| ▲ | hyperbolablabla 18 hours ago |
| Lack of GPS is the dealbreaker for me. Otherwise this would be an insta purchase -- I bought the Time in 2014, and was hoping for a "smartstrap" with GPS back then, but when it never came I slightly lost interest. |
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| ▲ | Anonbrit 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Just out of interest, what is the benefit of GPS on your watch if you already have it on your phone? |
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| ▲ | nradov 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | With a GPS (GNSS) receiver on the watch you can get instant position and speed data without having to maintain a stable Bluetooth connection to the phone. Some athletes prefer to record activities on a watch without having to bring a phone. And in certain races, such as most sanctioned triathlons, phones aren't allowed on the course at all. | | |
| ▲ | bcraven 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sounds like a use case for a fitness watch, not a Pebble. | | |
| ▲ | crispinb 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | Or to put it another way: a Pebble would cover more uses with a GPS. They're clearly not expensive nor necessarily profligate with battery. My now 5 year old Amazfit bip, which was cheap as chips, still gets 3 weeks of battery life with a daily gps-mapped run. |
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| ▲ | akvadrako 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Running without a phone. | | |
| ▲ | crispinb 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | Quite. Phones & watches are mutually exclusive from my pov. The whole point of the watch (especially when running) is not to have to carry a phone. |
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| ▲ | jadbox 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Does it at least have heart rate? |
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