After last week's great deal on the first generation Pebble Steel smartwatch I've found that the 2nd generation of Pebble, the Pebble Time is now reduced too, and for less than £50 you're getting an amazing bit of kit in my opinion. It's not quite as stylish as the Time Steel versions, but those are £90+ The Pebble Time is a significant improvement over the first generation Pebble Smartwatches. It's got the very latest firmware, and also has Pebble Health built in which is a very effective activity and sleep tracker, and integrates with Google Fit and the Apple equivalent. Unlike a lot of smartwatches Pebbles work with both Android and IPhones, which is great. The reason they are being so reduced in price is because Pebble got bought out by Fitbit and these will no longer be developed or supported in the future by Pebble, (however there's a group of developers taking it on so some more features might be possible). But most importantly, it all still works wonderfully, the Android and iPhone apps do all you need and the software is very well refined already with hundreds of Pebble apps available on top of all the watch faces etc. I'd not had a smartwatch before last week and I have to say I have loved it, most of all it works really well as a watch and activity tracker, the battery lasts 4-7 days, it's not the top of the range smartwatch but there's lots of problems with those in terms of battery life and usability. For £10 extra I've decided to return my Pebble Steel and get this instead. Useful review here: uk.pcmag.com/peb…ime
All comments (52)
qbert20
14 Aug 17#1
Always wanted to try one but is it worth it?
fozzy17 to qbert20
15 Aug 17#18
smart watches are rubbish, save your money, pointless
roots to fozzy17
15 Aug 17#19
you know what else is pointless? your opinion.
fozzy17 to roots
17 Aug 17#44
no written by me, its funny how the smart phone wearers get the hump and all defensive they are pointless, they are for tools
RadiantDuck to fozzy17
17 Aug 17#46
Who wears a smart phone??
fozzy17 to RadiantDuck
17 Aug 17#47
put yours on your head?, of course you wear it omg
RadiantDuck to fozzy17
17 Aug 17#48
I put my phone in my pocket. Along with the rest of the world. Now a smart *WATCH* is worn!
jamgin to fozzy17
15 Aug 17#22
As written in Top Gear magazine so must be right.
fozzy17 to jamgin
17 Aug 17#43
no written by me, its funny how the smart phone wearers get the hump and all defensive :smile: they are pointless, they are for tools
jamgin to fozzy17
17 Aug 17#45
Tools? Ummm. Can't say I've ever seen a Black and Decker drill wearing a smart watch.
gsusx to qbert20
15 Aug 17#26
yes, it really is. I've had numerous pebbles (from the first one up) i now have an apple watch. Pebbles are great, maybe not so much as a fitness tracker but for notifications they are awedsome, battery life is brilliant as well. For 50 sheets it's a worth it
krzysztoflaska1
14 Aug 17#2
I love my Pebble Time Steel. This one is a bit cheaper, but has the same internals. The best ballance between functionality and battery life.
bobthewibble
14 Aug 17#3
I absolutely loved the first generation one I got this week, but the latest features on this, plus colour, plus a microphone to dictate text replies just made it a no brainer to return and upgrade. The app works really well, links to the watch via bluetooth, instantly updates the watch faces and apps on the Pebble, I've been very impressed. There's a slight sacrifice in looks I think, the Pebble Steel had a nice leather band etc, but to get that version is £90 and the better tech was really my motivation. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
bobthewibble
14 Aug 17#4
If you don't mind gold and red I've just seen you can get the Pebble Time Steel version for £63 on Amazon at the moment - amzn.eu/aJI…vOR The nicer black and silver versions are still over £90 though.
b1g1an to bobthewibble
14 Aug 17#7
The black was £79.99 for ages, it's just gone up to this price as presumably the original seller has sold out.
cocogumbo
14 Aug 17#5
How comes this post was allowed but another person's this morning was removed? I clicked on the link this morning to say the post had been removed and this is the exact same post.. Its 'Extreme Deals' who still only have stars89% positive in the last 12 months (281 ratings).. same as this morning. Smh.
b1g1an to cocogumbo
14 Aug 17#6
This has been the normal price for ages, just occasionally goes up and down 15p!
bobthewibble to cocogumbo
14 Aug 17#8
I posted it this morning with another supplier who weren't allowed, so checked and found Extreme Deals were allowed instead of them so reposted. You actually get proper Prime Delivery with this one though, the other was just free expedited delivery with Prime so I've actually bought this one.
DamianWatts
14 Aug 17#9
Pebble sold out to Fitbit so you won't get any support. Notorious for screen going wrong and we had one, just google it. Wouldn't buy another.
dcx_badass to DamianWatts
14 Aug 17#12
Only the first gen had screen issues, as for no support, the app was updated again last week...
DamianWatts to dcx_badass
15 Aug 17#37
Fair enough, my bad. Will look for update. Cheers
bobthewibble to DamianWatts
15 Aug 17#33
The 1st gen Pebble had screen issues due to it's construction (fixed by opening it up and inserting a cardboard shim apparently). These second generation Pebble Times don't have the same issue as far as I've seen from my research.
DamianWatts to bobthewibble
15 Aug 17#38
Fingers crossed then but a cardboard shim seems a bit heath robinson. Wonder if 2nd gen is the last one from kickstarter then.
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The Pebble Time is a significant improvement over the first generation Pebble Smartwatches. It's got the very latest firmware, and also has Pebble Health built in which is a very effective activity and sleep tracker, and integrates with Google Fit and the Apple equivalent.
Unlike a lot of smartwatches Pebbles work with both Android and IPhones, which is great.
The reason they are being so reduced in price is because Pebble got bought out by Fitbit and these will no longer be developed or supported in the future by Pebble, (however there's a group of developers taking it on so some more features might be possible).
But most importantly, it all still works wonderfully, the Android and iPhone apps do all you need and the software is very well refined already with hundreds of Pebble apps available on top of all the watch faces etc.
I'd not had a smartwatch before last week and I have to say I have loved it, most of all it works really well as a watch and activity tracker, the battery lasts 4-7 days, it's not the top of the range smartwatch but there's lots of problems with those in terms of battery life and usability. For £10 extra I've decided to return my Pebble Steel and get this instead.
Useful review here: uk.pcmag.com/peb…ime
All comments (52)
they are pointless, they are for tools
There's a slight sacrifice in looks I think, the Pebble Steel had a nice leather band etc, but to get that version is £90 and the better tech was really my motivation. Can't wait to get my hands on it!