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Re: Pixel Watch 5

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Post by izacus »

anon7000 wrote: post #183

So I kinda hate smart watches, a lot. Mainly because they are about notifications and apps, both of which SUCK to use on my wrist. Notifications are especially horrible (looking at you Apple, not able to disable reaction notifications in iMessage…), distracting, stressful, make it hard to stay present and focused. What I actually want: - sleep tracking - basic health tracking - maybe basic GPS to track hikes/runs etc…

Garmin literally made their highly successful wearable business around your requirements.

Re: Pixel Watch 5

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Post by Markoff »

Can someone please bring back original Amazfit Bip? I am now on the 3rd one in 8 years (the first body popped out in warranty (got money back), 2nd I cracked the screen cover glass and then water got in and battery swell).

It was superthin with MIP display requiring no backlight and could last 30-40 days on one charge, even now using 6-8 years old piece it can still last 4 weeks, which should probably answer my question why nobody wants to produce long lasting nice watch, you can sell it only once.

Imagine what we could do with MIP and new baterries in same body + imagine if it had open system...

Yeah yeah I know about Pebble Time 2, but it's thicker at 11mm, has no GPS like Bip + most importantly it cost way way more (225USD now vs like 80-99USD in 2018) for pretty much same specs Amazfit Bip had 8 years ago. Why something which cost in 2018 at worst 99USD now cost with worse specs (no GPS) 225USD? It's much easier and cheaper to produce it now.

Re: Pixel Watch 5

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Post by mrmckizzle »

edent wrote: post #81

I overheard a conversation between someone on the Pixel Watch team and a woman I know. He was quizzing her at a party about what features she used - which were pretty much step counter and payment. He somewhat dismissively sneered, "Well, you're not exactly a power user, are you?" I'm trying to imagine what being a "power user" of a watch is like. Can anyone enlighten me? I think smart-watches are much like Alexa. Wh…

Got my PebbleTime 2 about two months ago. I like it for tracking my exercise, heart rate, calendar, and time. My favorite is the alarm which is capable of vibrating when the watch suspects you are not at the deepest point in your sleep.

I feel people like that are unpleasant to be around. Sorry for you friend.

Re: Pixel Watch 5

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Post by ugi »

edent wrote: post #81

I overheard a conversation between someone on the Pixel Watch team and a woman I know. He was quizzing her at a party about what features she used - which were pretty much step counter and payment. He somewhat dismissively sneered, "Well, you're not exactly a power user, are you?" I'm trying to imagine what being a "power user" of a watch is like. Can anyone enlighten me? I think smart-watches are much like Alexa. Wh…

I used to consider myself a watch power user. I've started with LG G Watch in 2014 and had almost every generation in between, and from a lot of different manufcaturers Huawei, Skagen, Samsung, etc. I've even wrote and published a couple of Android Wear apps back in the day. I love the idea of having a computer on the wrist that I can program.

But in the end, what I'm using it for is notifications, time, timer or stopwatch, and glanceable weather forecast. (And I don't like the weather forecast on android/google wear)

Everything else, like sleep tracking, exercise, heart rate tracking, is a nice to have that I would look at from time to time and then do nothing with that information.

Anyways, a month or so ago I bought an amoled esp32c6 watch devkit for ~30 EUR, wrote firmware in rust, wrote a small android app to sync notifications, time and weather forecast, and I'm good. It's buggy and I need to polish it up, but it's exactly what I need. And if I ever need something else, I can just add it. Of course this is an extreme approach. It would be much easier to buy a cheap fitness tracker that does all this and has much longer battery life. I just like to be able to tinker with things.

Re: Pixel Watch 5

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Post by Markoff »

ihaveone wrote: post #121

Pebble Time 2 is still miles ahead being a watch, and only a bit behind being a computer. BUT, it has a sunlight readable ALWAYS on display, really good battery life and is open source. I still don't understand people charging their battery every 2 days or less. It's a problem guys. My Wear OS watches, even my fancy 2 screen one that got about 4 days or so, eventually ended up in a drawer. Never to be used again. Not…

Can you sell Pebble Time 2 to me as Amazfit Bip user? All I need are notifications from smartphone, sleep tracking and pedometer.

I am on my third Bip, the last two I bought used for like 20USD, why would I spend in 2026 225USD on Pebble Time 2 with worse specs (thicker and it doesn't even have GPS) rather than just buy another used Amazfit Bip for 15-20USD (it can still last 4 weeks even with old battery)? Their pricing is completely insane. I don't care about their special OS and custom apps.

Re: Pixel Watch 5

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Post by Markoff »

tuckwat wrote: post #2

30 hours of battery life is a deal breaker. I don't want to charge my watch every day. I've been using the Garmin Forerunner for a few years now and the battery life is 2 weeks!

pfft, only 2 weeks + wearing garmin brick on hand? I would rather go with Pebble Time 2 than Garmin if I had to buy something new (used Bip for 15-20USD is still the best deal), it had decent thickness and better battery life

Amazfit Bip user (10mm thickness, still 4 weeks battery life)

Re: Pixel Watch 5

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Post by Nursie »

edent wrote: post #81

I overheard a conversation between someone on the Pixel Watch team and a woman I know. He was quizzing her at a party about what features she used - which were pretty much step counter and payment. He somewhat dismissively sneered, "Well, you're not exactly a power user, are you?" I'm trying to imagine what being a "power user" of a watch is like. Can anyone enlighten me? I think smart-watches are much like Alexa. Wh…

She's using it for payments, that's probably more than a lot of people! I set them up on mine but rarely bother, the phone is my payment device.

I wear my Apple Watch because it's a fancy health-monitor and I am anticipating atrial fibrillation in my medium-term future (thanks, dad's side of the family!). So it's nice to have a thing that is checking for signs of that and recording a few metrics. I might even upgrade to one with a newer sensor for BP etc before long.

Beyond that and checking the time though, I have almost no use for it. Plus I've had to turn off nearly every other feature and integration I could find because they were annoying.

Gestures which fire when I'm doing the garden, stopping the music I'm listening to. Button long-press actions which get activated by clothing. I eventually had to turn the watch over so the buttons don't get hit by glove-cuffs and cause random stuff to happen when I move around.

Re: Pixel Watch 5

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Post by ChrisRR »

edent wrote: post #81

I overheard a conversation between someone on the Pixel Watch team and a woman I know. He was quizzing her at a party about what features she used - which were pretty much step counter and payment. He somewhat dismissively sneered, "Well, you're not exactly a power user, are you?" I'm trying to imagine what being a "power user" of a watch is like. Can anyone enlighten me? I think smart-watches are much like Alexa. Wh…

I consider myself a power user, and I still can't find a use for my watch beyond fitness tracking when I have my phone in my pocket anyway

Re: Pixel Watch 5

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Post by Manfrednotfunny »

edent wrote: post #81

I overheard a conversation between someone on the Pixel Watch team and a woman I know. He was quizzing her at a party about what features she used - which were pretty much step counter and payment. He somewhat dismissively sneered, "Well, you're not exactly a power user, are you?" I'm trying to imagine what being a "power user" of a watch is like. Can anyone enlighten me? I think smart-watches are much like Alexa. Wh…

Im still giving myself the illusion that tracking my sleep is doing anything relevant.

I sleep bad -> buy watch -> watch tells me I sleep bad -> win/win?

In the gym, i use the timer. But is it worth it to carry a watch all the time, keep it charged etc. for a timer? I'm considering buying a timer for the gym.

We just do'nt need a lot of tech in reality.

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