[joewhale]

been wearing my apple watch less and less. really miss my old pebble. might pull the trigger on this.

[teekert]

I'm going ahead when there is general availability. I would not have liked it if I would have missed this design bump while waiting for the older model to still arrive.

[jkestner]

You can change your preorder without losing your place in line.

[teekert]

Thanx! Just placed the order, the video even says: Don't worry about the color, pick it later, which was indeed something I wondered about.

Really love this guy and Pebble!

[net01]

it looks superb. I love the small bezels and E ink display.

[duomo]

It’s not e ink, just an LCD that they misleadingly market as “e-paper”

[aidenn0]

That helps explain all of the mentions of a "backlight" in the video.

[4ggr0]

wait, what? i specifically ordered a Pebble 2 Duo because i wanted an e-Ink smartwatch :(

[zevon]

If you have not seen a transreflective color LCD in person, my suggestion would be to search for reviews of the old Pebbles to get a feel for it (or just get one, they can be had for very cheap sometimes). It's very different that the LCD in a phone - and much more readable in sunlight, for example.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

It's kind of a mix. You can update quickly without burning battery on changes, but it needs power to keep displaying things. On the other hand I'm not sure that's a bug on a watch; I don't want it to display the last time before its battery died indefinitely. And it does work in direct sunlight which is great

[latexr]

> I don't want it to display the last time before its battery died indefinitely.

That seems like an easy fix: Make the software switch to something else (like a “charge me” message) right before turning off for lack of power.