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Pebble Replacements
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natjjohn
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Virtua Ben
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First of all. Fuck Pebble's management for going about this in such an awful way.
Second of all, there aren't *too* many options that are anything similar to pebble. Seems like most "smartwatches" are going to hybrids (analogue, with some smart watch functions), like Misfit phase. The closest to pebble is Vector, or Fossil's smart watch.
Second of all, there aren't *too* many options that are anything similar to pebble. Seems like most "smartwatches" are going to hybrids (analogue, with some smart watch functions), like Misfit phase. The closest to pebble is Vector, or Fossil's smart watch.
The Apple Watch is pretty cool. Series 1 is only water resistant, but cheaper.
You need an iPhone 5 or later running iOS 10 if you want latest watch OS.
It's OLED screen and mini computer though, so requires charging every day or two
natjjohn
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She was getting a Pebble 2 after having a previous version. That order was refunded.
Delicious Waffles
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Another Pebble. Try and snag one of whatever's left in the wild.
This
Unfortunately there isn't any viable replacement
And I second the fuck you to Pebble's management.
Seth Enosh
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I have a Fitbit blaze. It's similar to the pebble in terms of battery life, gets about 5 days on a charge and has heart rate tracking.
I expect the acquisition of pebble will help them improve their software a bit. The Fitbit is a bit lacking in software functions, like there's no way to browse your current calendar on it.
Edit: I do wish I had the e-ink screen though. The Fitbit doesn't have an always on screen since it's an LCD. I think pebble was the only one with e-ink.
I expect the acquisition of pebble will help them improve their software a bit. The Fitbit is a bit lacking in software functions, like there's no way to browse your current calendar on it.
Edit: I do wish I had the e-ink screen though. The Fitbit doesn't have an always on screen since it's an LCD. I think pebble was the only one with e-ink.
Ah in that case I would honestly recommend any of the iWatches. From the first gen (series 0 [unofficially named series 0]) to the latest Series 1 or Series 2. I used to be a regular watch guy, but trying out the iWatch since last November has changed my opinion on the iWatch. She will love it
JoeyJungle
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Apple Watch is the obvious answer. I got a basically new Series 2 recently off of Swappa for a pretty reasonable price ($240 total for the watch with the sports band and an a leather strap the seller bought from Etsy for $80).
KamenSenshi
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There is also the Huawei Fit. Waterproof with the Pebbles screen, battery life, and heart rate monitor. It has only a few watch faces and no apps though. It connects to Health kit and Up from Jawbone if she was doing that on the Pebble as well. Its super light though which could be good or bad.
Mineshaft_Gap
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I personally prefer sand.
Sure, it's smaller. But there's more of it. And after all -- quantity has a quality all its' own.
Sure, it's smaller. But there's more of it. And after all -- quantity has a quality all its' own.
Looking for a replacement as my Pebble restarts a couple of times a day. Android Wear is shit, so nothing there for me - I'm looking for a watch with smart functions, not a second smartphone on my wrists.
Anyone tried the Vector Watches? Expensive, but 30 days of battery, water proof and nice looking design. Maybe I should try one of them ...
Anyone tried the Vector Watches? Expensive, but 30 days of battery, water proof and nice looking design. Maybe I should try one of them ...
ginger ninja
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I was able to snag the original for $20 from amazon recently and I am hoping the community will stay lively for a while.
I mostly got it for tinkering since I have a fitbit charge 2 which is a great fitness band but useless for smartwatch functions. It's a shame what happened to pebble because e-reader smartwatch with long batteries is a fucking brilliant idea. Sad! #makepebblegreatagain
I mostly got it for tinkering since I have a fitbit charge 2 which is a great fitness band but useless for smartwatch functions. It's a shame what happened to pebble because e-reader smartwatch with long batteries is a fucking brilliant idea. Sad! #makepebblegreatagain
Yeah pretty much just a case of getting another Pebble while you still can. I don't see a direct replacement on the market. In all cases, battery life is taking a huge hit, you'll probably lose the always on display, and you're almost certainly spending more.
I had the original Moto 360 and it was a decent product but it feels like a case of trying to do far too much (this applies to Android Wear in general). I could get a day of battery out of it, much less than the 5-7 from the Pebble Time. It was chunkier, a lot more expensive but the lack of always on display was the biggest annoyance. Yeah, you can have it, but it's dim and eats even more battery.
DerpButter
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Is there anything stopping a third party dev coming in, reversing the API and offering a paid replacement pebble app to keep them functional?
There are already replacement paired apps for Android and (jailbroken) iOS. The question is the core PebbleOS development and continued hardware support.
Fitbit Blaze if you can find a great deal on them. I was able to buy a couple for 135 dollars each on amazon sale.
I had the Blaze for a bit before I returned it. It's a good fitness tracker but bad at everything the Pebble is good at.
Some of the signs coming from Fitbit towards Pebble devs are encouraging, so we may see the Pebble ecosystem, at least, live on.
If you're wife is a runner, do NOT go for an Apple Watch.
Some negative points I came across a while ago online:
- since it uses touch, you can't easily handle the device while running. That alone should be enough reason to go with something like Garmin that has actual buttons.
- the sport apps are meh. If you want a solid platform, go for Garmin / TomTom / Polar / other well known sport watch. Garmin is still the best feature wise.
- no always-on display.
- horrible battery life. Also don't think about using it as an alarm clock on your wrist to wake up, since you actually have to charge it every night or so.
I personally can't live without my Garmin's wrist vibration to wake me up anymore. Way better than a smartphone app beeping.
edit: Also, Garmin has an app platform. Just not as extensive as Pebble and mostly sports related.
Some negative points I came across a while ago online:
- since it uses touch, you can't easily handle the device while running. That alone should be enough reason to go with something like Garmin that has actual buttons.
- the sport apps are meh. If you want a solid platform, go for Garmin / TomTom / Polar / other well known sport watch. Garmin is still the best feature wise.
- no always-on display.
- horrible battery life. Also don't think about using it as an alarm clock on your wrist to wake up, since you actually have to charge it every night or so.
I personally can't live without my Garmin's wrist vibration to wake me up anymore. Way better than a smartphone app beeping.
edit: Also, Garmin has an app platform. Just not as extensive as Pebble and mostly sports related.
Bought it yesterday, and today ... F**K YOU FITBIT!!
I really hope their plan is to make a Vector designed watch with Pebble-like Software.
Caesar III
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I'm so pissed right now! Was about to get a vector myself
Dylan Sexbang
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Fitbit Blaze is pretty neat. It doesn't have all the fancy apps an Apple Watch has, but it gets notifications and text alerts, as well as watches sleeping schedule. I like it.
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