"I've always felt smartwatches should supplement, rather than supplant, your phone, but that's an attitude that feels almost quaint these days. After all, Apple and Samsung believe everyone wants a watch that can do almost everything your phone can do. But that wasn't the prevailing opinion at the dawn of the smartwatch era, either philosophically or from limitations in the technology. Back then, companies like Pebble, Vector, Basis and others all built devices that added a second screen to the device in your pocket,"
"Round 2 was announced on January 2, and is the second product in Core Devices' (Migicovsky's new company) lineup of revived Pebbles. The first was the revamped Time 2, aping the form of its more successful predecessor, while the Round 2 is an attempt to correct the mistakes of 2015's Pebble Time Round. That watch, when it debuted, was met with disappointment from critics who loved its aesthetics but little else."
The Pebble Round 2 reasserts the idea that smartwatches should supplement phones rather than replace them. Core Devices announced Round 2 on January 2 as the second revived Pebble after the Time 2. The design corrects the compromises of the 2015 Pebble Time Round, addressing higher price, shorter battery life, fewer features and a massive bezel. The new watch uses a 1.3-inch color e-paper touchscreen bonded to the glass crystal, which stretches to the end of the case and dramatically improves viewing angles. The revived approach prioritizes useful, simpler smartwatch functionality over replicating full smartphone capabilities.
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