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Fitbit offers crap in the $100 tier, Pebble offers a smartwatch with a heart rate monitor. They didn't want competition in the low price tier, that's it. Peb
by dovdovdov 10y ago
Fitbit offers crap in the $100 tier,
Pebble offers a smartwatch with a heart rate monitor.
They didn't want competition in the low price tier, that's it.
Pebble was also dying, hence they snatched them cheap.
- rtpg 10y agoThough there's a decent argument that Fitbit is suffering a lot right now too. I can only hope that Pebble itself will be leveraged. Their products are way better than that smartwatch Fitbit released. Maybe getting Pebbles into more brick-and-mortars
- mattsouth 10y agoI have experience of fitbit and pebble and of the two I much prefer pebble. But I guess success is not always about the quality of the product.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoSuccess is rarely about quality of product these days. What matters is marketing efforts and, with startups, playing the VC game well.
- m-p-3 10y agoStill not gonna buy a FitBit, so I hope their acquisition turns out disastrous if they don't plan on supporting it.