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Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by aembleton on Thursday April 28, 2022 @03:08PM (#31196849)
Something like the Amazfit Bip? https://www.amazfit.com/en/bip
Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by sedatk on Thursday April 28, 2022 @03:19PM (#31196987)
> 45-day battery life

Wow, that's probably the first time an always-on electronic device actually surpassed my Nokia 6310's 21-day battery life in the last two decades. It's really hard to imagine a cellphone charge lasting for three weeks today. How far we've come :P

Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by aembleton on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:36PM (#31198511)
You get 60 days with the much more expensive Vertix 2 and that also has an always on display https://www.coros.com/vertix2

I have the Coros Pace, so can vouch for their battery life claims. I get between one and two weeks between charges, depending how much I use the GPS.

Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by sedatk on Monday May 02, 2022 @04:19PM (#31240360)
Didn't know about Vertix either. Great!
Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by orril on Saturday April 30, 2022 @11:41AM (#31216867)
The garmin instinct 2 solar has the same screen tech as the pebble or an old nokia and NEVER needs to be charged.
Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by sedatk on Monday May 02, 2022 @04:20PM (#31240366)
Also cool!
Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by woojoo666 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @03:27PM (#31197094)
I returned my amazfit bip almost immediately. It's too dim with the backlight off and looks like a toy with the backlight on. If you look for photos of real life usage you'll see what I mean. The wyze watch blew me away in terms of looks and battery life (especially considering the price), they must be selling at a loss. However I'm also not a fitness junkie so I don't use the watch heavily and can't report on how useful the watch actually is
Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by user_7832 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @04:05PM (#31197541)
Did you have the Bip (which iirc hasn't been sold officially for over a year now) or the Bip U/Bip Pro? The OG Bip screen is much more reflective. Here's an image of my Bip - https://i.imgur.com/DBzoDp5.jpg
Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by woojoo666 on Friday April 29, 2022 @09:48PM (#31212642)
That does look better than the display I remember. Though if you check out real life photos of the Wyze Watch I think you might be surprised at the quality
Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by Jiro on Thursday April 28, 2022 @03:44PM (#31197301)
Actually I don't use the Pebble for fitness. I like having the weather, calendar, location, and sunrise/moon phase (though that depends on the watch face).