Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
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Re: Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
#2The smart watch market is just huge.
If there are 100 million people who wear an Apple Watch, it’s not surprising that less than .02% of that number would like something as niche as the pebble.
It’s like the iPod Classic people. Billions of people want music with them wherever they go. 12 of them like it in MP3 form on a little brick that’s not their phone.
Re: Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
#3If it works for you, why would you migrate to a different product with features or performance outside of your needs? We are so deep into a disposable society that we eagerly await the NEXT BIG THING (TM) without ever evaluating what our need consists of or whether we have any need for an upgrade to begin with.
Re: Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
#4I am one of those people! I'm scared of the day my pebble stops working, it's honestly the best peiece of electronics I've ever owned.
Re: Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
#5Pebble was a game changer. Mine's in a drawer somewhere..
Re: Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
#6The smart watch market is just huge. If there are 100 million people who wear an Apple Watch, it’s not surprising that less than .02% of that number would like something as niche as the pebble. It’s like the iPod Classic people. Billions of people want music with them wherever they go. 12 of them like it in MP3 form on a little brick that’s not their phone.
Its me. I'm 12 of them.
Re: Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
#7I was only forced to swap because the battery started inflating.
Currently on an Amazfit Bip S, fills in all my needs really, and has even better battery life.
Re: Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
#8The smart watch market is just huge. If there are 100 million people who wear an Apple Watch, it’s not surprising that less than .02% of that number would like something as niche as the pebble. It’s like the iPod Classic people. Billions of people want music with them wherever they go. 12 of them like it in MP3 form on a little brick that’s not their phone.
It’s interesting to me that when the Apple Watch was coming out (and maybe more broadly when fitness bands etc. were becoming available) there was a pretty widespread sentiment that younger people didn’t want watches because why would they? They always had their phones.
Re: Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
#9Pebble was a game changer. Mine's in a drawer somewhere..
As is mine. Loathe to throw it away, yet quite sure it doesn't work anymore.
Re: Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
#10After the disaster that was the Galaxy Watch 4, I've given up completely on Android Wear - it is just too slow, even right out of the box, and the battery life is abysmal. Going flat at 7pm without anything extra installed and with 4G off is unacceptable.
So I'm trying to move to a simpler watch with just basic smart features and longer battery life, but one where I can customize the watchface with code.
I ended up going with Watchy: https://watchy.sqfmi.com/
And it's cool, but it's extremely basic, a bit bulky and ugly, and has all the drawbacks of E-Paper.
Pebble would have been perfect. If they still sold them I would buy one today. It's tragic the company went under so quickly.
Maybe I should get a Pebble. But I don't really want to buy a second hand smartwatch, and I don't see the point in investing into something that will never be updated and has no official support. All this update does it make the phone companion app work on a Pixel 7.
RIP Pebble. I hope someone makes something similar.