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[–] paf0@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (20 children)

I wish they made more e-ink watches

[–] sxan@midwest.social 26 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I'd love a successor to Pebble which doesn't require an account. There are a number of options, but my issue is that most require creating an account with vendor, and app integration with - no doubt - copiuos data harvesting and reselling. Many are absurdly expensive.

There are several cheap options on Alibaba.

Goodreader.com lists a number of expensive e-ink watches, some of which look quite nice.

But I've got my eye on Watchy (github, old review); it was introduced a couple of years ago and is still being updated. It's also available from a couple of vendors, including preassembled through Amazon.

[–] Decipher0771@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)
[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What battery life are you getting on that?

[–] Decipher0771@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

3-4 days easy. That’s with turning on all the gps/heartrate/iOS sync functions tho. Turning off the gps and heart rate monitor and I’m sure I could get 7 days easy, and turning fewer notifications I have no doubt it’s go 2weeks.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago
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