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  • moonburster@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    I was really excited, but the price is steep compared to the Garmin watches. I currently own an instinct 2. That one gets me between 15 to 18 days of battery and that’s in winter time. In the summer it is longer due to the small solar panel in it. I guess I’ll wait for the reviews and take some nights of sleep on them

  • Pondis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I really wanted a Pebble when they first came out, and then REALLY wanted one when they were selling for next to nothing when FitBit bought the company.

    I love a smart watch, but hate the daily charging. Im currently wearing a fossil hybrid which has an eink screen under the hands, and I love that it lasts 30 days on a charge, but wish it did more.

    So I ordered a Core 2 Duo. I might still cancel the order before December, but no other watch does what I want, and this is the closest.

  • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I wish them the absolute best of luck and hope they stay firmly in their niche.

    I’ll be sticking with my mechanical and dumbquartz watches personally, got more than enough gadgets by now…

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I was thinking of getting this but the focus is mainly for fitness. I think a garmin would be better for my purpose though because I honestly don’t know what I would do with this watch

    • embed_me@programming.devEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Idk if garmin allows you to download your data in an easily accessible format but I would expect Pebble to do it and I expect a nice ecosystem of user-created apps based on that

  • lipilee@feddit.nlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    as much as I loved the original Pebbles (and love the design of these too), I think basically the world has moved on… for this kind of money, I am buying a Garmin watch with GPS, HR, etc. but I hope there will be a group of enthusiasts and wish all the luck to the company with sales. more options are always better :)

    • Hazor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      No moving on here. I still wear a OG Pebble daily, and I’m super excited about this. I just wish they hadn’t chosen ‘Core 2 Duo’ like it hadn’t been the name of another product…

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I haven’t moved on. Pebble Time Steel was the best watch I’ve ever had. I’ve been using Fitbit since the death of Pebble and they never got as good as Pebble was. If Repebble hadn’t shown up, I’d probably be going Garmin after the inevitable death of Fitbit. But now that the choice is between Garmin and a hackable open source Pebble with 30 days of battery life… Repebble wins for me. ☺️

      • InFerNo@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Fitbit was pretty bad. My wife had it and after the 3rd rma she just didn’t bother anymore.

        I have a PineTime now and she basically claimed it as her own so I’m back to wearing analog watches.

        • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I’m being horribly pedantic here but analog is just the display, you can have a highly computerized analog watch, or a purely mechanical digital watch!

          out of curiosity what’s your favorite analog watch (by anyone’s definition) you own?

  • Redex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Wait, the basic version has a compas and barometer without a heart rate monitor, but the more expensive one has a heart rate monitor and no barometer or compass? Why?

    • taanegl@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Because that’s the feature people actually want. The biggest use of these watches is having an active heart rate monitor, as evident by even most of the cheaper watches having them.

      Pebble is now playing a gambit, whereby they think they will sell more of the premium model to people who will be using it for exercise and health reasons.

      Either that, or the hardware chosen specifically separates the heart rate monitor so that vendors strike a better deal with the factories to get specially designed chips.

      Either way, someone is getting taken for a ride.

      • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Because that’s the feature people actually want. The biggest use of these watches is having an active heart rate monitor, as evident by even most of the cheaper watches having them.

        Seriously, even my $30 PineTime has a heart rate monitor.

        I’ve never once used a compass on my watch, mostly because the phone it’s attached to is a much better compass and even has its own barometer built-in. Plus it’s a pain to use a compass on a watch because you have to hold your whole arm up.

      • cley_faye@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Pebble is now playing a gambit, whereby they think they will sell more of the premium model to people who will be using it for exercise and health reasons.

        There’s an explicit line in their site that says these are not made to be fitness trackers, and that garmin are good for that (or some other brand, can’t remember). It would be very odd to say that if it was their target.

        • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.eeEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Dammit, I wanted to use this as a fitness tracker like garmin

          Edit: found this

          Software features

          Each watch runs open source PebbleOS. This enables all the baseline Pebble features like receiving notifications, timeline, watchfaces, alarms, timers, calendar, music control, basic fitness tracking, etc.

          You’re looking for a fitness or sports watch. That’s not what we’re making. From what we hear, Garmin watches are great for runners/cyclists/triathletes!

          https://ericmigi.com/blog/introducing-two-new-pebbleos-watches/

          • smayonak@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 days ago

            For fitness its probably decent but Garmin seems to have placebo sleep tracking. In order to get anything remotely accurate the sleep tracking algorithm has to be compared to a lot of polysomnograph data. But because companies don’t want to spend any more than they need to sleep tracking is usually just tacked on. Garmin hasn’t shown a good track record in this regard.

  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Man I might have to get one of these…I don’t mind my FitBit, but since being gobbled by Google, I don’t need another data point for Google to feed off.

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Anyone remember the screen tearing issue that fucked basically 100% of screens from pebble? I remember.

  • pigup@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    How does this compare to pine64? I want a privacy focused watch if at all possible

    • blandfordforever@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I’m with you on this. If it could come with a privacy-respecting smartphone app hosted on F-Droid, that would be so great.

    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I have a PineTime running through Gadgetbridge, and a Pebble Time Steel with Rebble services. You can pair the Pebble with Gadgetbridge and run it that way, and I imagine these new Core watches would operate similarly… But we will find out as time goes on.

  • mac@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    If it’s open source, could someone potentially develop an app for it to control devices in home assistant? Would love to be able to control my room lights from my watch, and don’t think it’s possible on my Xiami watch fit 3 connected to gadgetbridge.

    I recognize that there would also need to be work done in the app to support this as the watch only supports BLE

  • mac@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Price seems kinda steep for a device that doesn’t have sleep/SpO2/Stress and HRV tracking capabilities

    • poke@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 days ago

      As someone very excited for this watch, the battery life with an always on display is more important to me than a sp02 sensor (Btw it will do sleep tracking). That and the button navigation are the killer features. The watch shows me what I need to know when I need to know it, always has the time on, and I can navigate it and control media playback without having to look at it (since buttons are consistent). I want a smart watch to be a good watch first then being smart is the second priority, and the pebble is the only watch I’ve ever had that gets those priorities right for me. Every other smart watch I’ve used sacrifices something I value to fit more features that I dont value as much. The pebbles have just gotten it right for me.

      That said, the watch also isn’t for everyone, and a lot of people are OK charging their watch every day if it means they also get every feature they want.

  • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    How are they allowed to give it the exact same name as an Intel CPU line?

    I’ve got a Core 2 Duo around here somewhere…