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Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B by AgloeDreams on Friday November 01, 2019 @10:04AM (#21418935)
Oh no they owned the fitness tracker market prior, the initial Smartwatch product, the Ionic, was a flop, seemingly their launch of the Versa helped because it was a stylish smartwatch with the fitbit brand and focus, the software was still quite bad compared to Google and Apple's efforts. I would go further to say that Pebble's product was actually much better.
Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B by Avamander on Friday November 01, 2019 @10:23AM (#21419157)
Versa also has hardware design errors, it allows water to leak in (trough HR sensor's bad adhesive seal) with regular use causing massive return rates.