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I have a PineTime. Two actually - one for me and one for my kid. It’s the perfect “smart” watch for children who are too young to have a “real” smart device.
by cvwright 3y ago
I have a PineTime. Two actually - one for me and one for my kid.
It’s the perfect “smart” watch for children who are too young to have a “real” smart device. It shows the time, the date, a basic step counter, and not a heck of a lot more.
I have an Apple Watch too. There is no comparison. It’s like the iPhone vs an old Motorola flip phone.
- mistercheph 3y agoThe same thing but Really Big so everyone knows I'm the biggest monkey in the room and I can watch TikTok on it? Sign me up, this thing sounds like it's from the future!
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoTo be fair, the Pinetime is $27. Apple couldn’t make an Apple Watch for $27 retail either. Nicer screens and CPUs are readily available on aliexpress so I suspect Pine64 would be capable of making a nicer smart watch, and I have no information as to why they chose the low cost route.
- snvzz 3y ago>and I have no information as to why they chose the low cost route. But we can guess. Software and Hardware are separate problems to solve here. Having cheap hardware means more people can afford the devices and work on the software side.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoYes this makes sense.
- cvwright 3y agoI would totally buy a faster PineTime! PineCube too, for that matter.
- fsflover 3y ago> >and I have no information as to why they chose the low cost route. Try to replace the OS on Apple Watch with FLOSS. Or on any other watch.
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