I don't know what I'll do after my Pebble Time Steel dies (hopefully a few years from now). It's so un-intrusive and I want E-ink (reflective LCD) screens on everything.
I even wrote a little JS app for it to pull down transit in real time - I know Apple Watches have Citymapper etc but there's something about being able to hack it on the fly.
Re:Apple Watch Series 5
by martin_bech on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @03:23AM
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You can make/Hack your own Apple Watch apps with Xcode..
Re:Apple Watch Series 5
by dkonofalski on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @07:11PM
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I'm honestly not even sure where they're getting 18-ish hours for the battery life. My Series 3 watch still gets me 30+ hours on a single charge and I only charge it when I'm in the shower/putting my clothes on.
Though I have to admit my helicopter-parent side is considering an Xplora for my kids. If it gets better battery life (2-5 days currently). An Apple Watch is out of the question.
FWIW, my Series 2 still gets me 2-3 days based on my usage. The main feature I use is the heart/sleep monitor at night, and then sporadically throughout the day (weather and time, usually). I disable all notifications besides navigation.
Re:Apple Watch Series 5
by cjohansson on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:22PM
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Yeah same thing for me. The battery time is the deal breaker.
I use my Xiaomi Mi Band with about 10 days battery time even when using sleep tracker and heart rate tracker every minute 24/7. It costs less then 10% of the Apple Watch as well.
Same with me. Even though I'm iOS dev and own apple watch I use it only for development. My Mi Band 3 last round 20 days on single charge which is great. I just wish app had better UNICODE character support
I'm wearing a Fitbit Versa (whose lineage is from Pebble) and as bad as I want to go back to WearOS or jump ship from phone platforms and get an Apple Watch, you can't beat 5 days of battery life.
I just can't get past the 18ish hours battery.
I know when I possible eventually actually own and use an Apple Watch, I am sure some of the features trigger the "once you go x you can't go back" type thing, but until then, nope.
Though my Pebble is, unfortunately, starting to creak a little, some notifications are not always shown etc, so a Fitbit may be more likely upgrade. They at least have 5 days battery.