A Smartwatch for people who want a Smartwatch

Buying a Pebble in 2019 isn't for everyone. iPhone users specifically won't be able to use most of the original features anymore as Pebble the company is long gone. The Rebble community however has restored nearly every feature for Android users, bringing this unique concept of a smartwatch back as one of the best smartwatches available for people looking for smartwatches. The Pebble is a really great wristwatch notifier. It's slimmer than a lot of even regular watches and feels light without feeling cheap. It's 16 color screen looks great without being eye-catchingly distracting. Battery life is unrivaled at around 3 days (for me, out of the box). This all said, there are a lot of tradeoffs. To get the slim form factor, you won't find too many fitness tracking features like heart-rate monitoring. You also won't get phone replacing features like WiFi or GPS. The software library is limited to very basic extensions to phone apps. There's no onscreen keyboard to use (with your four buttons). When you compare the Pebble to an Apple Watch or WearOS watch, it won't stand up on a spec sheet. Yet none of these missing features take away from the Pebble. You can accomplish anything you need to do in about five seconds on a Pebble. Got a message? Send a thumbs up or a canned response and go back to whatever you were doing. Play/pause/skip songs that are playing on your phone. Plus, look at the time with a custom watch face. The Pebble is a very honed smartwatch that knows what its meant to do and does that exceptionally well. I haven't found any newer watches that even attempt to improve on what Pebble made. It's not a phone on your wrist, it's a smartwatch and it only does what you need it to.Read full review

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