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Pebble Round 2

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Re: Pebble Round 2

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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.

Re: Pebble Round 2

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Proud of this one! Feel free to ask any questions you might have. (Pebble founder)

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?

Re: Pebble Round 2

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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.

Re: Pebble Round 2

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Proud of this one! Feel free to ask any questions you might have. (Pebble founder)

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?

> Screws

Nope! No screws on this one.

> Is that a matter of adapting the watchfaces to the bigger screen?

Yes, exactly.

Re: Pebble Round 2

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Proud of this one! Feel free to ask any questions you might have. (Pebble founder)

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!

Re: Pebble Round 2

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

> Screws Nope! No screws on this one. > Is that a matter of adapting the watchfaces to the bigger screen? Yes, exactly.

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?

Re: Pebble Round 2

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Proud of this one! Feel free to ask any questions you might have. (Pebble founder)

On the repebble compare chart the round is marked as having both a speaker and mic, that’s incorrect right?

Re: Pebble Round 2

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Screws Nope! No screws on this one. > Is that a matter of adapting the watchfaces to the bigger screen? Yes, exactly.

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?

Still doing our water resistance testing on Round 2, but that is the target (30m water resistance)!
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