I've been lusting after Apple watch for a long time, but so far I am not buying.
I just don't want another device that I have to charge every night, with redundant functionality to my iPhone.
I've been using Mi Band 2 for the past year, and it has been good - buzzing me when there is a message, but not being able to see the messages in detail made me reach for the phone way too often.
I just picked up a Pebble Time - for $47 it does everything Mi Band 2 did (minus the heart rate workout tracking) but I can now see the messages on my wrist! Sleep tracking is different too - turns out I have been sleeping more according to Pebble, and step counting is more accurate too (on Mi Band it used hand swinging motion, so if I was pushing a stroller, I was "not walking").
Is the Pebble my ultimate "wrist tech"? Of course not. The color screen is just an afterthought.
Update - Mi Band 2 can track my yoga workouts through "Treadmill" mode. Steps are bogus, but I get heart rate zones. I don't remember that from before, must be a recent sofware update for MiFit.
7-3-18 Update - the Pebble Time can be fooled when pushing a stroller into not counting steps, so that's that.
I just don't want another device that I have to charge every night, with redundant functionality to my iPhone.
I've been using Mi Band 2 for the past year, and it has been good - buzzing me when there is a message, but not being able to see the messages in detail made me reach for the phone way too often.
I just picked up a Pebble Time - for $47 it does everything Mi Band 2 did (minus the heart rate workout tracking) but I can now see the messages on my wrist! Sleep tracking is different too - turns out I have been sleeping more according to Pebble, and step counting is more accurate too (on Mi Band it used hand swinging motion, so if I was pushing a stroller, I was "not walking").
Is the Pebble my ultimate "wrist tech"? Of course not. The color screen is just an afterthought.
Update - Mi Band 2 can track my yoga workouts through "Treadmill" mode. Steps are bogus, but I get heart rate zones. I don't remember that from before, must be a recent sofware update for MiFit.
7-3-18 Update - the Pebble Time can be fooled when pushing a stroller into not counting steps, so that's that.
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