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The PineTime is a great smartwatch if your main use cases are checking the time and displaying new notifications from your phone. The build quality is great and

The PineTime is a great smartwatch if your main use cases are checking the time and displaying new notifications from your phone. The build quality is great and the hardware is very similar to the original Fitbit Versa. Battery life varies with use and I get about 5-7 days on a charge. The most well-maintained OS for the PineTime is InfiniTime: https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime

ChuckNorris89 3y ago
If all you need is checking the time and reading notification then get yourself an Amazfit BIP with 30 day battery life and pair it with Gadgetbridge.
- tredre3 3y ago
  The original Amazfit BIP as well as the Amazfit BIP Lite had always-on displays and 30+ days of battery life yes. Current models not so much, they're advertising two weeks at best and no longer have the neat transflective lcd.
  - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
    You can still find stocks of the old one if you shop around.
- wkat4242 3y ago
  Yeah I prefer my Amazfit too, though I have the GTS 2 mini. With its own companion app it's a horrible privacy leak but with gadgetbridge it's amazing. I have a pinetime too but it's too rough around the edges for me. And I love the GPS tracks on the Amazfit.
  - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
    >though I have the GTS 2 mini Can't really recommend these newer more expensive models with OLED screens. The charm of the original was it's low price point and always-on Memory-In-Pixel display which enabled the ultra long battery life. Without those displays and the cheap price, it's nothing special among the dime-a-dozen other OLED smart-watch e-waste.
    - wkat4242 3y ago
      Not really IMO. The GTS 2 mini lasts me more than a week on battery and that is with regular GPS use too, and always-on display while I'm wearing it (it automatically switches off when I'm not wearing it). And it cost me only 72 euro, which is only slightly more than the bip which cost around 50 euro here. I think it's a much better deal. Charging once a week is the same deal as once a month for me. And the OLED display is much nicer, especially at night. And I use the GPS logging and barometer a lot for hikes, it makes it a lot more useful than the bip which doesn't have these features. I've had it for 2 years now so definitely not a throwaway. My Samsung Galaxy Active which I had before on the other hand... I only used that for 4 months because it ran way too hot with GPS on and depleted its battery in 4 hours with GPS (and about 1 day without). It was just unusable and bugs were introduced (and never fixed) with firmware updates that made it worse.
      - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
        >And it cost me only 72 euro Maybe you mean the Mini variant or you got it on sale, because checking on geizhals, the standard GTS 2 has costed around 100 Euros for the past year or so.
        wkat4242 3y ago
        It is the mini yes like I said in my original post, I forgot to mention that in my last post but I updated it now. I like small and light watches so the mini was perfect. It's a really powerful watch for its size. Be careful though because the version sold now is an 'updated' one on which they left out the barometer. I hillwalk a lot so that's a big loss because GPS altitude is pretty horrible even with a great receiver. If you want that you should get the newer GTS 4 mini I think.
        ChuckNorris89 3y ago
        I see. Thanks a lot for the info.

ChuckNorris89 3y ago

If all you need is checking the time and reading notification then get yourself an Amazfit BIP with 30 day battery life and pair it with Gadgetbridge.

tredre3 3y ago
The original Amazfit BIP as well as the Amazfit BIP Lite had always-on displays and 30+ days of battery life yes. Current models not so much, they're advertising two weeks at best and no longer have the neat transflective lcd.
- ChuckNorris89 3y ago
  You can still find stocks of the old one if you shop around.
wkat4242 3y ago
Yeah I prefer my Amazfit too, though I have the GTS 2 mini. With its own companion app it's a horrible privacy leak but with gadgetbridge it's amazing. I have a pinetime too but it's too rough around the edges for me. And I love the GPS tracks on the Amazfit.
- ChuckNorris89 3y ago
  >though I have the GTS 2 mini Can't really recommend these newer more expensive models with OLED screens. The charm of the original was it's low price point and always-on Memory-In-Pixel display which enabled the ultra long battery life. Without those displays and the cheap price, it's nothing special among the dime-a-dozen other OLED smart-watch e-waste.
  - wkat4242 3y ago
    Not really IMO. The GTS 2 mini lasts me more than a week on battery and that is with regular GPS use too, and always-on display while I'm wearing it (it automatically switches off when I'm not wearing it). And it cost me only 72 euro, which is only slightly more than the bip which cost around 50 euro here. I think it's a much better deal. Charging once a week is the same deal as once a month for me. And the OLED display is much nicer, especially at night. And I use the GPS logging and barometer a lot for hikes, it makes it a lot more useful than the bip which doesn't have these features. I've had it for 2 years now so definitely not a throwaway. My Samsung Galaxy Active which I had before on the other hand... I only used that for 4 months because it ran way too hot with GPS on and depleted its battery in 4 hours with GPS (and about 1 day without). It was just unusable and bugs were introduced (and never fixed) with firmware updates that made it worse.
    - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
      >And it cost me only 72 euro Maybe you mean the Mini variant or you got it on sale, because checking on geizhals, the standard GTS 2 has costed around 100 Euros for the past year or so.
      - wkat4242 3y ago
        It is the mini yes like I said in my original post, I forgot to mention that in my last post but I updated it now. I like small and light watches so the mini was perfect. It's a really powerful watch for its size. Be careful though because the version sold now is an 'updated' one on which they left out the barometer. I hillwalk a lot so that's a big loss because GPS altitude is pretty horrible even with a great receiver. If you want that you should get the newer GTS 4 mini I think.
        ChuckNorris89 3y ago
        I see. Thanks a lot for the info.