A look back at the Pebble watch
I heard great things about the Pebble from someone who had one.
Personally, I had a few different smart watches and learned a bit about what I want over the years:
- Mi Bands (Xiomi Devices) that had otherworldly battery life (like a month and a half in some cases) but had trash sensors and were junk without the unofficial apps that made them great
- Some Android Wear/ WearOS smart watches
- a cheap ass POS Temu-equivilant no-name junk watch
- Multiple Garmin devices (touchscreen Venue and button controlled Fenix)
This made me realize a few things:
- I don’t want or need a super-smart watch
- battery life and capable sensors are way more important than stupid flashy shit
- the display tech I want indoors in my office is not the same display I want on a wear-everywhere watch (TFT looks stellar under bright sun)
- buttons beat a touchscreen each and every day of the week and make the watch a convenience rather than a finnicky gadget
To be fair, this is MY use case and yours may differ, but when it comes down to it, I’m sure that I’m not in the market for a wearOS or Apple Watch. I love the button operated TFT screen Garmin watch I’ve been using for a few years and if I don’t replace it with another Garmin watch, it’ll be something like Pine Time, Pebble, or something that works with gadgetbridge.
Everyone hating on the build quality but my Pebble still works and I’ve gone through numerous other smart watches that have all died. Looking forward to the next gen!
I liked the build, although my Pebble 2 had rubber reversion issues on the side buttons that rendered them unusable. I’m really sad about that because I would’ve totally kept it around if not for that