"Smartwatches have become health gadgets. Over the last five years or so, Apple, Garmin, Google, Samsung, and practically every other company wanting to strap their wares to your wrist have emphasized exercise integrations, sleep tracking, hypertension monitoring, and more. The most expensive among these devices are also satellite communicators, because now that you have a smartwatch, you are surely so active that you cannot be contained by cell towers."
"They're also not remotely what I'm looking for in a wearable. I want a smartwatch that tells the time. I want a watch that helps me throughout the day, whether by delivering important notifications or helping me do small tasks without taking out my phone. I want some health and fitness stuff, sure, but I don't need anything more than a step counter and an alarm clock that buzzes my wrist instead of blaring."
The Pebble 2 Duo is a $149 E Ink smartwatch that displays the time continuously and achieves nearly a month of battery life. It provides tactile notifications with granular control and performs very basic fitness tracking such as step counting and vibrating alarms. The device is thin, light, and unobtrusive for all-day wear. The E Ink display emphasizes always-on readability while conserving power. Pricing positions it below many feature-rich smartwatches, trading advanced sensors, satellite communication, and aesthetic polish for simplicity, longevity, and practical day-to-day usefulness.
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