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Just because you rarely change ecosystem, I don't believe it is the biggest selling point.

To me, it is that the Pebble simply works, and does it well. I've tried wearing an Android-based smartwatch - while great hardware (except battery time) - it simply didn't work that well. I think that is the biggest selling point.

On the other hand, I remember having my Pebble in a drawer for most of the first year. But once SDK 2 was released, things started to happen and it became really useful in itself and the apps/watchfaces available.

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> On the other hand, I remember having my Pebble in a drawer for most of the first year. But once SDK 2 was released, things started to happen and it became really useful in itself and the apps/watchfaces available.

That's where I still am. I was an early adopter from the KS offering. I've sent two of the three Pebbles I started with back because they had issues and since then they've been languishing in the back of a drawer. One of the broken ones was a gift, unfortunately, so it was hard to speak positively after that.

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and upgrade them to the latest version before writing them off entirely. Maybe the Pebble Steel will be a major step in the right direction -- if anything, I hope they have fixed their quality control issues and increased the quality of their builds.

I have a moto 360 myself and never remember to wear it. It came free with my contract.

If I were to buy another smartwatch it probably would be a Pebble Time I just think they should push this particular USP.

> it simply didn't work that well.

Can I ask what wasn't working that well?

My LG G used to be awesome, but recently my Nexus 5 has been crashing all the time, and removing the Android Wear app and unpairing the watch completely fixed it. (plus the phone has much better battery life now it isn't crashing all the time)

So yeah, wear on flagship devices purchased straight from Google, not so good at the moment. I'll try it again in a few weeks to see if they've fixed their QA problems.

I wear a moto360 everyday since october, and I really like the "hardware part" of the watch (it looks good and feels nice). But, the software (or whatever it is), is a complete mess. The UI (card display, gestures) is made for square screens, not round ones. The voice control either doesn't work because of my accent/noisy surroundings or it makes you look like a very very strange person. For a long time, there was an issue that kept the time displayed on the watch's ambient screen from updating (so you would get "jumps" of several minutes when the watch activated).

I could go on for a long time, but I think you get the idea: it is just not a finished product.

Thanks to both of you

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