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True, the new Junghans Force models clock in at €1200,= . Ouch. That's almost three times what I paid for mine, back in '99. They do look good, though...
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The Pebble does function with the phone, as a watch with various watchfaces. It also functions as a bike computer with the phone even if the phone is not connected to the network (i.e. GPS). |
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03-01-2015, 12:27 AM | #65 |
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Cheapest pricing on three seems to be £15 a month for unlimited data now actually.
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True it's still minuscule for a watch, but it works for me because, as strange as it sounds, I personally have no interest in wearing a "watch". I stopped wearing them shortly after I got my first cell phone. There just wasn't enough of a benefit in my mind. Last edited by Dylrob; 03-01-2015 at 05:19 AM. |
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I feel "lost" without a watch. On the rare occasions I forget to put my watch on in the morning I'm constantly glancing at my wrist and being annoyed to find my watch not there. |
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03-01-2015, 08:43 AM | #68 |
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I have to read this thread with a fair amount of amusement.
I grew up with mechanical watches that had to wound every couple of days. |
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Yes, but would you want to go back to one now? Having had for many years a watch whose battery needs replacing only once every few years, I wouldn't.
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I rely on my phone most of the time. The only time I wear a watch is when I head into the great outdoors where phone service is touch and go.
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But those screens do use tech very similar to the Sharp screens which we know for a fact are used in the grayscale Pebbles, so it's possible. And those screens could be available at larger sizes, it's just that no device maker wants to buy them. |
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AFAICT, the problems are (1) the resolution: "By the way, the resolution has not changed (144x168)"; the displays of JDI have more resolution (205x140 or 180x180). This means that they would have to order them custom-made, or would not expose/use all the pixels. (2) the dpi: 182 in the JDI displays versus 175ppi in the original pebble. They don't match, though they are quite similar. OTOH, it seems that garmin has some watches using those displays: garmin fenix3 (the round display) and garmin epix (the rectangular display). The only interesting tidbit is that the garmin epix (pdf) is using a 205x148 display, that is different that the one that JDI announced, so maybe they are able to manufacture at multiple resolutions. I know, there are a lot of reasons that technology used on small displays may not be that great on big displays: pricey, hard to manufacture without bad pixels, maybe on bigger sizes the power consumption is not that great.. but at least on paper they seem a better match than regular lcd displays for reading, so one can wish. |
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Sidenote: Am I the only one who wishes Pebble would just come out and tell us? |
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Amazing!
Looks as ugly and chunky as my old Garmin Forerunner 310XT, without having the benefit of GPS tracking. But then, I'm that guy who stopped wearing wristwatches (even my nice 50's IWC and 60's Omegas) since I anyway had to carry a mobile phone with me, some decades ago. |
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