It's back at this great price at Amazon, retails at £99.95 was £79.95 now only £49.95. Excellent watch and a fraction of the price of an Apple Watch. Never miss a notification again. This time all colours are available (Red, Black and White). With the latest Pebble Time update for Pebble Classic, you can store almost unlimited apps on the watch and the battery lasts up to 9 days on a single charge.
Quidco: 3% Amazon cash back on all watch sales = £48.45.
The Pebble Smart Watch is the first watch built for the 21st century. It's infinitely customizable, with beautiful downloadable watchfaces and useful internet-connected apps. Pebble connects to Android and iPhone smartphones using Bluetooth, alerting you with a silent vibration to incoming calls, emails and messages. The Pebble Smart Watch has been designed as a minimalist yet fashionable product that seamlessly blends into everyday life. Pebble puts critical apps and notifications on your wrist, giving you immediate access to what's most important. See who is calling or get the most important emails and texts without having to pull your phone out in the middle of the meeting.
Also available at Argos for the same price! http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4278261.htm
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pjn
24 Mar 164#14
Nice find. Just spotted Argos have reduced it as well.
Latest comments (66)
SeanO
1 Apr 16#66
It does, you just need to go into Poweramp's settings and tick a box about metadata intent. It isn't the best smartwatch (No I don't know which one is!), true, but for £50 I think it has enough pluses to make me keep mine.
gk123
30 Mar 16#64
Mine arrived yesterday from Amazon - opened box to find a battered secondhand watch inside!! With the infamous screen fault. Although it appeared factory reset, it had the previous owners bluetooth settings in. Hello 'Nige' I have your broken watch!
Chatted with amazon who said they were now out of stock (black model) so would have to offer me a refund. They have now said I can keep the broken watch if I want and they will refund me £20. Currently checking with pebble to see if they will replace under warranty. If not it will have to go back. Thanks Amazon! Time wasters .. I will check out to see if I can get one from Argos now.
solid to gk123
31 Mar 16#65
Send it back. Even for £20, it's not worth having a broken watch... Even if you get it replaced by Pebble, who know what you would get.
Very surprised by Amazon, though
gianlucaglac89
30 Mar 16#63
does it work with Samsung galaxy s6?
pjn
29 Mar 16#62
That's weird - mine works perfectly with Poweramp. I've been using it to check what's playing all day and haven't had any issues. Not sure what to suggest though.
cannibalwombat
29 Mar 16#60
What a disappointment this watch was!
Ordered one initially on Saturday that was a) delivered to the wrong flat and I had to hunt it down, 2) in a damaged box and 3) clearly used (not new). To Amazon's credit they immediately dispatched a replacement. This arrived today but the display has a giant black splodge in the top right corner when the backlight is on!
Setup was fairly straightforward and it feels fairly nice, but the the watch itself is just too fiddly with too many shortcomings. You really have to squeeze the watch to press the buttons, the charger doesn't latch onto the watch very tightly, I didn't realise there was such a small app allowance (8 max) and that music controls only worked properly with Android Player (doesn't work with Poweramp). So I won't be getting another replacement when the faulty replacement goes back to Amazon.
It's definitely good for the price, it's just not for me.
Slippy Sloppy to cannibalwombat
29 Mar 16#61
Some of the issues you've had are certainly Amazon's and not the watch, it also sounds like the second model was faulty too so definitely send it back.
I don't find the watch fiddly at all, though it does take a little getting used to but I certainly don't have to squeeze the buttons - another fault?! The charger is fiddly though and has been a minor complaint from day one.
The watch can install almost unlimited apps with the latest update, download the Pebble Time app on your phone to install it. You're looking at a day one OS and the Pebble OS has had some major updates since then, so some of your other complaints may also be solved.
MissionaryMan
26 Mar 16#59
Got a Pebble Classic (red) from Argos yesterday. £50. So far, so good. Notifications all work (although needed some tweaking on my phone). Now looking for decent apps!
JohnnyL
26 Mar 16#58
The only apple I'll ever own will come from the fruit and veg isle
pjn
26 Mar 16#57
Mine arrived earlier this morning, and so far I'm impressed for the price. I had a Moto 360 for a short time, but ended up selling it for 2 reasons - weak vibration motor that I never felt when out walking, and I was always accidentally pressing & holding the touchscreen when my arms were folded (which started messing around the watch faces!)
Fortunately there's no such issues yet with the Pebble... vibration motor is much stronger and there's no touchscreen to accidentally activate! Navigation is simple with the 4 navigation buttons.
Right, time to seek out some handy apps...
kzee
26 Mar 16#56
thanks. I will check Pebble Time.
kzee
26 Mar 16#54
Looking to buy it for my wife but it makes me think that it will look similar to a huge casio calculator watch on a female wrist.
I am not sure i should buy it or not due to the dimensions. Any suggestion?
HankHandsome to kzee
26 Mar 161#55
if you wanted to get her a pebble watch and money isn't an issue, you could always go for a pebble time or pebble time round. just bear in mind the pebble time round doesn't have the battery life that the others in the range do as it'll only last you around 2 days, but the dimensions would probably be small enough.
but then, to be fair, i can't see how the pebble time would be that huge on a woman's wrist though.
twolittleangels
24 Mar 16#1
Is this compatible with Samsung Galaxy phones? many thanks
swfarrington to twolittleangels
24 Mar 16#3
It should be. It works both with iOS and Android and uses Bluetooth LE so unless Samsung have done something hideous to their bluetooth stack it should be fine.
I'm using it with a Xiaomi Note 2.
ppoze to twolittleangels
25 Mar 161#41
yes it is, I've been using mine with the S5 for a few months now
badaboom545 to twolittleangels
26 Mar 16#53
Yes, it is
04muim
25 Mar 161#52
I've got the classic like this one and absolutely love it. Just wanted to mention some other things I love besides the ones other have mentions.
The vibration on this watch is strong so you will not miss notifications
Some watch faces can display weather (current/forecast) which is really useful
It's perfect to test the waters to see if you need a smartwatch or not
There are some really useful apps such as über and transport ones
One thing I absolutely love is the way the screen is always on so you can glance down and look at the time. I know other watches have motion activated screen on but nothing beats having a screen on constantly without reducing battery life!
The silent alarm where it just vibrates is great if you don't wake up well to alarm clock sounds and doesn't wake others up
JohnnyL
25 Mar 16#43
apart from counting your steps and collecting and storing all your data for the NSA what else does it do for 50 quid ?
swfarrington to JohnnyL
25 Mar 161#51
It's a wristwatch (some of us didn't grow up thinking that Apple invented the clock when they invented telephony with the iPhone).
And does fitbit type things. So at this price it's on a par with that.
And the NSA get the stuff direct from your phone so they don't need a pebble to do it.
SeanO
25 Mar 16#50
Treat yerself! Got one in Currys for £50 at Xmas, just to try smartwatches. Well worth it: Battery lasts 5 days (charge and forget for nearly a week), waterproof (so swim and shower like a trooper), control music player on phone within Bluetooth range (in shower too!), use Unified Remote app to control presentations, videos, music etc. (blows their minds- he's doing that from his watch!), track sleep and activity (loosely but interesting nonetheless), the list goes on and on.
Oh and 'Drunk O'Clock' swears at you while telling the time! My fave watchface.
Go on, ye will, ye will, ye will...fecking time to go!
macas2000
25 Mar 16#45
Does this work with Windows phone?
swfarrington to macas2000
25 Mar 16#49
Don't think it does.
ultrak3wl
25 Mar 16#46
Sorry to ask basic questions but what does this actually do? Reviews and spec sheets are surprisingly light on detail.
I want it to use as a sleep tracker with Sleep As Android but does it also do fitbit style things such as step counting? I'm not bothered about email notification and all that.
swfarrington to ultrak3wl
25 Mar 16#48
I use Misfit on it which is a step counter and sleep tracker which integrates with bounts. I do use for the notifications even though I didn't think it was going to be a big thing for me. And as I stated early on in the thread, I'm used to wearing a watch to tell the time which it does fine and the screen is always on (it uses an eInk approach like the Kindles).
If you've got strava or runkeeper on your phone and you use your phone to record workouts the information gets displayed on the watch.
trott3r
25 Mar 16#47
I use morpheuz for sleep trackig myself with the pebble
Pipedream
25 Mar 16#44
Pebble is still the best and most intuitive. I bought a LG Watch Urbane which looks a bit better but its a mess to use because it trys to do too much all at once. Went back to my original pebble quick. Turns out buttons are much better than a silly little touch screen.
jools2001
25 Mar 16#42
Where did it go too!
horsepills
25 Mar 16#40
There's something about the use of "it's back!" that really grinds my gears!
draeburn78
24 Mar 16#28
whats the difference from this one and the other pebble watch posted at £100? anyone know
stevebarrett86 to draeburn78
25 Mar 16#39
The £100 one (pebble time) is colour screen (and screen is supposed to be tougher? ), has microphone so can send text replies (but not answer calls) that you dictate rather than just canned (preset up) ones and some other voice control functions, plus has better health/fitness integration and function. I have original Pebble and am very please with it. Was tempted by the Pebble Time offer for the voice control/texting but ultimately couldn't justify spending another £100 just for that (will wait to see what deals come around in 6 months or so on Android Wear watches).
To the person asking about whether it works with Samsung Galaxy phones I am using Galaxy S4 and no issues. Bluetooth range is about 20 -25 feet (plenty enough to leave phone in kitchen and move around house and not miss notifications). I would recommend this as a first Smartwatch especially with Android phone (and to be honest I think it's about the best with iPhone despite some limitations compared to Android without spending silly money)
jsoap
25 Mar 16#38
Looking at bounts it would appear that you would have to walk 450 miles for a £1 tesco voucher - and it would take six months to do it.
madmaxpayne
25 Mar 16#37
Sad
solid
25 Mar 162#36
Yeh, it's shower proof. Its fine for when I take my kids swimming
ashtad
25 Mar 16#35
As long as it's shower proof that will do me :wink:
ashtad
25 Mar 16#33
Are these waterproof
solid to ashtad
25 Mar 16#34
Yes. Not sure of the depth, though
OB1
25 Mar 161#32
It is an easy diy fix though if you're out of warranty.
Otherwise you can rely on the retailer to refund or replace.
Gollywood
25 Mar 16#31
Thanks OP
dcx_badass
24 Mar 16#30
It only uses LE on IOS, android is regular Bluetooth.
I got my steel replaced a few weeks ago with no issues but I've seen people getting refused recently, also Pebble are cutting 25% of their staff, it's not looking good.
Still great devices though, I love mine.
Stu C
24 Mar 16#29
"It's back!"... did it ever go away?
aandyr123
24 Mar 16#27
Arrrrrrgh! I've always fancied trying a smartwatch but never actual got one! This is tempting!
diond
24 Mar 161#23
I'm a complete novice about smartwatches but from what I have read, this doesn't do voice recognition, does it? Cheers
Slippy Sloppy to diond
24 Mar 16#26
No voice recognition but at this price no one's complaining.
dwattsy21
24 Mar 16#25
I've upgraded to an LG G Watch R now, but this pebble goes down as one of my favourite gadgets of all time. The first proper smartwatch. Shame their newer ones seems a bit naff and dated, but this little puppy was class. Such a good watch even just for running to display pace time and distance with runkeeper
ImyR85
24 Mar 16#17
Is it possible to change the strap on this? I saw the customer photos on someone on Amazon who seems to have replaced it with a steel bracelet, but is this official?
HankHandsome to ImyR85
24 Mar 16#24
you can replace the straps on them fairly easily.
williamssp
24 Mar 16#22
I've been a day one pebble owner and love it.
But it should be pointed out that the Pebble original and Pebble steel both suffer from a serious manufacturing fault.
Up till now Pebble have been replacing free of charge but rumour is they have recently stopped that generous offer. (Fyi I'm on my 4th Pebble and longest without an issue has been 8 months)
For this price I'd say it's still a no brainier though.
robertoegg
24 Mar 16#21
10% Quidco in store at Argos.... don't forget to activate it though....
mr-mixalot
24 Mar 16#20
Tempted to get one but just bought a new watch last month and if the other half finds out then I'm done for
Besides I use my Fitbit HR to track my activity as it also integrates with the Bount app
swfarrington
24 Mar 162#2
I was in the 'what's the point of smartwatches' camp until when this offer was on before Christmas. Got myself one and then one for my brother as I was stuck for ideas for his Christmas present. We're both converts to it now.
Never managed such dizzy battery life as in the blurb the OP has posted but regularly get 5+ days. I use misfit as a step counter, and combined with the Bounts integration and the fact my job involves a lot of walking, I'm quickly building up points on that system which convert into vouchers.
Slippy Sloppy to swfarrington
24 Mar 161#4
Same here, bought one as a present, which turned into one for myself as I was so impressed and now the recipient of my gifted watch has brought one for his sister. I'm tempted to buy another as a present to store up and one as a back up, just in case I smash my one up.
As for the battery life, I was getting 4-5 days until the most recent update when it shot up. I've been using the watch apps a lot less, which may help but it's still impressive. The best app I've found so far is Uber, ordering a taxi from your watch makes you feel like Michael Knight - almost.
jonconlon to swfarrington
24 Mar 161#19
That bounts looks quite interesting.
Might want to post about it if it not already on here.
Google rewards for walking.
Spartan88
24 Mar 16#18
Bought one for this price before Xmas, well worth the money. Find it so natural to receive notifications on my wrist now. Incidentally, I dropped mine while taking it off yesterday and it landed face down on a metal chair leg with a sickening thud. No damage though which may suggest the screen is quite resilient.
dangerousdom
24 Mar 16#16
Also I believe Argos are doing Free £10 voucher when you spend £100 or more or Free £5 voucher when you spend £50 or more.
pjn
24 Mar 164#14
Nice find. Just spotted Argos have reduced it as well.
Slippy Sloppy to pjn
24 Mar 16#15
Good spot. That may be why Amazon have reduced their prices too. Will add that to the description.
DanIsTheMan
24 Mar 16#13
Thought that would be the case, thanks!
DanIsTheMan
24 Mar 161#10
Does it need the phone to be paired at all times to work? Very tempted to buy this.
Slippy Sloppy to DanIsTheMan
24 Mar 16#11
Some functions and apps (the time, step counter etc.) will still work but it'll need the phone for any apps that require the net.
swfarrington to DanIsTheMan
24 Mar 16#12
It still works as a watch. And for example things like misfit will still record steps etc without the phone being there. But obviously no notifications.
Donkii
24 Mar 161#9
I try my best to ignore messages and phone calls lol, not for me but have some heat anyway.
Slippy Sloppy
24 Mar 162#8
Since getting this instead of missing calls and texts because I didn't hear them, I've put my phone on silent and now I never miss a notification. I've also stopped carry my phone around the house with me, as the bluetooth range is really impressive.
swfarrington
24 Mar 161#7
And yes, I'm of the generation that grew up with wristwatches so the massive effort of tilting my wrist to see the time is totally normal to me :man:
twolittleangels
24 Mar 161#5
Thanks for that - I was on the same opinion as your were but struggling for birthday ideas and at this price this may be an option!
swfarrington to twolittleangels
24 Mar 16#6
I thought I was just going to be throwing £50 away but I had a voucher so risked it. I can't believe how much I use it.
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Opening post
Quidco: 3% Amazon cash back on all watch sales = £48.45.
The Pebble Smart Watch is the first watch built for the 21st century. It's infinitely customizable, with beautiful downloadable watchfaces and useful internet-connected apps. Pebble connects to Android and iPhone smartphones using Bluetooth, alerting you with a silent vibration to incoming calls, emails and messages. The Pebble Smart Watch has been designed as a minimalist yet fashionable product that seamlessly blends into everyday life. Pebble puts critical apps and notifications on your wrist, giving you immediate access to what's most important. See who is calling or get the most important emails and texts without having to pull your phone out in the middle of the meeting.
Also available at Argos for the same price!
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4278261.htm
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Latest comments (66)
Chatted with amazon who said they were now out of stock (black model) so would have to offer me a refund. They have now said I can keep the broken watch if I want and they will refund me £20. Currently checking with pebble to see if they will replace under warranty. If not it will have to go back. Thanks Amazon! Time wasters .. I will check out to see if I can get one from Argos now.
Very surprised by Amazon, though
Ordered one initially on Saturday that was a) delivered to the wrong flat and I had to hunt it down, 2) in a damaged box and 3) clearly used (not new). To Amazon's credit they immediately dispatched a replacement. This arrived today but the display has a giant black splodge in the top right corner when the backlight is on!
Setup was fairly straightforward and it feels fairly nice, but the the watch itself is just too fiddly with too many shortcomings. You really have to squeeze the watch to press the buttons, the charger doesn't latch onto the watch very tightly, I didn't realise there was such a small app allowance (8 max) and that music controls only worked properly with Android Player (doesn't work with Poweramp). So I won't be getting another replacement when the faulty replacement goes back to Amazon.
It's definitely good for the price, it's just not for me.
I don't find the watch fiddly at all, though it does take a little getting used to but I certainly don't have to squeeze the buttons - another fault?! The charger is fiddly though and has been a minor complaint from day one.
The watch can install almost unlimited apps with the latest update, download the Pebble Time app on your phone to install it. You're looking at a day one OS and the Pebble OS has had some major updates since then, so some of your other complaints may also be solved.
Fortunately there's no such issues yet with the Pebble... vibration motor is much stronger and there's no touchscreen to accidentally activate! Navigation is simple with the 4 navigation buttons.
Right, time to seek out some handy apps...
I am not sure i should buy it or not due to the dimensions. Any suggestion?
but then, to be fair, i can't see how the pebble time would be that huge on a woman's wrist though.
I'm using it with a Xiaomi Note 2.
The vibration on this watch is strong so you will not miss notifications
Some watch faces can display weather (current/forecast) which is really useful
It's perfect to test the waters to see if you need a smartwatch or not
There are some really useful apps such as über and transport ones
One thing I absolutely love is the way the screen is always on so you can glance down and look at the time. I know other watches have motion activated screen on but nothing beats having a screen on constantly without reducing battery life!
The silent alarm where it just vibrates is great if you don't wake up well to alarm clock sounds and doesn't wake others up
And does fitbit type things. So at this price it's on a par with that.
And the NSA get the stuff direct from your phone so they don't need a pebble to do it.
Oh and 'Drunk O'Clock' swears at you while telling the time! My fave watchface.
Go on, ye will, ye will, ye will...fecking time to go!
I want it to use as a sleep tracker with Sleep As Android but does it also do fitbit style things such as step counting? I'm not bothered about email notification and all that.
If you've got strava or runkeeper on your phone and you use your phone to record workouts the information gets displayed on the watch.
To the person asking about whether it works with Samsung Galaxy phones I am using Galaxy S4 and no issues. Bluetooth range is about 20 -25 feet (plenty enough to leave phone in kitchen and move around house and not miss notifications). I would recommend this as a first Smartwatch especially with Android phone (and to be honest I think it's about the best with iPhone despite some limitations compared to Android without spending silly money)
Otherwise you can rely on the retailer to refund or replace.
I got my steel replaced a few weeks ago with no issues but I've seen people getting refused recently, also Pebble are cutting 25% of their staff, it's not looking good.
Still great devices though, I love mine.
But it should be pointed out that the Pebble original and Pebble steel both suffer from a serious manufacturing fault.
https://forums.getpebble.com/discussion/10287/display-issues-screen-tearing-graphic-glitches-file-support-request-via-pebble-app
Up till now Pebble have been replacing free of charge but rumour is they have recently stopped that generous offer. (Fyi I'm on my 4th Pebble and longest without an issue has been 8 months)
For this price I'd say it's still a no brainier though.
Besides I use my Fitbit HR to track my activity as it also integrates with the Bount app
Never managed such dizzy battery life as in the blurb the OP has posted but regularly get 5+ days. I use misfit as a step counter, and combined with the Bounts integration and the fact my job involves a lot of walking, I'm quickly building up points on that system which convert into vouchers.
As for the battery life, I was getting 4-5 days until the most recent update when it shot up. I've been using the watch apps a lot less, which may help but it's still impressive. The best app I've found so far is Uber, ordering a taxi from your watch makes you feel like Michael Knight - almost.
Might want to post about it if it not already on here.
Google rewards for walking.