Pebble - Time 2

I have tried Fossil. Skagen, Galaxy 4 and 6, Ticwatches, Oneplus, Amazfit watches. The ticwatches I tried had terrible vibration. I recently was surprised and found the galaxy 5 and the Galaxy 5 pro watches and they both have great vibrations. The 5 pro is thicker and its vibration is the best I have felt in years. Reminds me of the Pebble time and time steel which had a similar vibration. I would also like to point out the Galaxy watch 5 is 44 and the 5 Pro 45mm. The 40mm usually have less vibration strength.

I used an instinct 2 solar for some time. Loved the battery life but really disliked the OS. Switched back to my Pebble time steel and have a Pebble time 2 on order.

Hi OP, I'm in the same boat as you. I even searched yesterday where the cancel preorder button is. I wore pebble Time almost majority of my life and now Galaxy Active 2 for about 3-4 years. I don't like my Galaxy (bulky, bad battery, useless fitness tracking that I don't need, bunch of options, always on display is crap); I did love my Pebble but I kind of feel Pebble is just old tech by now. The only major feature that I need is to answer a damn call on my wrist for 10-20 seconds and Pebble does not have it. My take is keep my preorder if I'm not happy at all with it I will sell it for like $200-180 and pick up an Amazfit or Garmin watch.

I’ve never looked beyond pebble for fitness & sleep information. Like the post workout notification that gives me the full rundown of the stats. I love the fact that I never have to start or end a workout, the pebble just knows. I’m using a ten year old Pebble Time. 

"Longer battery life" Man, I wish they could get at least 3 days. I'm on 5+ days on my pebble 2 HR years later, and my pebble time 2 coming in december it projected to get 30 days!

Although im wearing my Pebble Time for years now and just today received the new Android app , Fitness tracking was never its strong point and is not suitable. Great watch tho

Sure was! I was pumped for the Pebble Time 2 and had backed it before it was cancelled

Next best thing is the Fossil HR. There's barely any user-developed apps, it's a simpler experience, but I've been very happy with my Fossil Gen 5 via GadgetBridge. The Pebble relaunch inspired me to pick up an old Pebble Time, and after a decade I'm remembering why I loved the platform so much.

That's what made me so excited when I saw Pebble was back. I've never been so enthusiastic about a tech release, and the irony is that I'll be happiest if it's essentially the same watch as before but with better build quality. My third (second replacement under warranty) Pebble Time broke shortly after the warranty expired. I don't want a phone on my wrist. I want physical buttons, day readable, and a week or so of battery life. Essentially a Casio G Shock DW5600 with notifications and Spotify controls.

Physical buttons are the thing for me. I came from a Pebble that had no touchscreen - everything was done through the buttons. I just like buttons. I can control the watch when it's under my jacket or shirt sleeve, in the water, or even at night without having to look at it. Touchscreens are great, but I don't want to give up my buttons.

For me it went downhill for Pebble as soon as they went down the fitness tracking route. I for one do not care the slightest about the amount of steps I‘ve taken and all that stuff and always deactivate as much of it as I can. I loved the Pebble for everything else though because it gives me everything I want from a smartwatch: - Time - Push notifications - Vibration alarm That‘s it! The only thing missing for me is paying with it but that‘s not in the cards anyway.

Pebble is back! Baffling to me that every smart watch company insists on ultra high def led displays that eat so much power that the battery only lasts a day or two even with always-on disabled, and are hard to see in sunlight. It's a watch, I don't need the ability to watch Harry Potter in 8k HDR.

I just bought the open source Pebble watch hoping that it might be my solution

Heyo, I’m considering both the Pebble Time 2 and SE 3. I mainly have experience with the Pebble. I wore a Pebble through High School. Now that I can wear it again, I am wearing it. During the break when Pebble was defunct, I used an Apple Watch S3 and then S6. I didn’t mind it but wish it had better battery life. I am assuming there are apps I can get to make it more ADHD friendly and less distracting (not be like an iPhone blasted on my wrist.) I’m at a point where I can get an SE 3 or a Pebble Time 2. I am looking for pros and cons of the AW/ advantages over the Pebble, real life battery results, etc. any help is appreciated. Worth noting I have the Pebble Time 2 preordered but can get my money back at any time. TIA

As someone who has used a good amount of the alternatives, I fall under the case of nothing really beats a Pebble. Wear OS is still an unstable mess imo and feels too much like just a phone on my wrist. The Pebble actually feels like an extension of my phones abilities but not overwhelmingly so. Plus, you can make your own apps for it if you are into it. The BangleJS2 and Bip are some alternatives but I didn't enjoy them anywhere near as much. A readable screen, you are looking at e-ink or the e paper we get on the Pebble, Bangle, Bip, JS, Fossil HR (I believe that is what they called their hybrid) and I believe some Garmin watches, though they fall into the category of I haven't used them. The battery life is the killer feature on the Pebble to me. Though the Bangle and Bip have great battery, the pebble just did more with it to me. The ability to reply is nice but a touch screen only was a deal-breaker for most watches nowadays. The buttons are really nice when I need them like when wearing gloves for work. I'm excited for my Time 2, and have my Time Steel on while I wait. I took off my Ticwatch Pro 3 and it has sat with getting put on the charger once a month to keep the battery from just stopping from working. If you have concern, grab a used time for cheap if you can and use it for a bit. Don't like it? Cancel your preorder and you can find something you do.

Yes the Amazfit ones are good. Pebble was the best smartwatch ever, supposedly it may be coming back. But RIP