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For those confused like I was: - Pebble 2 Duo: $149, B&W, original Pebble look - Pebble Time 2: $225, color, new round square look * both with intended I
by numpad0 1y ago
For those confused like I was:
- Pebble 2 Duo: $149, B&W, original Pebble look
- Pebble Time 2: $225, color, new round square look
* both with intended IPX8, 30-day battery, "e-paper" aka gameboy style LCD, suite of sensors, Pebble app compatibility
- steve_adams_86 1y ago> new round square look I really like the term "squircle" "The new pebble time 2 sports the chic squircle aesthetic"
- bowsamic 1y agoThat sounds way too American
- steve_adams_86 1y agoHaha, I can't think of anything distinctly American about it. A cursory search suggests it's a word coined by an Austrian architect while he was working in Canada.
- bowsamic 1y agoJust the way the word sounds
- mikepurvis 1y agoI’m shocked they think they can get such long battery life with a heart rate monitor running all the time.
- yellingdog 1y agoI would expect an extremely infrequent heart rate sample rate at idle. I believe the current-gen watches only sample every 10 minutes unless activity is detected.
- swiftcoder 1y agoThere are a bunch of weird smartwatches that get pretty close to this - for example, the Amazfit Bip S Lite claims 30 days of battery with a similar transflective screen (albeit I think the heart rate monitor drops to once every measuring 5 minutes in battery saver mode). Similarly, the Withings Scanwatch claims the same, although as a hybrid smartwatch, it is not driving such a power-hungry screen.
- user_7832 1y agoI had the OG Bip and got extremely close to 3 months at one point. Unfortunately I don't remember if I had the HR set to 5 minute intervals but if it was on, I think that was the setting. Even with 1 minute intervals though, battery life was absolutely stellar. I'd often lose my charger, and in few days after I saw the battery dropping/low battery alerts, I'd find it too (before the watch died)!
- tills13 1y agoit'll probably pulse on / off. The main draw would be the display but since it's e-ink it only draws when changing.
- mikepurvis 1y agoI guess so. I've had two previous fitbits and I believe those track every second during exercise and every five minutes otherwise. But those watches would still only get 5-7 days of battery life. Hence my skepticism that this feature can be offered and still get 4x more life than that.
- micromacrofoot 1y agoit's e-paper (reflective lcd), so it does draw some power at all times, but lower without an always on backlight
- afandian 1y agoI don't know if it's the same thing, but Sharp Memory LCD has low quiescent consumption and memory somehow built into the display. https://sharpdevices.com/memory-lcd/ https://sharpdevices.com/memory-lcd/
- nixosbestos 1y agoClicked 6 links, googled stuff, couldn't figure this out. Makes me so, so, so irrationally upset. I do not get it. It's just basics? Thanks for sharing this.
- tacticalturtle 1y agoDid they give up on the “Core” branding? When I was looking at this a month ago it was the “Core 2 Duo” https://ericmigi.com/blog/introducing-two-new-pebbleos-watches https://ericmigi.com/blog/introducing-two-new-pebbleos-watch... Maybe Intel had a word?
- jwi 1y agoThey recently recovered the 'Pebble' trademark and thus rebranded: https://ericmigi.com/blog/july-pebble-update https://ericmigi.com/blog/july-pebble-update
- xnorswap 1y agoAnd much needed, because to me at least, "Core 2 Duo" is an old Intel processor.
- karaterobot 1y agoCheck out the first 1 minute of the linked video for answers to both of these questions.