel anymore, and
| that the battery life is now an estimated 2 weeks instead of 3
| days. It looks more classy and less like a smartwatch.
| erohead wrote:
| Proud of this one! Feel free to ask any questions you might have.
|
| (Pebble founder)
| illright wrote:
| Is the Round 2 also going to have screws to potentially replace
| the battery, like Time 2 does?
|
| Also, while watching the announcement video, I noticed that the
| pixels are quite a bit more visible on the Round 2 on the same
| watchface, when compared to Time 2 -- on the Time 2, the image
| is a lot more crisp. Is that a matter of adapting the
| watchfaces to the bigger screen?
| erohead wrote:
| > Screws
|
| Nope! No screws on this one.
|
| > Is that a matter of adapting the watchfaces to the bigger
| screen?
|
| Yes, exactly.
| illright wrote:
| Dang, I really liked that there were screws on the Time 2.
| Does that at least mean waterproofing will be better? :p
| For instance, would it be a good idea to swim with the
| Round 2 on?
| erohead wrote:
| Still doing our water resistance testing on Round 2, but
| that is the target (30m water resistance)!
| RadiozRadioz wrote:
| What is the breakdown of customers who care about
| advanced water resistance versus screws/repairability?
|
| I imagine most want some water resistance (e.g. 1m), but
| people may be torn on 30m if it means they lose out on
| screws. I'm in that category.
|
| It would be really cool to see data
| ansgri wrote:
| 30m (3 bar) basically means splash-proof, not even your
| stated 1m (activity while submerged, I suppose). Like,
| 30m is IPX4-5, 50m is IPX6 (very rough equivalence), so
| 30m is the barest minimum expected from a watch.
| apparent wrote:
| I wouldn't care so much about WR for a round Pebble,
| which I'd wear on nicer occasions. I would care more
| about WR for a watch that I'd wear at the beach or pool,
| as a way of getting notifications when not carrying my
| phone.
|
| But screws might add thickness/weight to the watch,
| compared to glue.
| tills13 wrote:
| Why no screws when you specifically called out that there
| ARE screws on the Time and Duo 2s for the sake of longevity
| of hardware even if the company goes away?
|
| Are you saying there's no access into the watch or that
| it's more like a traditional circular watch where you can
| twist off the back?
| donkey_brains wrote:
| This is awesome, congrats Eric. Almost makes me wish I hadn't
| switched from Android -> iOS last year before the Pebble
| announcements started coming out. Any idea if we might see more
| compatibility with iOS in the near future as Apple is forced to
| open up the ecosystem a little due to EU regulations? I know
| they had to allow reading iMessages on 3rd party smartwatches
| recently which sounds promising for Pebble. Apologies if you
| already blogged about this and I missed it!
| rationalist wrote:
| It's not too late to switch back! I'm running GrapheneOS on a
| Pixel, but supposedly GrapheneOS is working with an OEM to
| have a GrapheneOS-native phone if you want to wait a little
| longer.
| erohead wrote:
| still works fine with iOS, will work even better in EU next
| year when Apple is forced to comply with the DMA.
| gen3 wrote:
| On the repebble compare chart the round is marked as having
| both a speaker and mic, that's incorrect right?
| rationalist wrote:
| I'm guessing he updated the chart? The chart at
| https://repebble.com/watch shows mic-only.
| michielr wrote:
| Haven't watched the video yet, but I don't see the vibrating
| motor/linear actuator mentioned. I'm assuming this is still
| included? I'll be switching my Pebble Time 2 order over, these
| look fantastic.
| rationalist wrote:
| The chart at https://repebble.com/watch shows it has a
| "Linear resonance actuator (vibrator)"
| alphager wrote:
| Is the situation with Rebble solved?
| bl4kers wrote:
| Rebble apologized, withdrew claims, and left the door open
| for future collaboration. They are
| restructuring/reorganizing.
|
| Core Devices pushed out modularity updates to be less
| dependent on Rebble's app store and started their own.
|
| That's the latest public information.
| StopDisinfo910 wrote:
| Understand, no, it didn't.
|
| Rebble forced their hands and the community is as good as
| dead.
| Willamin wrote:
| Is a normal (non-rose) gold (or even a brass) color something
| we could look forward go in the future?
|
| Was the decision to not sell that color based on expected
| demand for the color or did it not work for some other reason?
| erohead wrote:
| No plans to offer more SKUs, sorry. Already have enough to
| manage.
| apparent wrote:
| How did you decide which colors/sizes to offer this time
| around? Seems like a reasonable mix, but I also wondered if
| regular gold could have broader appeal. Perhaps it wouldn't
| help though, since you'd have to make different SKUs based
| on band width, assuming women would get the narrower one
| and men would get the wider one?
| treffer wrote:
| I pre-ordered because I loved the Pebble Round - especially the
| size and look. My intended use case is for formal dress codes
| and special events (weddings, new years, ...) wheretny fennix
| 51mm does not fit in (literally and figuratively).
|
| That said: I can't find full dimensions for the new round 2. I
| can guesstimate that it should be 10-20% smaller in diameter
| and less than 2/3 the thickness.
|
| Would you mind sharing full dimensions or even update the post?
|
| And congratulations! I really like this. I hope there will be
| enough of a market to support this project long term.
| apparent wrote:
| Yes, the slimness and ability to dress up are certainly huge
| selling points. It does look about 1/4 thinner than the PT2,
| which is presumably much thinner/smaller than your fennix.
|
| Honestly, even with a PT2 on order, I would consider getting
| one of these for the occasions (1x/wk?) where I am wearing a
| dress shirt or otherwise want to look a little more dressed
| up. It honestly would probably also be a nice conversation
| starter because you can set it up with a traditional
| watchface, but then when you get a notification it would
| obviously not be a traditional watch. And it's so much
| thinner than Google/Samsung and other round smartwatches, it
| wouldn't be confused with those.
| illright wrote:
| You can see the dimensions in the full spec table on the
| preorder page
|
| https://repebble.com/watch
| treffer wrote:
| Oh great, I missed that end of the page. The "Round 2
| details" links back to the blog and it is hard to see the
| FAQ on mobile (needs manual scrolling to the end).
|
| Google search and Perplexity failed when I tried, too.
| Google search has caught up now (haven't retried
| Perplexity)
|
| A 41.5mm diameter sounds good. That's a whopping 10mm/20%
| smaller than my current watch. Should be really neat given
| the thickness.
| 15155 wrote:
| What is the e-paper display part number / manufacturer?
| erohead wrote:
| sharp, same display that's in Garmin MIP watches (like
| Forerunner 255) but tbh looks much better in Round 2!
| girvo wrote:
| As someone who had the original Pebble Steel, and then moved to
| the Pebble Round (20mm) until it literally stopped working, I'm
| super happy you've done this, and incredibly happy that you let
| me change my pre-order from my Time 2 to the Round 2. Can't
| wait!
| cyberax wrote:
| I like everything about Pebble Round 2, except that it's round.
| I _HATE_ round watches with a passion, it's just form over
| function for electronic watches. Coincidentally, that's also
| why I still have an iWatch even though my phone is Android.
| There are _no_ good rectangular Android watches.
|
| Are you planning something like this but with a rectangular
| screen? I have Time 2 on pre-order, but I'd love to buy a
| water-resistant watch.
| doctorpangloss wrote:
| this is supposed to be the part where i say something about the
| smart watch. i own a $20 Casio F91 that should cost $3 at
| retail, which is to say, i'm not really your intended audience.
| is performative positivity an obligation for interesting
| questions? is it the only framework to figure out products? do
| you see?
|
| is positivity the only valid emotion for a product launch?
|
| how do you balance your experience with the rewards of taking
| risks?
| hollow-moe wrote:
| How does the sleep tracking works on the Round? Is it reliable?
| I'm currently using a Mi Band 7 and it works great with
| gadgetbridge and it has a heart-rate monitor.
| summermusic wrote:
| I had pre-ordered a Time 2, but I switched to the Round 2 because
| it's cheaper and I don't really care about the features it is
| missing (heart rate monitor and speaker) or the shape of the
| face. It's awesome that they let you switch without losing your
| place in line, very customer-focused of them.
| apparent wrote:
| I thought about it but didn't because the battery life
| difference is pretty big (10-14 vs 30), and according to his
| comment below, apparently the battery is not replaceable.
|
| I assume it would actually be replaceable if one were
| sufficiently motivated, but the fact that it's not meant to be
| replaceable is not so great.
|
| Honestly if the PT2 weren't replaceable I wouldn't mind so
| much, since starting of with 30 days of battery means it can
| degrade a lot before it hits a threshold I care about (1 week,
| roughly). But if the PR2 starts off around 10 days, it doesn't
| have far to fall before it hits that threshold.
|
| Perhaps the biggest reason I didn't swap my order, though, is
| that I don't want to wait several more months to get my Pebble!
| blacksmith_tb wrote:
| Yes, your calculus is exactly like mine - there are things to
| like about the Round (personally I just find round watches
| more aesthetically pleasing, we've had a couple hundred years
| of mostly round cases...), but I want longer battery and a
| shorter wait to get my watch.
| gumby271 wrote:
| Damn that's a nice looking watch! Really feels like they got to
| build what they wanted to 10 years ago but the tech wasn't there.
| Can't wait to build some sleek round watch faces once I get mine
| (unless there's an emulator already?)
| lawn wrote:
| It sure looks nice but I'm keeping my Time 2 order as it's got a
| much better battery life.
|
| Still, I'm sure this will appeal to many people.
| ilvez wrote:
| I'm also going for Time 2 because heartrate monitor. Round 2
| looks so nice, gratz on design! That Mario watchface is so fun on
| it.
| modeless wrote:
| I still consider the original Pebble Time Round to be the best
| smartwatch ever made, even 10 years on. Until now. This is
| everything I ever wanted in a watch. I can't wait to get mine! I
| may have to spend some time doing remakes of my favorite watch
| faces for the new screen resolution.
| ImPostingOnHN wrote:
| _> No more bezel_
|
| Maybe I'm looking at the wrong image, but I see a silver bezel
| going all around the watch screen.
|
| I thought "no bezel" on a screen means the screen goes all the
| way to the edges of the device.
|
| Still want one tho.
| apparent wrote:
| I think pretty much all watches have some sort of raised
| dial/edge in order to protect the glass. This one is not as
| small as some, but compared to the original round pebble, this
| is much, much smaller.
| jerlam wrote:
| Except, of course, the most popular smartwatch (Apple Watch)
| which extends the glass above the case, giving it zero
| protection against impacts from the front.
| walletdrainer wrote:
| FWIW the same is true of the Rolex Daytona and Patek
| Philippe Nautilus.
|
| There's probably an actual reason for why this is done. On
| a mechanical watch I'd often prefer for the crystal to be
| damaged rather than the case, though I'm not sure that the
| same logic works for Apple Watches.
| aidenn0 wrote:
| Does one ever polish a crystal? Having it raised would
| make that much easier (also if one does, tell me who can
| do it to mine, my crystal is scratched to the point where
| I can't read my watch if the main lighting is behind me).
| walletdrainer wrote:
| All the (fancy, mechanical) watches I had within reach seem
| to actually have the crystal slightly protruding out of the
| case.
| apparent wrote:
| I don't have any fancy watches in reach, but was just
| talking about watches in general. I think it makes sense to
| compare $200 Pebbles to similarly-priced watches (smart and
| otherwise) in this regard. I can imagine that diamond-
| encrusted or otherwise dearly-priced watches differ in
| terms of use case and design tradeoffs.
| ramses0 wrote:
| I'm very minorly into watches and $200 is very "mid/base"
| for watches.
|
| My most expensive watch is a Fenix7 (used) @ $300. Then
| ~$150 for a "Svalbard" single hand automatic (winding)
| watch, and a smattering of "$50-80, used off eBay"
| watches.
|
| I had two (used) pebble watches back in the day, pre-
| ordered the PT2 before they went bankrupt, and have
| preordered the "new" PT2 (at ~$200 price range).
|
| Freaking Timex Expedition is costing $60-80 on sale
| nowadays. No smart stuff, just "chunky Casio vibes" and
| it's $80. Timex "Transcend" is a fun one in the $100
| price range.
|
| Apple Watch SE is $250, and all the re-pebbles are $200
| price range? Color me impressed!
|
| I hate to say that Pebble Round 2 is "almost an impulse
| buy" (prior to Time2 shipping), but there are occasions
| (eg: last night) where my Garmin was out of battery, I
| went to a friends house, so I pulled out my slightly
| fancier round-dial analog watch.
|
| The fact that pebble is hitting $200 price points is
| actually an incredible (and hopefully sustainable!) value
| for what they offer!
| apparent wrote:
| > Apple Watch SE is $250, and all the re-pebbles are $200
| price range? Color me impressed!
|
| I have wondered why Eric didn't price them higher, and I
| think it comes down to wanting to make sure there is
| sufficient demand to justify production runs, and staving
| off competition that could front-run him and use his open
| source software too.
|
| I am genuinely curious to see what competition emerges,
| and how long it takes to appear.
| aidenn0 wrote:
| My Seiko Kinetic that I got for around $100 has the
| crystal surface about 1mm above the case (it is beveled
| though, so slightly narrower on top than where it meets
| the case; I assume a right angle would be both unpleasant
| to touch and more liable to break the glass; it's too
| cheap to be a mineral crystal.
| kridsdale1 wrote:
| I don't get why you'd want no bezel on a watch. Look how big
| the bezel is on a Rolex GMT Master 2, or an Omega Seamaster.
| ansgri wrote:
| The bezel is kinda functional on these watches, also they
| need it for huge water resistance. This Pebble is more
| comparable to traditional dress watches which don't have a
| prominent bezel.
| liampulles wrote:
| Yes, no more bezel cuts off the details. What is meant is that
| does not have the big bezel of the original Pebble Round.
| c22 wrote:
| The original round Pebble had an octogonal screen with a big
| chunky ring overlapping all the edges making it look round. I
| guess there are rounder display options now so the screen can
| go to the edge of the case.
| hasperdi wrote:
| May the build quality and customer support be better this time
| around vs. last time.
| aprilnya wrote:
| For a while I've wanted a smartwatch that's not too smart, and is
| more focused on looks... I think this might be the watch I
| finally keep
| urbandw311er wrote:
| Anybody know how much the price goes up, typically, after the
| preorder phase?
| sho_hn wrote:
| I'm sorry for the sour grapes, but the recent ring announcement -
| disposable, single-charge electronics - soured me on the entire
| brand in a "never meet your heroes" sort of way. Somehow it makes
| the idea of wearing one of the watches a negative statement
| piece.
| rationalist wrote:
| The miniscule ring? That size/time doesn't bother me. Now if it
| was something the size of a phone, that would bother me.
|
| I'm expecting that by the time I use up the first version
| ring's battery, a better version (maybe rechargeable) will be
| released.
| tills13 wrote:
| The problem isn't the form factor, it's that it's guaranteed
| e-waste. Once it runs out of battery, that's it. I think the
| pebble guy said that it should last a few months with regular
| usage but like... What a waste of materials.
| sho_hn wrote:
| Yeah, it's the principle that gets me. "By the time it run
| out of power, there will be a new version" does nothing to
| make it better, either. That's like Planned Obsolescence
| 2.0.
|
| I just don't think we should make stuff like this, and I
| definitely don't want to signal support for it on my wrist.
| apparent wrote:
| I'm curious how you feel about AirPods, for example. They
| also do not have replaceable batteries, and after a few
| years of regular use they become increasingly unusable for
| their intended purpose.
|
| I have a different memory than you regarding the expected
| lifespan of the ring, which I think was 1-2 years with
| normal usage. I don't plan to get one, but it certainly
| hasn't soured me on the brand. There's pretty clear
| tradeoffs involved with putting replaceable or rechargeable
| batteries in such a small device.
|
| Some people were very upset that iPhones didn't have
| replaceable batteries like Blackberries. But it would seem
| that pretty much everyone got over that. With even tinier
| devices like AirPods and smart rings, it would seem like
| even less of an e-waste issue. I say this as someone who
| has no plans to get one of these things, FWIW.
| sho_hn wrote:
| The ring doesn't just have irreplaceable batteries, it
| _cannot be charged_. You get it charged and once it 's
| empty, it's obsolete. The more you use it, the faster
| this happens, and the usage they advertised was very much
| not using it very regularly at that.
|
| I'm not tilting at the "the battery cannot be removed!"
| windmill. This is a whole new low. It's consumable
| consumer electronics.
|
| The only thing that will prevent this from becoming a
| cautionary tale for the ages, a Juicero of e-waste, is
| its lack of cultural relevance.
| apparent wrote:
| I get that, but if the question is about e-waste volume,
| don't we have to compare the amount of e-waste that
| results from tossing a non-rechargeable ring after it's
| depleted versus making all of the rings larger and
| creating chargers for them?
|
| It's like the argument about reusable grocery bags: they
| can have a smaller carbon footprint than disposable ones,
| but only if you use them like 120 times (most people
| don't come close).
|
| How big would the charger be, how much bigger would the
| ring be, and how many charge cycles would it have to
| undergo in order for the e-waste math to be favorable?
| And does that solve the issue, or will people still be
| complaining that it's not a replaceable battery?
|
| I guess I just tend to give a little more benefit of the
| doubt to the creator, who has presumably thought about
| these things and at any rate is making a niche product
| that is physically very small. It seems like this could
| only reach a reasonable volume of waste if it were mass-
| market or much larger per-unit.
| micromacrofoot wrote:
| If you've ever thrown out a single smartphone, by weight you've
| created more ewaste than a lifetime of those rings. There's
| more ewaste in a single AA battery, surely you must complain
| about those in every comment thread they're mentioned?
| solarkraft wrote:
| This almost feels like planned obsolescence, with my Pebble Time
| Steel just recently starting to give up =) I'm joking, the thing
| has held up amazingly well under all the stress I have put it
| through for a remarkably long time. It's just pretty well timed,
| in a way.
|
| I've been holding out for a refresh that can compete with the
| look of the Time Steel, basically the design of the original Time
| 2. I _might_ go with this one, but that would mean having to
| abandon the square watchface I 've grown fond of. Maybe there are
| some nice round ones. The two weeks of battery life and activity
| tracking are greatly appreciated!
|
| > Touchscreen (but you don't have to use it!)
|
| What a ride. I hate touchscreens with a burning passion. I hope
| it can be disabled.
| faldor20 wrote:
| I'm a staunch believer that watches should be small enough to
| never annoy, always show the time, and never have to be charged
| but I think this finally does all those things well enough that
| it's a legitimate option.
|
| What is that warranty though? 30 days is pretty rough for a new
| and untested product. It's definitely enough to make me hold off
| for a year just in case.
| kridsdale1 wrote:
| My case full of mechanical watches need to be "charged" every
| 30-50 hours. At least they do indeed tell time.
| apparent wrote:
| I hear you, but the first new Pebble is getting good reviews.
| It's been out for months and I've not heard anything bad about
| it. While the upcoming models are a bit less derivative of past
| watches, they are still pretty well-grounded in prior Pebbles.
| The software is the same as the P2D, and the hardware is pretty
| similar to the prior rect/round Pebbles.
|
| I believe things could go wrong, but I'm not sure what sort of
| latent errors would make sense to worry about. The battery life
| dropping precipitously? (Why would it do this?) Sensors
| breaking within a couple months? (Again, what would lead to
| this?).
|
| I'm curious to know what you are concerned about. I agree that
| a year of track record would be great, but IMO a Pebble will be
| such a big upgrade over pretty much anything else out there
| (AWs etc. that need charging all the damn time), that I'd
| rather not wait a year for the additional data to come in.
| liampulles wrote:
| If the production is similar to the PT2 watches, then there
| will be public beta testing before watches are shipped.
| com2kid wrote:
| I have no idea how the 2 major smart watches (android wear, apple
| watch) have such horrible battery life. Microsoft Band had a 3
| day battery life that would've been 5 days if we weren't forced
| to use a trash accelerometer that drained our battery by a crazy
| amount.
|
| That aside, Android wear being a complete OS is a waste of power.
| There aren't any useful apps for it that take advantage of the
| watch running a full OS.
|
| I'm also miffed that OS updates have dropped by pixel watch's
| battery life from 3 days down to 1 and a half.
|
| Good on Pebble for taking a reasonable approach to watch OS
| design. I presume apple decided they are minting money with a
| 2-ish day battery life so why bother improving things, but it is
| sad that most companies don't care about doing the right thing
| anymore.
| hsbauauvhabzb wrote:
| > works at Microsoft
|
| > it is sad that most companies don't care about doing the
| right thing anymore
|
| Throw rocks once you've stopped the windows 11 spam machine.
| com2kid wrote:
| I haven't worked at Microsoft since 2015.
|
| Currently running Linux on my home PC because I can't stand
| windows 11.
| ossusermivami wrote:
| garmin is arguably one major smart watch vendor and has a great
| battery life
| mmmlinux wrote:
| Garmin is more fitness tracker than smartwatch.
| weavie wrote:
| As someone who has only ever had a Garmin, what am I
| missing from other smartwatches?
| baggachipz wrote:
| I get notifications for text messages, phone calls, and
| emails on my VivoActive 6. There are also good apps; for
| instance, the built-in (free) golf app is great. Battery
| lasts over a week, too. So far, I'm pretty happy with it
| and don't feel the need to get an Apple Watch which
| requires charging every day.
| nicolaslem wrote:
| For what it does, the battery life of the Apple Watch 11 is not
| that bad. It typically lasts more than 48h for me and charges
| very quickly. Putting it to charge when taking a shower is
| enough to not have to think about battery life.
| lawn wrote:
| 48h is still pretty bad honestly.
| apparent wrote:
| Fair, but that means you have to bring a special purpose
| charger with you anytime you go somewhere for more than ~36
| hours. For me, that's the bigger issue. If I could charge
| inductively on the back of my iPhone, for example, I wouldn't
| mind as much.
| nicolaslem wrote:
| I hear you, personally grabbing the charger for overnight
| stays hasn't been a problem but there are a few
| compact/inexpensive third-party dongles that are like the
| official charging cable but without the cable[0]. They can
| be stay in a car, laptop bag, etc. and charge the watch
| from an iPhone or another usb-c power source.
|
| [0] Random example for illustration
| https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKV9JBR4
| apparent wrote:
| Huh interesting, I guess that would help somewhat. But
| for me, I prefer to pretty much never have to worry about
| charging my watch.
|
| As a kid, I had watches that didn't need new batteries
| for years. As an adult, I was willing to trade off some
| battery life (down to a week or so) in order to get
| notifications my wrist, music controls, and activity
| tracking.
|
| Although I can see some benefit in being able to see my
| Uber status in real time, or other app-related
| functionality, I am not interested in charging a wearable
| every day or two. I don't want to have to worry about
| whether I'm "using my watch too much" to be able to make
| it through a short trip, or until the end of my second
| day.
|
| I know some people have different preferences on this,
| but for me a watch should be something that doesn't
| require any maintenance for weeks at a time.
| pjerem wrote:
| > As a kid, I had watches that didn't need new batteries
| for years.
|
| Haha, my kid just got his first watch for Christmas. A
| Casio. He loves it.
|
| On the box, it's written << 10 years of autonomy >> and I
| was like << oh, I forgot it was a thing >>.
| RestartKernel wrote:
| The Nothing CMF Watch has a true (two?) week-long battery life
| due to its RTOS, but it's kind of mediocre otherwise. More like
| a souped up Casio.
| StopDisinfo910 wrote:
| Oppo and OnePlus have around 10 days with a full Android Wear
| system using a clever hybrid technologie running another low
| powered OS when Wear is not required.
|
| The market is very different nowadays than when the Pebble
| came out.
| TrainedMonkey wrote:
| Withings smart watches are kind of insane with 30 day battery
| life, but the subscription farming in the app is infuriating.
|
| All I want from a smart watch:
|
| - Waterproof, wireless charging, at least a week of battery
| life
|
| - Automatically track exercise and sleep, let me update the
| data if needed.
|
| - Track my fitness trends over time, looking at you resting
| heart rate
|
| - Optionally, learn a couple of recurring patterns to improve
| automatic exercise assignment. If I hike twice a week and you
| see an exercise session with a consistent heart rate profile
| you better believe I am hiking
| wvenable wrote:
| I can get days out of my Samsung Watch 7 if I turn off
| everything like the always on display, constant health
| tracking, Wifi, etc. But I don't.
| RestartKernel wrote:
| Looks great, but a mere 30 day warranty for manufacturing defects
| is kind of insane. I'm glad they're planning to fully support
| notifications on iOS in the EU due to the DMA, but that warranty
| wouldn't even be legal if they sell directly within the EU.
| lm28469 wrote:
| > Looks great, but a mere 30 day warranty for manufacturing
| defects is kind of insane.
|
| It's illegal in advanced societies, but americans call these
| things "communism" (the rest of the world uses "regulations")
| thedangler wrote:
| Bring back Pebble Steal. I lost my original and got the pebble
| time 2 but its just not the same.
| cognisent wrote:
| You can get a Pebble Steal next time you see someone wearing
| one in public...
| mrinterweb wrote:
| Pebble seems to be the only watch company that I feel understands
| what a smartwatch should be. It feels like everyone else is
| trying to make a phone replacement. Pebbles are more of an
| extension to your phone. Sure it can do some things without the
| phone, but it isn't trying to make calls, access mobile data with
| its own sim, use GPS. Those kinds of watches feel like they are
| designed for athletes who want to leave their phone at home. I'm
| not that guy. My phone comes with me everywhere, so why would I
| want phone-light on my wrist when my phone in my pocket can do it
| better?
|
| Pebble also gets battery life. Pebble's 2 weeks compared to 1 day
| on my pixel watch 3. Want to use that cool sleep tracking feature
| on your smartwatch? Guess what? Its on the charger.
| Pfhortune wrote:
| Exactly this. Pebbles feel like they were built from the ground
| up to be a watch, whereas the Apple Watch and Android Wear feel
| like they started from a phone and stripped things away until
| it became a watch.
|
| Separately, it baffles me that Garmin, despite them having also
| built a watch OS from the ground up, never understood
| watch/limited-button UX. Their Instinct and Forerunner watches
| have all sorts of wonky, hidden and arcane interactions with
| buttons (long press this to X, press this here to Y). Pebble
| proves that a simple, shallow, and linear menu system works
| great!
| sahila wrote:
| > Pebble proves that a simple, shallow, and linear menu
| system works great!
|
| Hard to say this is true when Garmin watches are far more
| successful than Pebble. That aside, the forerunner is a
| sports watch first where you want lots of physical buttons
| that don't get bothered by sweat. The better Garmin
| comparison is the Venu series which only have two buttons
| https://www.garmin.com/en-US/c/wearables-
| smartwatches/?serie....
| glitchc wrote:
| Well, Garmin is a GPS company, not a watch company. The watch
| is simply the most popular form factor.
| Jiro wrote:
| So there is no way to get weather on this? That's conspicuously
| absent from the features.
| sumitgt wrote:
| There's a ton of apps and watchfaces on the Pebble that show
| the weather
| Jiro wrote:
| There's a ton of apps and watchfaces on the existing Pebble
| appstore that showed the weather back when the earlier
| Pebbles were new. I don't think any of them still work,
| because they depend on being able to access services that
| were around back then. These new Pebbles conspicuously don't
| list the ability to show the weather.
| barefootford wrote:
| Sorta wish they would ship the last watches before announcing
| more that are months away. I'm pretty sure I preordered 9 months
| ago and still have nothing to show for it.
| modeless wrote:
| They're announcing now so that you can switch your preorder if
| you want. I got my Pebble 2 Duo a while ago and have been
| wearing it ever since.
| rvz wrote:
| > Dual microphones for speech input (eg interacting with AI
| agents) and replying to.
|
| But no heart rate monitor.
| IshKebab wrote:
| How are they reusing the mechanical design from the original
| Pebble Round when they sold it to Google?
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