This is almost $80. The PineTime watch is less than half that price. Obviously the specs are different but that's quite a difference.
Where you can buy pinetine for 40$?
A programmable watch you can actually wear
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Re: A programmable watch you can actually wear
#52Anyone know what the battery life is likely to be like?
Bad.
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#53I would love to see some extra sensors for heartbeat, temperature, blood oxygen and whatever else could be captured by the design.
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#54I like a good smart watch and I appreciate open source, but an ESP32 isn't a great pick when low power consumption is important and the device is going to be communicating regularly. I'm surprised LILYGO went that direction in a watch form factor.
an esp32 on an 1100mah battery will last years on deep sleep, and about a day with wifi on and in high power modes.
a pixel watch 4 says they last 30 hours , ambiguously. they use a battery less than half the size. in reality with constant use they'll drop dead in 6 hours.
the thing is clunky and heavy , anyway -- so if it lasts as long as an off the shelf watch who cares?
also, the primary reason : lilygo shoves ESPs into everything.
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#55That's more a programmable watch than a DIY one :-) I build mine from scratch, including the PCB and a 3D printed case. For sure, that's not at all the same level of customability, programmability, capacity, nor quality. But It is really a DIY one. For anyone interested: https://github.com/jblezoray/hpdl1414-watch
Ok, we'll make the title say programmable instead.
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#56When can we finally buy a smartwatch that can keep its (color) display ON during the entire day?
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#57I would buy it if it had wifi. A (decent to wear) watch with wifi would be awesome. Tons of ideas for apps I would build for myself Ofc, im excluding apple
Oddly, the article didn't mention it - but the watch does have wifi.
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#58When can we finally buy a smartwatch that can keep its (color) display ON during the entire day?
Watches with color memory-in-pixel displays have existed since Pebble.
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#59When can we finally buy a smartwatch that can keep its (color) display ON during the entire day?
September 18, 2020. That's when Apple released their Watch Series 6, which has an always on color display, and enough battery to last all day.
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#60When can we finally buy a smartwatch that can keep its (color) display ON during the entire day?
A Garmin memory-in-pixel eInk (MIP) watch? Lots of choices there, since about 2015. Modern versions (MIP not AMOLED, the category is getting confusing) last about 10 days on a charge.