Submitted 3 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
The Core 2 Duo watch is essentially a Pebble 2 with the serial numbers filed off.
Until we get actual sales figures, it's a little early to tell if people crave the Pebble. I do want one, but it's mostly because I saw the potential for app development and imagined the amazing things people would write for it. Definitely not because it's unique.
I loved my pebble, genuinely the perfect “smart” watch.
just enough tech to make it extra useful, week long battery life with always on screen (eink).
extra features they I absolutely loved. smart alarm, it tracked sleep quality to wake you somewhere between your alarm time and 30 minutes before to wake you up at the best sleep cycle, it was amazing, best alarm clock ever, it didn’t wake up my wife, only me. you cannot do it with modern smart watches because they need to charge.
no touchscreen, PHYSICAL TACTILE BUTTONS!!! I could use so many features without even looking at it? mute, contol music, dismiss stuff… genuinely useful stuff that actually made me use my phone less.
And its personality? it was cheerful and loveable.
how is the return of a failed product “unique”?
Failed?
successful products do not exit the market
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I think it’s also a sign that people want a device that doesn’t come from Big Data, isn’t online and isn’t designed to put them under surveillance and invade their privacy.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Seriously how do you see the resurgence of the first, least feature rich smart watch and go write an article about people wanting “something unique”. Do they think what I’m really missing is a watch face with a quirky octopus?
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Exactly.
People don’t root for feature-poor stuff because it’s unique but because the features it’s missing - that you want - preclude the hardware and the hardware maker from slipping in features that you don’t want.
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
the only tatches that stuck with me were the original pebble, pebble time steel, and a pinetime. I also have a galaxy watch gathering dust in a drawer somewhere, which is just not practical
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Yes, this.
I don’t want to be a product of by watch/phone.
MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yep. I can’t wait to get mine and be in complete control of my data. No cloud bullshit.