Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit

Re:Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit by ceejayoz on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:54PM (#21378745)

My wife and I both blew through multiple Fitbit replacements each, and we're not enormously active people. Build quality was abysmal.

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Re:Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit by mypalmike on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:17PM (#21381787)

Yeah I went through 3 Charges in a year. Lower quality than the cheapest no-name electronics I've ever had, but at a price premium. It's like they were manufactured to be disposable.

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Re:Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit by om3n on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @08:09AM (#21386198)

Very similar experience here, I went through 2 Charge HRs in about a year. I'm on my third now, but I purchased this one new on eBay for $50 iirc (after the Charge 3 was released).

Every Fitbit I've had has felt disposable, and I've been using their products since 2013.

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