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You won't be dissapointed, although you may want to get an android phone. The benefits outweigh the costs.
by alttab 10y ago
You won't be dissapointed, although you may want to get an android phone. The benefits outweigh the costs.
- hauget 10y agoI thought Pebble Core didn't need a phone? Or am I mistaken?
- yurisagalov 10y agoIt doesn't. The Pebble Core is a completely standalone computer with GSM/WiFi/Bluetooth.
- untog 10y agoThe OP's post is ambiguous - replacing an Apple Watch with a Pebble Core doesn't make much sense, but replacing it with a Pebble watch doesn't make sense in this context either as it doesn't have Alexa.
- alttab 10y agoMy thought was the OP has an Apple Watch, thus obviously an iPhone. If they want to buy into the Pebble ecosystem, it'd be a better experience with an Android phone, not to mention you get amazing features like an external battery and an actual choice in software.
- untog 10y agoThe Pebble Core seems like a very different proposition to a Pebble Watch though - it runs Android itself and doesn't depend on a phone. So much more viable if you have an iPhone, though obviously a totally different form factor. Not sure what you mean by "external battery" - both Android and iPhone have external batteries available.
- rdl 10y agoI assume he meant a removable internal battery. I'd rather have some other way to hard-disable the phone, because integrated un-replaceable battery is a big win for sealing/size/durability, but I admit that's one of the advantages of the android world. The biggest advantage of Android is being able to run third-party ROMs, override core functionality, etc., though.
- alttab 10y agoYup, hence my "actual choice in software" bit. Generally it seems all you do with iPhones is lease them from Apple.
- paulcole 10y ago>The biggest advantage of Android is being able to run third-party ROMs, override core functionality, etc., though. The average person has no interest any of that t
- TeMPOraL 10y agoThat's why smartphones keep sucking more and more with time. Building products for the lowest common denominator get you shit, shallow products that don't use even a fraction of their potential.
- paulcole 10y ago>The biggest advantage of Android is being able to run third-party ROMs, override core functionality, etc., though. The average person has 0 interest any of that.
- hauget 10y ago>> "a totally different form factor." THIS. Core's basically a smartphone the size of a an iPod shuffle where the interface will not need a screen, and where you're expected to interact with it via voice or the 2 minimal programmable buttons (which will probably be context aware and provide even more functionality depending on what app you're using). This is why I find the whole device fascinating! The iPhone removed the keyboard, the core is removing the screen!
- rdl 10y agoI'm Apple Watch/iPhone. I'm probably anti-watch now, thanks to shitty experience with the AW -- I won't be replacing it with another watch of any kind. However, I'm super interested in the Core for many non-watch applications. I also hate android for many reasons and am unlikely to move away from iPhone except to something entirely new/better than either, which doesn't particularly appear to be in the pipeline. In the next couple years I want to get rid of all uncontrolled radios on my person, though, so I'll probably be switching to a de-radioed iPhone or iPad or iPod Touch or something.
- zepto 10y agoWhat does android phone have to do with it?
- intopieces 10y agoIt's my understanding that the Android app that interacts with Pebble (the watch) is more robust and better supported.
- canuckintime 10y agoI don't think "better supported" is the most apt description. As I understand it Pebble puts similar level of resources into both the Android and iOS support but there's simply more restrictions on iOS which means fewer features compared to Android.