Pebble is not folding its tent
by Volker Weber
Pebble just announced three new devices starting to ship from September:
- $129 Pebble 2. It's the original Pebble design, refined and now with a heart rate monitor. High contrast b/w display, 7 days battery.
- $199 Pebble Time 2. Metal body, significantly larger color screen, heart rate monitor.
- $99 Pebble Core. Connected to mobile, GPS, Spotify streaming.
Pebble asks for Kickstarter funding ($99/$169/$69) and will ship starting in September/November/January. Great lineup. However, I think that Pebble has just osborned their existing products.
Comments
true.
this time they should have changed their sales strategy.
(the 2nd kickstarter went live before the apple watch, so that was a good timing for revealing the product early.)
Do you know if the HRM changes their waterproof/resistance ratings?
Richard, the kickstarter page still says 30m water resistant for both Pebble 2 and Pebble Time 2...
I just pledged for third time now.
Pledged. Again. ETA around Christmas. Perfect.
On Reddit there is an AMA going on with the Pebble Team.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4kvybh/were_eric_migicovsky_the_makers_of_pebble/
Very interesting. A waterproof band with an HRM at a reasonable price. I think I'll still wait for reviews of its accuracy, but this is what I'm looking for.