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Re: Pebble Round 2

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Post by modeless »

I still consider the original Pebble Time Round to be the best smartwatch ever made, even 10 years on. Until now. This is everything I ever wanted in a watch. I can't wait to get mine! I may have to spend some time doing remakes of my favorite watch faces for the new screen resolution.

Re: Pebble Round 2

#23

Post by ImPostingOnHN »

> No more bezel

Maybe I'm looking at the wrong image, but I see a silver bezel going all around the watch screen.

I thought "no bezel" on a screen means the screen goes all the way to the edges of the device.

Still want one tho.

Re: Pebble Round 2

#24

Post by Willamin »

erohead wrote: post #3

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

Is a normal (non-rose) gold (or even a brass) color something we could look forward go in the future?

Was the decision to not sell that color based on expected demand for the color or did it not work for some other reason?

Re: Pebble Round 2

#25

Post by treffer »

erohead wrote: post #3

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

I pre-ordered because I loved the Pebble Round - especially the size and look. My intended use case is for formal dress codes and special events (weddings, new years, ...) wheretny fennix 51mm does not fit in (literally and figuratively).

That said: I can't find full dimensions for the new round 2. I can guesstimate that it should be 10-20% smaller in diameter and less than 2/3 the thickness.

Would you mind sharing full dimensions or even update the post?

And congratulations! I really like this. I hope there will be enough of a market to support this project long term.

Re: Pebble Round 2

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Post by apparent »

ImPostingOnHN wrote: post #23

> No more bezel Maybe I'm looking at the wrong image, but I see a silver bezel going all around the watch screen. I thought "no bezel" on a screen means the screen goes all the way to the edges of the device. Still want one tho.

I think pretty much all watches have some sort of raised dial/edge in order to protect the glass. This one is not as small as some, but compared to the original round pebble, this is much, much smaller.

Re: Pebble Round 2

#27

Post by apparent »

treffer wrote: post #25
erohead wrote: post #3

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

I pre-ordered because I loved the Pebble Round - especially the size and look. My intended use case is for formal dress codes and special events (weddings, new years, ...) wheretny fennix 51mm does not fit in (literally and figuratively). That said: I can't find full dimensions for the new round 2. I can guesstimate that it should be 10-20% smaller in diameter and less than 2/3 the thickness. Would you mind sharing f…

Yes, the slimness and ability to dress up are certainly huge selling points. It does look about 1/4 thinner than the PT2, which is presumably much thinner/smaller than your fennix.

Honestly, even with a PT2 on order, I would consider getting one of these for the occasions (1x/wk?) where I am wearing a dress shirt or otherwise want to look a little more dressed up. It honestly would probably also be a nice conversation starter because you can set it up with a traditional watchface, but then when you get a notification it would obviously not be a traditional watch. And it's so much thinner than Google/Samsung and other round smartwatches, it wouldn't be confused with those.

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