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>and I have no information as to why they chose the low cost route.

But we can guess. Software and Hardware are separate problems to solve here.

Having cheap hardware means more people can afford the devices and work on the software side.

Yes this makes sense.

> >and I have no information as to why they chose the low cost route.

Try to replace the OS on Apple Watch with FLOSS. Or on any other watch.

I would totally buy a faster PineTime!

PineCube too, for that matter.