| Lack of GPS essentially killed the resurrected Pebble for me. If I am buying a smart/tracking watch today, I want these things from it: - Great battery life - HRM (with decent accuracy; doesn't have to pass those "accuracy tests" though) - GPS (with extremely good accuracy and yes, it has to pass those accuracy tests for GPS. And no, if I turn it ON and use it and the battery dies quickly, I won't hold it against you - that's supposed to happen) - Do not track me - do not send any data to anywhere unless I specifically want it - Do not need a phone to be connected to function - let me export data later if I choose to (hell, if this is the only way - I don't mind - BT not being used always isn't so bad - saves a bit of battery; if you need me to do this via a USB type C cable later, I don't mind that either) That's all! ----- If you don't have these features, I don't really mind: - Show me the incoming call on the screen. - Give me a way to reject or silence it. If I want to answer that call, then I'll reach out to my phone anyway. - Maybe show the time and day if I tap it or I am fine if it's always shown - Preferably don't show me notifications from apps in general and if you do - give a very granular way to disable specific apps (this might already be possible) - Please sell a non-touchscreen option (but I can live with one) - Do not try to be the smartphone or replicate it somehow and end up becoming a Frankenstein in both size and spirit - Maybe keep it lightweight? PS. And, for the love of god, do not ever try to hardcode special chargers/cables like Philips does for their trimmers. Bas----ds sell different cables and different chargers for two trimmer models released in the same year very close to each other and in close price ranges fulfilling similar functions. |
I don't really think you're in the target demographic for a pebble at all. It sounds like you want a standalone device that's essentially a smartphone on your wrist. I know you say you don't want it to be a smartphone, but if you want battery-life, a GPS, and phone independence, that's the product you're going to get.
Pebble is (and was) more of a smartphone companion, it has basically no smart functionality on its own.