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Re:Pebble Round 2 – The Most Stylish Pebble Ever by jolmg on Monday January 05, 2026 @11:57PM (#46508901)
> check out some of the cheaper Garmin smart watches. They use MIP displays so the battery life runs about 2 weeks

Same deal with the watch of the article. It uses the same display: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46471292

The difference between such Garmin watches and Pebble Round 2 seems to be trading off hardware like built-in GPS and NFC for open source software and thinness it seems. 100% worthwhile trade IMO.

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Re:Pebble Round 2 – The Most Stylish Pebble Ever by gbil on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:05AM (#46508944)
No HRM on the pebble which makes it a totally separate use case and can't be compared at all with the Garmin ones.
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Re:Pebble Round 2 – The Most Stylish Pebble Ever by faitswulff on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:20AM (#46509017)
The Pebble Time 2 has a heart rate monitor
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Re:Pebble Round 2 – The Most Stylish Pebble Ever by gbil on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:31AM (#46509069)
Isn’t this thread about the pebble round 2 which is the closest from form factor to a garmin ? Moreover, GPS is lacking on any pebble anyhow which is also a major use case and again therefore, garmin’s and pebble’s can’t be compared, 2 different use cases for me.
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Re:Pebble Round 2 – The Most Stylish Pebble Ever by lawn on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @02:32AM (#46509658)
The round 2 is round similar to a Garmin but the Garmin watches are significantly thicker,.more similar to the time 2.
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Re:Pebble Round 2 – The Most Stylish Pebble Ever by apparent on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @03:05AM (#46509818)
Even the PT2 is significantly thinner than Garmins, roughly 2mm. That's about 15% thinner, which is a big deal in my book. Not as thin as AWs though, but not off by too much. Based on photos, it looks like the PR2 will be 2mm thinner than the PR2, which would make it thinner than AWs.
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Re:Pebble Round 2 – The Most Stylish Pebble Ever by mirsadm on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @03:09AM (#46509846)
Even the OLED Garmin watches last much longer than a day. My Venu 3 lasts for about 4 days with me running every day.
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Re:Pebble Round 2 – The Most Stylish Pebble Ever by bdavbdav on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @07:32AM (#46511466)
Not a worthwhile trade if you want to run / exercise with metrics.
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