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God I miss my Pebble (had a Pebble Time 2)... I took it off when it was bought and haven't put it back on (pull of the bandaid).

It was pretty much better than any of my friends watches. We used to trade to try them out. I hate the iWatch because the bettery died all the time and I hate the touch screen (I love dials too). The android wear was a bit more my style, but again battery life sucked and I didn't like it wasn't eInk.

Honestly, give me an option to pay double for a pebble and I would. The Pebble Time 2 was the best watch I've ever owned bar none.

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Wait, you had a Pebble Time 2? And you didn't wear it?!!

The Time 2 is legendary with Pebble fans, as it was cancelled and never sold commercially, and Kickstarter backers were given refunds. Only a handful went out to employees & reviewers:

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/12/7/13864804/p...

I still use my Pebble Time Steel and love it, and I'm not sure what I'll move to next. The Fitbit Ionic is meant to be the successor (and it has hardware buttons too, despite what the Verge article says). But it doesn't have a microphone, and I use that a lot on my Pebble. It's useful for dictating SMS replies when I'm out running, or for setting quick reminder alarms with Snowy (Pebble's version of Alexa / Siri).

>I took it off when it was bought and haven't put it back on (pull of the bandaid).

That seems needlessly masochistic. I was bought a Pebble Time Steel for Christmas just after the FitBit buyout. I use it with Gadgetbridge, never even touched the official app. It's wonderful, and the hardware shows no signs of slowing down.

The hardware will run for a long time. Consider that you recharge once a week. That's about 208 recharges in 4 years. Or 416 recharges in 8 years. That's the lifetime I expect a normal watch to last while the batteries either had to be replaced or it was "self-winding".

> I took it off when it was bought and haven't put it back on

I don't think I understand this.

If it was such a great watch why did you not wear it? Why did you take it off immediately after it was bought?

Judging from context I would guess he/she meant: "I took _the watch_ off when _the company_ was bought"

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