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0 pointsswang11y ago0 comments

Eh, for $10 you take what you can get. For ~$200 I don't need expensive materials but I would like it to not look like what it looks like. This double bezel thing is kinda ugly. I mean if you spend $20 more from the $10 Timex you can get a Timex Weekend, which looks pretty nice.

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freehunter11y ago· 1 in thread

It's all relative to the market. The original Pebble is $100. Compare that to the LG G Watch R at $300. Going to the LG, you get a nicer looking watch but you lose more than six days of battery life, you lose cross-platform functionality, and you lose the ruggedness that the Pebble has.

That was my point. If you want a nice looking smartwatch, they exist as long as you can handle the tradeoffs.

swangOP11y ago

Good design does not mean expensive design. It's not a comparison to the LG watch or the Moto watch.

And this thing is ~$200; not $100, so comparing the original pebble to the LG G is a dishonest comparison anyways. Also the original pebble was a better design than this thing and it had way more leeway of not looking nice since it was such a niche product at the time.

I love the UI/UX concept they're going for with the timeline but I would not want to wear this watch. It just sticks out too much like a computer on your wrist.

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