“Pebble announced Tuesday it is cutting the price of its smartwatch from $150 to $99, while the fancier Pebble Steel will dip to $199,” Brett Molina reports for USA Today. “”
“‘It doesn’t revolutionize your life,” says Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky of his company’s smartwatch. “It’s meant to be something that you can slap on your wrist and make things better one little bit at a time,” Molina reports. “A lot has changed in the smartwatch market this year. Apple… revealed the Apple Watch during an event earlier this month. The device starts at $349, and will launch next year.”
“Migicovsky says it’s ‘wonderful’ to see several new entrants in the smartwatch market, but says they’re not aiming to compete with Apple Watch,” Molina reports. “‘We set out to make an affordable and accessible product,’ he says. ‘Apple has definitely taken a lot of what makes Pebble great, but they’ve created much more of a luxury product.'”
I have had my Pebble watch for about 3 months and short of my iPhone it has been some of the best tech I have owned.
I had also purchased and used the Basis band for over a year, and like that too, but the Pebble offers a lot of functionality at a realistic price.
They are also constantly updating and improving the watches features too, yesterday adding backgrounding which the device did not have before. (Now it will allow for constant activity tracking)
Anyway, say what you want about it, I purchased it primarily for running, through iSmoothRun the iOS App, it displays all my current running stats, heart rate, distance and so on in an easy to read format. It’s fantastic it really is.
Other stuff I use it for is weather, updating every 15 minutes, tides, and a plethora of other things.
I am sure I will be buying the Apple watch too, but I do love what they have done with this and the fact that it was crowd funded. It’s a great value at $149, it’s even better at $99.
In my book, not that anyone cares, you are by far a better marketeer than the Pebble boys! You are pointing out the GOOD things about the product whilst the Pebble boys are just comparing dick sizes. I like it when products are promoted on their merits, not on other’s “flaws”.
One last thing I thought deserved mentioning was the fact I get at least 4 days out of this, hopefully I’ll get the same from my Apple Watch when I get that, but I don’t know….
So what does the pebble watch do other than tick?
Pebbles will drop out of sight Zune’s did.
Pebble sells their steels to manufacturers for 160 apiece. The product already had a low value, now its just gone more public.
Amazon has it for $99. It’s nice but it doesn’t do very much (for what I’m interested in). I’ve see quite a few people wearing them, though.
Maybe Pebble’s right: the Pebble watch is just a watch.
(It’s just that Jony doesn’t care)
Building on MDN’s fun screenshot from Pebble:
Pebble’s Snarky Reply to the Apple Watch: ‘Breathe Jony, It’s Just a Watch’
So lower your watch prices so you can hold onto some market share?
https://getpebble.com
What’s fun of course is that the Watch is NOT ‘Just a Watch’. No. Heh. 🙂
As a business, Pebble is finished when the Apple Watch comes out – and they know it.
I have had my Pebble watch for about 3 months and short of my iPhone it has been some of the best tech I have owned.
I had also purchased and used the Basis band for over a year, and like that too, but the Pebble offers a lot of functionality at a realistic price.
They are also constantly updating and improving the watches features too, yesterday adding backgrounding which the device did not have before. (Now it will allow for constant activity tracking)
Anyway, say what you want about it, I purchased it primarily for running, through iSmoothRun the iOS App, it displays all my current running stats, heart rate, distance and so on in an easy to read format. It’s fantastic it really is.
Other stuff I use it for is weather, updating every 15 minutes, tides, and a plethora of other things.
I am sure I will be buying the Apple watch too, but I do love what they have done with this and the fact that it was crowd funded. It’s a great value at $149, it’s even better at $99.
In my book, not that anyone cares, you are by far a better marketeer than the Pebble boys! You are pointing out the GOOD things about the product whilst the Pebble boys are just comparing dick sizes. I like it when products are promoted on their merits, not on other’s “flaws”.
I agree.
One last thing I thought deserved mentioning was the fact I get at least 4 days out of this, hopefully I’ll get the same from my Apple Watch when I get that, but I don’t know….