“Privately held Pebble, the company that kicked off the smartwatch race a few years back, yesterday announced a new addition to its lineup, the ‘Pebble Time Round,’ just a scant six months after unveiling the Pebble Time,” Tiernan Ray reports for Barron’s.
“Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky gave a look at the thing to CNBC earlier today,” Ray reports, “and also addressed competition from Apple’s Apple Watch.”
Ray reports, “At $249, the Pebble Time Round is cheaper than Apple’s $349 entry price for Apple Watch.”
When you think about Apple and the Apple Watch, it’s more of a Rolex. They’re building the high end of the market. Pebble, we are confidently in the entry point of the market. We are more of a Swatch right now. — Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky
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MacDailyNews Take: Round is wrong. And anyone sane who’s willing to spend at least $249 for a smartwatch is going to spend at least another $100 for a real smartwatch, one with Siri, Apple Pay, Digital Crown, Force Touch, Time Travel, Taptic Engine, Digital Touch, Turn-by-turn directions on your wrist, and over 10,000 apps.
Pebble is more like a Fossil.
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