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Niche does not scale to worldwide ambitions. Plus competition, such as Amazfit Bip for $59 with 45 days battery life.
by abpavel 9y ago
Niche does not scale to worldwide ambitions. Plus competition, such as Amazfit Bip for $59 with 45 days battery life.
- wycy 9y agoHaving never heard of this before, I 100% thought you were just blending brands and words together--Amazon/Fit/Bit--and throwing out an absurd tech spec--45 days of battery--but I just looked it up and it's real. Wow. Edit: Except it's $99
- PakG1 9y agoI believe my Pebble 2 was $99....
- vmlinuz 9y agoCan confirm, mine was approximately US$59 from the Xiaomi shop here in Hong Kong, with full English support etc. I don't know what, if anything, the US model has to justify a 40%+ price bump...
- wlesieutre 9y agoGearBest has it for $60: https://www.gearbest.com/smart-watches/pp_1126414.html https://www.gearbest.com/smart-watches/pp_1126414.html I don't know what "Lite" means, but there's also this listing at $72 for maybe the fancier version: https://www.gearbest.com/smart-watches/pp_668632.html https://www.gearbest.com/smart-watches/pp_668632.html It says $63 until I click on it but the discount is lower on the product page than the search results.
- davepage 9y agoThe hardware looks quite good, but do I want to give Xiaomi (an entity controlled by the PRC) access to my web browsing history, identity, contacts, calendar, files, location, calling history, SMS, etc? (these permissions are requested on Android by the associated app).
- m-p-3 9y agoYou can install Gadgetbridge on Android, the Bip is supported.
- m-p-3 9y agoI wish Amazfit/Xiaomi will step up and provide a solid SDK beyond fitness stuff.
- desireco42 9y agoThank you for posting this. I heard about it and never researched it. It looks amazing and it could be something to replace my Pebble once it stops working. I am still getting a lot of compliments for Pebble, people often think it is an Apple watch. So Amazfit could be good replacement if I ever need one.