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Introducing Pebble Time

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Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by riyadparvez »

mahyarm wrote: post #158
untog wrote: post #96

I'll admit to being disappointed. After the Pebble Steel I thought they were going to take appearances seriously, but the Pebble Time barely even looks better than the original Pebble. Maybe if they make a Pebble Time Steel it'll be the one for me (and the sales figures suggest plenty do not agree with me). That said, kudos to them for getting it out and being independent competition to Android Wear and the Apple Wat…

Yeah it is too bad. I know many people who will not wear a smart watch if it doesn't look good. And these are people who have / wear many fashion watches of various sizes. The apple watch is the first watch that they actually like appearance wise. At least come out with a shiny gold, brass and rose gold colored versions. Not actual gold mind you, just gold colored. There are certain market segments that love those co…

I don't need fashionable watch. But this thing looks so childish.

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Post by canistr »

parktheredcar wrote: post #191
darkstar999 wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$3,956,662 (as of this post) happened.

I wonder if they are getting the usual 5% or if there's some sort of partnership based on the two companies' histories together.

I suspect that the reason to continue using Kickstarter even with the 5% fee is that it comes included with publicity from not just Kickstarter, but the media outlets that will relay this story.

Re: Introducing Pebble Time

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Post by swang »

freehunter wrote: post #167
swang wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh, for $10 you take what you can get. For ~$200 I don't need expensive materials but I would like it to not look like what it looks like. This double bezel thing is kinda ugly. I mean if you spend $20 more from the $10 Timex you can get a Timex Weekend, which looks pretty nice.

It's all relative to the market. The original Pebble is $100. Compare that to the LG G Watch R at $300. Going to the LG, you get a nicer looking watch but you lose more than six days of battery life, you lose cross-platform functionality, and you lose the ruggedness that the Pebble has. That was my point. If you want a nice looking smartwatch, they exist as long as you can handle the tradeoffs.

Good design does not mean expensive design. It's not a comparison to the LG watch or the Moto watch.

And this thing is ~$200; not $100, so comparing the original pebble to the LG G is a dishonest comparison anyways. Also the original pebble was a better design than this thing and it had way more leeway of not looking nice since it was such a niche product at the time.

I love the UI/UX concept they're going for with the timeline but I would not want to wear this watch. It just sticks out too much like a computer on your wrist.

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Post by agentultra »

lnanek2 wrote: post #131

3 million dollars and they can't hire an industrial designer to make it look like something other than a preschool toy? They feel like a bunch of developers competing against Apple. No offense intended, I'm a developer myself. I think they'll have more and better features, since that is how developers think, but you need to look good to really capture all the consumers.

I like the look of it and I like the look of my original KS-edition Pebble. It's plain, muted and functional. I bought it for functionality and not as a status symbol. There are far better watches for that. It seems to me that Pebble knows their audience and that their choice of design wasn't due to a lack of industrial design experience.

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Post by 0xCMP »

mahyarm wrote: post #158
untog wrote: post #96

I'll admit to being disappointed. After the Pebble Steel I thought they were going to take appearances seriously, but the Pebble Time barely even looks better than the original Pebble. Maybe if they make a Pebble Time Steel it'll be the one for me (and the sales figures suggest plenty do not agree with me). That said, kudos to them for getting it out and being independent competition to Android Wear and the Apple Wat…

Yeah it is too bad. I know many people who will not wear a smart watch if it doesn't look good. And these are people who have / wear many fashion watches of various sizes. The apple watch is the first watch that they actually like appearance wise. At least come out with a shiny gold, brass and rose gold colored versions. Not actual gold mind you, just gold colored. There are certain market segments that love those co…

They announced it would be actual gold. Just like for luxury gold watches.

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Post by alwillis »

melling wrote: post #50
joshstrange wrote: post #36

I'm extremely torn. On one hand (or rather, on one wrist) I have the pebble steel and I LOVE it, couldn't imagine going back. But on the other wrist I have an iPhone and the pebble works better with Android ATM so the Apple Watch looks attractive. Back to the first wrist, the pebble has much better battery life and is cheaper than the even the lowest priced Apple Watch... Edit: Ok, I pulled the trigger, I can always…

The Apple Watch will be better with strong competition. It's great that there's a company that spends all day thinking about making a better watch. Anyway, you'll need to wear something while your Apple Watch is charging. :-)

Apple isn’t competing with Pebble; it’s odd that people don’t get this. It’s like saying Porsche is competing with Kia. They both make cars but they’re targeting two very different markets with very little overlap.

We shouldn’t confuse consumer choice with competition. I know several Pebble owners who wouldn’t buy an Apple Watch even if it cost the same as a Pebble because they don’t like what they believe Apple represents.

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Post by FrankenPC »

lumisota wrote: post #31
kyrra wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple is targeting "a full day of use", while Pebble is targeting 7 days of battery life. Not having to charge my watch daily sounds much nicer to me.

Cue the advent of colour e-paper smartphones.

Actually, it would be nice to have a smartphone equivalent of a Toughbook. Very difficult to crush, e-paper display and large battery so it can run for a few weeks on a charge. There are mission critical industries that would like a phone that just works for a very long time.

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Post by rralian »

arrrg wrote: post #6

It's a bland gadget. I'm really not sure about that approach. It's so cheap and uninspired. Whatever you think about the overall shape of the Apple Watch, at least it's not a bland gadget. It seems to pay meticulous attention to all the micro details that make jewelry jewlery and not a bland tech toy. (Seems to because obviously no one has looked at it in detail. But first indications are good.) This one does not. I'…

It's a shame. I think the navigation paradigm is really neat, the screen looks great, and 7 hours of battery life is right on. But those buttons look kinda clumsy and cheap to me. There's a lot to like, but the form factor isn't very enticing.

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Post by ggamecrazy »

ics wrote: post #117
ggamecrazy wrote: post #75

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I'm guessing they have a understanding with Kickstarter. Pebble is guaranteed to break some records with Kickstarter and it will get great press. With competitors like GoFundMe and Indiegogo I'm sure that Kickstarter welcomed Pebble back with open arms. Good for them!

That and the 5% they get for funded projects.

I highly doubt they didn't negotiate that way down.
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