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I thought Pebble Core didn't need a phone? Or am I mistaken?
by hauget 10y ago
I 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.