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Two new PebbleOS watches

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Re: Two new PebbleOS watches

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Post by c22 »

radlad wrote: post #136
ryukafalz wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That reads to me as what they'll do if the import tariff situation changes, not if the company changes the price themselves. Which seems like a reasonable thing to say given the massive uncertainty around US economic policy at the moment.

I think it's reasonable too, but it also means I don't want to pony up $150 now to potentially have the seller renege and (hopefully) refund me later. I can make use that $150 between then and now.

By that logic the watch is a non-essential luxury good so you probably should use the $150 you have now in a more productive manner regardless of potential futures.

Re: Two new PebbleOS watches

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Post by promiseofbeans »

I'm curious that the $150 ones has a barometer and compass, while the $225 one doesn't in favour of a heart rate monitor.

Given that they're specifically saying you shouldn't use it as a sports watch, what use is an HRM, especially when compared to the utility of a compass and barometer/altimeter?

Re: Two new PebbleOS watches

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Post by noname120 »

QuantumNoodle wrote: post #125
erohead wrote: post #3

I'll be hanging out here - happy to answer any questions you have!

Hey Eric! Any chance to open up support and reparability for old pebbles? For example, run the newly open OS on old hardware or source parts for old pebbles, like batteries for pebble time ;)

Not enough money to be made + older parts are hard to source (discontinued)

Re: Two new PebbleOS watches

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Post by brianshaler »

theodric wrote: post #284
aucisson_masque wrote: post #274

i expected the price to be cheap, like the original pebble. it's trying to make a cheap product into a niche product with kind of premium price, 150$ and 225$ for a watch is already pretty high. The people who can afford it, they already got apple watch.

Disagree, with the following reasoning: 1. IIRC the first Pebble was $99, and the one after it was $149. We're a decade on, inflation is rampant, and the new devices are evidently intended as lower volume products. $149 seems OK to me in 2025. $225 seems OK as well for the color unit, but I don't feel like waiting until December, and can't justify buying two watches. I put my money down for the $149 unit. We'll see h…

> can't justify buying two watches

I managed to eke out a couple more years after Pebbles were discontinued by finding replacements on ebay. If this is a low volume run, I'm contemplating the opposite—whether I can justify not buying multiple while I still can.

Re: Two new PebbleOS watches

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Post by r0fl »

I bought my first Pebble watch the week it was released.

Loved it! Got an Apple Watch and hated it. Got a few more Apple Watches and now the activity rings alone have me hooked. 800+ days in a row of closing my rings means I cannot switch away from apples tightly closed ecosystem :(

I wish this came out years ago and I never got to experience the Apple Watch

Good luck

Re: Two new PebbleOS watches

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Post by samstave »

promiseofbeans wrote: post #292

I'm curious that the $150 ones has a barometer and compass, while the $225 one doesn't in favour of a heart rate monitor. Given that they're specifically saying you shouldn't use it as a sports watch, what use is an HRM, especially when compared to the utility of a compass and barometer/altimeter?

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Re: Two new PebbleOS watches

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Post by noname120 »

erohead wrote: post #85
QuantumNoodle wrote: post #71

As someone who has exclusively worn a pebble since it was crowd funded, I am trilled. I love purpose built devices[0] that don't attempt to do everything. I don't need a watch that does everything, just triage notification and perform time related activities and get out of the way. Pebble has always fit that niche. The fact that I can hack on it and mold it to my needs has been icing. I have some sincere questions on…

1) Yes, the hardest part of building a watch is getting a display. There is only 1 vendor and we have to use what they make. Custom displays cost $1m+ and take 18 months to build. 2) It's not a running watch. I'd recommend getting garmin if you're looking for that.

Why would you want a custom display? Just use the same one as any of the thousands of Chinese watches use

Re: Two new PebbleOS watches

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Post by tombert »

aucisson_masque wrote: post #274

i expected the price to be cheap, like the original pebble. it's trying to make a cheap product into a niche product with kind of premium price, 150$ and 225$ for a watch is already pretty high. The people who can afford it, they already got apple watch.

It's a lot, but for the smartwatch world it's not that bad. My Garmin Instinct Crossover was $400, for example.
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