Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

repebble.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

41–50 of 205 posts

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

#41

Post by idiotsecant »

consp wrote: post #37
yde_java wrote: post #4

Feels so fresh to hear their CEO talk so openly and transparently of all the flaws their products still have. Sounds like he's someone very fun to work with.

The failure rate waving is quite a stretch though. If you take into account reporting rates and time (since most people do not have the watch for long) I'm quite concerned. And I own a PT2. The "look big number, it's not a problem" does not translate to actual sensible failure rates. To be clear: 51 broken screens in less than two months results in a yearly failure rate of over 1% which is find quite high for a watch…

What would your acceptable failure rate be?

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

#42

Post by tpm »

hn8726 wrote: post #30
lawn wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also under the minimum EU demands, but I guess they found a loophole or they just hope they won't be fined.

EU doesn't impose a minimum manufacturer warranty period. What it imposes is a _seller_ guarantee, for which the manufacturer's limited warranty conditions don't really apply directly anyway. Many companies will offer a 2-year warranty because they know that's how long they need to support the buyer anyway, but I've often seen conditions like "2 year warranty for EU, 1yr in US". Anyway, iiuc pebble is not doing anyth…

In this case the seller is American and shipping from Asia, so while the warranty should be 2 years in the EU, there is no way to force them as they have no presence in the EU.

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

#44

Post by bojan »

spwa4 wrote: post #35
lawn wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not quite sure what that implies. That they have to support EU customers (since they sell directly to them) for 2 years and their "30 day warranty claim" is overridden?

You realize the EU let Chinese sellers sell lead-containing painted toys to EU babies for 12 years despite endless warnings, right? They will not act unless forced or it's easy enough. The EU came from the "European Union of coal and steel". It's a business first, not a government. And yes, they've really deceived a lot of people about this. That's why we have the DMA ... except for Apple ... except for Google, as if…

The toys are the problem because there are so many being imported they can't possibly control them all.

And if the EU tries to do something structural about it the backlash is enormous - look at that 3 euro fee for packages for example.

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

#45

Post by chias »

The watch I really want is the Pebble Time 2 with a black-and-white screen.

The Pebble Time 2 is a huge step up from the Pebble 2 Duo in almost every conceivable way, but the contrast ratio on the latter is so much better that I still wear the P2D instead of the PT2, and just resign myself to deal with the lower resolution screen and inferior build quality.

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

#46

Post by applfanboysbgon »

Zababa wrote: post #14
embedding-shape wrote: post #6

Anyone tried/ended up using their Index 01 in any substantial way? Looks interesting but the non-changable battery turned me off a bit, now this post reminded me of the little ring again, looks handy for taking quick voice memos.

"Battery that lasts for years" being actually 12-15 hours of recording is a huge turn off honestly. >How long does the battery last? >Roughly 12 to 15 hours of recording. On average, I use it 10-20 times per day to record 3-6 second thoughts. That's up to 2 years of usage. They then say: >Wait, it's single use? >Yes. We know this sounds a bit odd, but in this particular circumstance we believe it's the best solution…

> other smart rings like Oura cost $250+

It's crazy they manage to say this with a straight face when their product still costs $225. Gee, $225 for a disposable piece of e-waste or $250 for a rechargeable device... but hey, at least it reminds you with an advertisement to spend another $225 before it dies!

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

#48

Post by netless »

chias wrote: post #45

The watch I really want is the Pebble Time 2 with a black-and-white screen. The Pebble Time 2 is a huge step up from the Pebble 2 Duo in almost every conceivable way, but the contrast ratio on the latter is so much better that I still wear the P2D instead of the PT2, and just resign myself to deal with the lower resolution screen and inferior build quality.

agree 100%

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

#49

Post by consp »

idiotsecant wrote: post #41
consp wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The failure rate waving is quite a stretch though. If you take into account reporting rates and time (since most people do not have the watch for long) I'm quite concerned. And I own a PT2. The "look big number, it's not a problem" does not translate to actual sensible failure rates. To be clear: 51 broken screens in less than two months results in a yearly failure rate of over 1% which is find quite high for a watch…

What would your acceptable failure rate be?

Less than 1% yoy combined. This is far over that when you combine all failures. Battery degradation is of course excluded.

Re: Pebble Mega Update – July 2026

#50

Post by rusk »

happymellon wrote: post #18
MDCore wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Legacy pebbles still work great with rebble.io. I still use my pebble time daily connected to my android phone.

I went through 3 pebbles with the screen corrupting, and sending it back for a refurb. I'm jealous that yours is still working, and I'm looking forward to getting back in the fold. My Fitbit Versa that I finally got after the acquisition is definitely spiritually related, but after Google bought Fitbit and got involved it became terrible with bugs.

They did the decent thing with the Versa and refunded everybody.
Post reply on HN