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[Mini-Review/First Take] Pebble on my Nexus 4

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Got my Pebble finally on Friday and have been running it through it's paces. And I have to admit, I really like it a lot! I had a bad taste from the first gen Sony Smartwatch that suffered from the disconnect issues and did not work well at all. Now with the Pebble, I have to love smartwatches again! The emails, sms, and music track controls are spot on.
The only negative at this point is that the Pebble is at it's infancy in it's product release and all I can see is good things happening if they let it.
As for the look, it needs a little help in my opinion. It needs a wider band. There is a kickstarter to create them as we speak but that means it's not available yet. I need to shop around for different 22mm bands that fit. Oh well lol...
Before matte black gadgetskins and screen protector:
Matte black

I can't wait to get my pebble
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CLTatenza said:
I can't wait to get my pebble
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I just love functionality thus far. I NEED an extra cord for work! Well, not really, this e-paper display is great and I don't think needs much charging. I need to find a battery app for the Pebble now! LOL
Are you a backer as well? Or did you preorder?

I preordered, so who knows when I'll get mine...
How did it affect battery life of your n4?
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CLTatenza said:
I preordered, so who knows when I'll get mine...
How did it affect battery life of your n4?
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A bit. Not too bad, but I do notice it. It is very slight. And I constantly use email and sms, use flipboard, reddit, and occasionally browse here and there. But for an hour and a half, constant connection and getting emails, the battery went down 4%.
But I also have wifi always on because I am either at work or home, and bt now on, with all the background syncs, that's pretty darn good in my book.
Also on your pre order. It also depends on when the last of the Kickstarter rewards will finally be sent out. Right now the reds are just being shipped. Next is the Orange and then White and finally Grey. IMO the black is the way to go and get a wrap to wrap it whatever color you want it. And also I recommend a screen proctor as well. I found myself scraping the watch time to time and if I hadn't installed the screen protector and skin wrap, it would have most likely scratched. So I think they will start shipping pre orders in two months from today. (Don't quote me!)

Added a Fossil Heirloom leather strap watch band. Not too thick IMO and I have skinny wrists! I love this band! On Amazon, you can find it for $30.
I think worth it 100%

kpjimmy said:
Added a Fossil Heirloom leather strap watch band. Not too thick IMO and I have skinny wrists! I love this band! On Amazon, you can find it for $30.
I think worth it 100%
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Ooooo thats nice
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I always thought the pebble looked funny with that stock skinny band. looks really nice with that aftermarket one.

wow, it looks good!!!
thanks for sharing.

That looks awesome. Great post!
Question,
What dyou think is like, a good advantage on having one of these?

ibarra21 said:
That looks awesome. Great post!
Question,
What dyou think is like, a good advantage on having one of these?
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Well, you have to understand what the Pebble does first off. Which is basically a notifier on your wrist. This works if one has the phone either on a charger or in your pocket. While driving or in a meeting; someplace where you can't see you phone and don't want to miss an important message or call. And controlling your music player is gravy IMO.
For me, the greatest advantage of this is when I have my phone charging and I am not near it. Second, is the ability to control my music from the Pebble.
And being e-paper display, the watch can go for a good while. I haven't tested it on how long but for the day, the watch reads 100%. I know it's not because when I put it on my charger, it starts charging, so I am guessing it's between 90-100.

I got one of these mofos too, getting text and emails on the watch is cool, and controlling my music through bluetooth to my car stereo is cool. Battery life could be better (5-6 days), and I wish notifications were persistent, they go away automatically after a while, I also wish you could pull up past notifications, and answer calls with it(you can only reject them so far). All in all a pretty cool thinger-ma-jig.

joenathane said:
I got one of these mofos too, getting text and emails on the watch is cool, and controlling my music through bluetooth to my car stereo is cool. Battery life could be better (5-6 days), and I wish notifications were persistent, they go away automatically after a while, I also wish you could pull up past notifications, and answer calls with it(you can only reject them so far). All in all a pretty cool thinger-ma-jig.
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Have you tried Augmented Smartwatch? There's a trial one to try out for 10 notifications to see if it works for you because the full version is like 6.5 bux.
The app is pretty cool and very detailed. There's a quiet time mode and notification history. Yes the notifs go away after a min or two, but I just get to the augmented smartwatch app, which takes over the music app btw, and get a list of notifications. I think it reads the past 5. I can revert to my music controller with a double click. It takes a learning curve to work it, but it works.
And why would you want to answer your phone? And how would you go about that? I mean you can probably code in an answer function, but I don't get how you would communicate with the watch where you would hit answer and the call be on speakerphone mode? I guess that would be the only way, no?
5-6 days on one charge with notifications all day? Is that the watchface you use? I have a bunch and created a few and settled on the Maurice "minutes" face. And the watch really only uses up juice when creating the notifications, so 5-6 days is pretty awesome for a device that is constantly on bt.

kpjimmy said:
Have you tried Augmented Smartwatch? There's a trial one to try out for 10 notifications to see if it works for you because the full version is like 6.5 bux.
The app is pretty cool and very detailed. There's a quiet time mode and notification history. Yes the notifs go away after a min or two, but I just get to the augmented smartwatch app, which takes over the music app btw, and get a list of notifications. I think it reads the past 5. I can revert to my music controller with a double click. It takes a learning curve to work it, but it works.
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Thanks for the recommendation, I bought Augmented Smartwatch a day or so after receiving the watch, it's a pretty complex app so I'm not sure that I am getting the full benefit of it's feature set.
And why would you want to answer your phone? And how would you go about that? I mean you can probably code in an answer function, but I don't get how you would communicate with the watch where you would hit answer and the call be on speakerphone mode? I guess that would be the only way, no?
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I would like to use the watch to answer the phone for times like when I am in the car, and the phone is docked on the windshield and connected via bluetooth to my car stereo that has a mic, I'd be able to just tap the button on the watch and answer the call.
5-6 days on one charge with notifications all day? Is that the watchface you use? I have a bunch and created a few and settled on the Maurice "minutes" face. And the watch really only uses up juice when creating the notifications, so 5-6 days is pretty awesome for a device that is constantly on bt.
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I was able to get the 5-6 days after the latest update and turning off the backlight turning on via the accelerometer, I think with true e-ink the watch would probably get much better battery life. I also use "Lama" to turn off Bluetooth on my phone after 9pm and turn it back on after 9am.
I found that watch face to be the most attractive and functional, it having the month and day on it.
Do you have a link to the watch faces you created? I'd like to check them out
Is the SDK easy to work with?
When playing music does your Pebble get out of sync with the currently playing track(mine does every once and a while)?
This would be my second favorite watch face

I've only uploaded one. And used a simple quick face generator to create a black Imperial/Empire logo with the time in the middle with the date on the bottom. The others are personal ones with pictures of my 4 yr old acting weird :silly:.
You can get a bunch of watchfaces from mypebblefaces.com (best to view from your phone to download) to check the different faces. I currently love the Maurice one. It's my fav.

Awesome!
Wonder when they will finally start shipping the pre-orders. Hopefully before iWatch, and Galaxy Watch hit the market.
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Oh and as for the music, yes it get's a bit mixed up, but I thought it was me being too impatient in pressing the buttons lol.

Looks great but how about we cook up a custom rom for the pebble?
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I'm thinking about a smart watch...
Cookoo watch is looks nicer to me:
http://www.connectedevice.com/cookoo-watch-black/
The price is so high.

reginickneo said:
I'm thinking about a smart watch...
Cookoo watch is looks nicer to me:
http://www.connectedevice.com/cookoo-watch-black/
The price is so high.
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I initially backed that when it was on kickstarter last year but I didn't like how it was shaping up so I backed out. Glad I did because they don't offer an Android version yet. The cookoo's only work on iPhones right now. There is a promise there will be an Android version soon, but no eta.
$129 isn't that bad. It's a little higher than the Sony Smartwatch and the Pebble is going to retail $150.

Disadvantages of Galaxy S5 and request for future phones

Samsung please make in the future smartphones:
OIS
Remove modulation at medium and low brightness, as it did in the Fly IQ444 Diamond 2 Quattro, Motorola Razr HD (XT925) and LG G Flex
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Remove Dynamic and Standard modes. These modes are as bone that samsung threw for some reviewers and haters. Benefit from them is no, only cons. Because at testers gray is blue, red is orange, they specially put this modes, they have very cold tone (6500-6700K - Cinema and pro photo mode, 7500-8000K - Dynamic and Standard). Anyway all image are designed for SRGB standard, and enhanced range is color distortion, red hues (at normal color temperature) and oversaturation.
Сomplete yet color gamut to 100% SRGB, the unnecessary 6-7% still sometimes make themselves known. (but 106% instead of 122% in S4 is a good job).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7PP8mgv0eCY#t=798 (This is Cinema Mode)
Metal Body (antennas should be behind the plastic, glass or other material, but not metal, so did HTC, Apple and Sony, otherwise the connection will be very bad).
Thanks
It would be ideal. Isocell, improved super amoled (brightness, viewing angles, color reproduction in cinema and pro photo mode, anti-glare), waterproof, interface speed and battery life is awesome.

Who are close to the developers of samsung, please show them this post

I'd think there are many more important issues with phones nowadays than screen calibration. If you want to edit photos, get a good monitor and calibrate it. If you want to watch movies, get a 65" plasma or OLED and stop complaining about stuff that has little relevance in smartphones.

Szadzik said:
I'd think there are many more important issues with phones nowadays than screen calibration. If you want to edit photos, get a good monitor and calibrate it. If you want to watch movies, get a 65" plasma or OLED and stop complaining about stuff that has little relevance in smartphones.
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It is much more important than unnecessary megapixels, megahertz, cores and ppi's.
It's about quality of display, which can be much better,
about the impact on eyes and eye fatigue,
about shooting in low light,
about solid and feeling that you hold the thing for ages
about "vulnerabilities", which can fault reviewers and haters

sonyfan12 said:
It is much more important than unnecessary megapixels, megahertz, cores and ppi's.
It's about quality of display, which can be much better,
about the impact on eyes and eye fatigue,
about shooting in low light,
about solid and feeling that you hold the thing for ages
about "vulnerabilities", which can fault reviewers and haters
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I prefer a fast phone with a perfect screen, than a slow phone with a good screen.
We already have good screens and if Samsung devotes loads of hours to making the screen much better, they will either need to make the phone super expensive to pay for those extra hours or they will have to cut corners in other areas to save money.
The law of diminishing returns - you spend 10% of time to achieve 90% of what you want and 90% for the rest 10%.

Less screen modes? More accurate? It will be a cold day in hell when Samsung stops emphasizing the saturated colors that only come from AMOLED. There's a reason why they use it on all flagships.
Lots of people prefer that saturated profile.
I would be always against taking choice away from customer.
Cinema is quite good Btw. Not perfect but it's close to accurate.
First thing I did when I bought this phone was changing the screen mode. That's Android strength: let me choose.
OIS: yes please.
Metal body: only if it's not form over function.
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drakester09 said:
Less screen modes? More accurate? It will be a cold day in hell when Samsung stops emphasizing the saturated colors that only come from AMOLED. There's a reason why they use it on all flagships.
Lots of people prefer that saturated profile.
I would be always against taking choice away from customer.
Cinema is quite good Btw. Not perfect but it's close to accurate.
First thing I did when I bought this phone was changing the screen mode. That's Android strength: let me choose.
OIS: yes please.
Metal body: only if it's not form over function.
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Gotta agree with this post.
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Szadzik said:
I prefer a fast phone with a perfect screen, than a slow phone with a good screen.
We already have good screens and if Samsung devotes loads of hours to making the screen much better, they will either need to make the phone super expensive to pay for those extra hours or they will have to cut corners in other areas to save money.
The law of diminishing returns - you spend 10% of time to achieve 90% of what you want and 90% for the rest 10%.
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To the speed these improvements have absolutely no affected. And make them easy as shelling pears

drakester09 said:
Less screen modes? More accurate? It will be a cold day in hell when Samsung stops emphasizing the saturated colors that only come from AMOLED. There's a reason why they use it on all flagships.
Lots of people prefer that saturated profile.
I would be always against taking choice away from customer.
Cinema is quite good Btw. Not perfect but it's close to accurate.
First thing I did when I bought this phone was changing the screen mode. That's Android strength: let me choose.
OIS: yes please.
Metal body: only if it's not form over function.
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The main advantages of amoled is not oversaturation and distortion. The main advantages is ideal black color, ideal contrast, ideal viewing angle, ideal response speed, all much better than lcd

That's true, S5 doesn't look like a 2014 flagship.

bfg425 said:
That's true, S5 doesn't look like a 2014 flagship.
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Then don't buy it and you're all good. :thumbup:
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
Then don't buy it and you're all good. :thumbup:
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+1
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[Discussion] What smart accesorry will you get next? E.g. Watch, glasses, etc

Since there is NO single thread in General forums solely dedicated this question to what Android Wear device you would buy and why, I took the liberty to post this thread, as most other "consolidated" threads are talking about phones in the main.
Try doing a Android wear search and you will not find a proper thread discussing what Android wear will you buy? Hence this thread
We have so many Android wear devices out there to accessorise our smartphones, that now they are gaining ludicrous amount of attention in the world.
Although the android wear market share is a paltry estimated value of US$1 billion compared to the smartphone market which is in the hundreds of billions. It still deserves attention for its massive growth in recent years.
Not ranked in any order, the more popular companies producing Android wear (including other smart watches) are as follows:-
1. Sony
2. Motorola
3. Pebble
4. Samsung
5. Meta
6. Martian
7. Garmin
8. Google
9. Apple Watch
Of course there are more but basically these are the few I have read about with above average reviews.
Choose yours!!!

I already own 4. The Metawatch (Frame), a Pebble, a 1st gen Gear and the G Watch. I was waiting for the 360, but got a great deal on the G on Swappa and couldn't pass it up and I'm glad I didn't. For all the hype and circlejerking beforehand about how killer it (the 360) was going to be, the reality seems to be a huge letdown, especially in terms of battery life.
I use my Metawatch the least and probably the Pebble the most, though I am very happy for now with the G... It may become my new favorite. If the price is right, I MIGHT get the LG R around Christmas time.

Despite the first impression rants:
It's uglyyy!!!
Rubber everywhere!!!
Another generic square android wear device!!!
Childish!!!!
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It you take a look about the potential and features, the most interesting smartwatch with android wear is by far, the Sony Smartwatch 3.
The first with IP68 (you can swim with it).
The first with GPS and music features independent of the phone.
The first with transflective screen for much better visibility with sunlight.
It's the first android (wear platform) smartwatch you can take anywhere without your phone for sporting activities. The design is sportive, not childish. You can sweat with it comfortably.
And the potential is because the extra features (bluetooth music and GPS tracking) will be done with sony apps at the beginning, but Google said these features will by supported natively in future versions of Android Wear.
So, be careful now, because I'm pretty sure, all the android wear watches next year will have these features and every watch in first generation will be quicky obsolete.
So my first watch in my radar is the Sony. And you may understand it in my perspective. I like sport and I have the MOTOACTV. Great concept and features, but so ugly and so terrible battery life that I only wear it when I run.
So the Sony is the first I consider to be the NEXT.
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I do not own any android wear devices (as in Android Wear Platform) as yet.
The only other accessory I have is a Pebble (which is not android wear platform )
I am however very interested in getting either an Android Wear watch or the google glass (if it becomes better)
I think the recent designs have improved by a huge margin, no matter how rectangular or squarish they look.
As for the Moto 360, it looks very good, in fact if it has a Chronograph like Bezel on it, it will definitely be a sealed deal for me. As for the dismal battery life many have reported, I am not too worried, I will switch to my Pebble
LG G round looks as good as well.
Except for a very small handful of Smart Watches out there, the rest looks like their hastily put together while trying to cram everything into a small device.
Just waiting to see Samsungs Rounded version and what others will come up as well.
I do not know if they do actually liaise with any big watch manufacturers, but they can do well to learn from designs from Panerai, U Boat, or those excellent looking top labelled brands. Since most of the watches they produced are BIG, goes to say you can stuff more goodies under the hood.
Of course thats my preference.
Cheerios

I've got my eye on the ASUS ZenWatch, or I will when it comes out. The pictures I've seen make it look like an attractive device and the reviews have been positive.

I'm actually waiting for an android wear with wireless charge and square display.
No preferences for now

I've got a galaxy s5, and a pebble. Id love to try the galaxy gear

more reading up made me realise one thing
the Moto 360 is compatible with ALL QI standard wireless charging devices, WOOTZ I got a portable QI charger .. mahahaha .. maybe worth considering getting the Moto 360 then

I use my Gear Live a lot, get new feeds from Appy Geek 15 or 20 times, dozens of emails, messages, weather alerts.
For the most part 6am to 10pm is ok but I like to get a watch that can under heavy use get me from 6am to say 4am the next day.
The only watch that promises battery life is the Sony watch.
If it really has much better battery life I may buy it, but I will see.
Childish? Only people that look at watch a say Childish are childish. These watches are not cheap knock offs that we use to get for $5, yes I am not 100% happy with the way the Sony Watch looks but since I use it working out it look very functional.
I care more about battery life than looks, I think Motorola the soon to be Chinese company just does not get it.

AstroDigital said:
I use my Gear Live a lot, get new feeds from Appy Geek 15 or 20 times, dozens of emails, messages, weather alerts.
For the most part 6am to 10pm is ok but I like to get a watch that can under heavy use get me from 6am to say 4am the next day.
The only watch that promises battery life is the Sony watch.
If it really has much better battery life I may buy it, but I will see.
Childish? Only people that look at watch a say Childish are childish. These watches are not cheap knock offs that we use to get for $5, yes I am not 100% happy with the way the Sony Watch looks but since I use it working out it look very functional.
I care more about battery life than looks, I think Motorola the soon to be Chinese company just does not get it.
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China does have some ridiculously weird and funky smart watches, some I daresay are nice, but not sure what platforms they are using.
As for battery life, I am not sure about the rest of the community, but I carry around a 8400 mAh battery pack made in China with QI standard which is still working flawlessly since last year. I hardly use the QI as the USB ports charges much faster (there is a 1amp and a 2amp port), got the QI just as a "show off" gimmick the initial few days when I showed family and friends, otherwise it is not practical to use on the move.
So for me battery life in current Smart watches is not too much of a concern, as I carry the pack around, of course my wrist does feel a little naked the few occasions my pebble is sent for charging in my bag, its nothing I can't live without

By features, i dare say the Sony SW3 will be more future proof. But if we just wait a bit, perhaps all SWs will sport the GPS and bluetooth music by Q2 2015.

i want samsung
now i own the HTC, i want to buy the samsung next time

Gear s2 3G compared to Apple Watch size-wise.

This is not meant to be a full comparison here. Just was in my local ATT store today and put one on next to my Apple Watch to see how it compares size wise. Here are the pics.
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As you can see, the thickness of the Gear S2 is for real. More than the Apple Watch even, at least eyeballing it. And it was pretty heave on the wrist too. However, this may have been related to the security device that was attached to it as well. The speaker on it was decent. I turned on some Samsung tunes with it and turned it all the way up and could hear it pretty clearly in the crowded ATT store. Functionality is basically the same as the non-3G version of the watch that I have for now.
Still torn on weather I wanna stick with this, or go with the LG Urbane 2nd generation.
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Thanks for the pictures. Looks hideous! Maybe it actually looks better than your top picture? Was gonna run up to my local at&t store today, now definitely will to see for myself.

drmacrofish said:
This is not meant to be a full comparison here. Just was in my local ATT store today and put one on next to my Apple Watch to see how it compares size wise. Here are the pics.
As you can see, the thickness of the Gear S2 is for real. More than the Apple Watch even, at least eyeballing it. And it was pretty heave on the wrist too. However, this may have been related to the security device that was attached to it as well. The speaker on it was decent. I turned on some Samsung tunes with it and turned it all the way up and could hear it pretty clearly in the crowded ATT store. Functionality is basically the same as the non-3G version of the watch that I have for now.
Still torn on weather I wanna stick with this, or go with the LG Urbane 2nd generation.
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Thanks for sharing...wow that looks thicker than i imagined (or wanted). Looks like I will stick with my classic after all, considering i already have a gear s.
Fyi, I read the lg urbane lte will be 14mm...also very thick!

sefrcoko said:
Thanks for sharing...wow that looks thicker than i imagined (or wanted). Looks like I will stick with my classic after all, considering i already have a gear s.
Fyi, I read the lg urbane lte will be 14mm...also very thick!
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yeah the Urbane LTE is thick, but since it is larger overall, it probably won't look as weird.

FitzAusTex said:
yeah the Urbane LTE is thick, but since it is larger overall, it probably won't look as weird.
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Exactly my thoughts. I think it will hide the thickness better because the lugs and band are bigger too.
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"More than the Apple Watch even"
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Even? Of course it's more than the Apple Watch. Apple Watch is thinner than a lot of smart watches..
Apple Watch - 10.5mm
LG Watch Urbane - 10.9mm
Gear S2, Huawei, Moto 360 - 11.4mm
Gear S2 3g, 13.4

supersoulfly said:
Of course it's more than the Apple Watch. Apple Watch is thinner than a lot of smart watches..
Apple Watch - 10.5mm
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That is just the case though, Apple is kind of being disingenuous about the real thickness of the watch which is 12.46 mm including glass and sensors:

Too bad! I've been waiting for a while for the gear s2 3G to show up, but as everyone can see, it is NOT worthy at all. Look at the thickness of the normal Gear S2.
The normal one is beauty, but it doesn't have a speaker. The second one is ugly af, but DOES have a speaker.
Conclusion: Wait for LG Watch Urbane 2... 1 week ago or so I was happy knowing that i'll buy the gear s2 3G sometime soon, guess i'll just stick with something else. Too bad, it was too good to be true...

just dont wear it under a long sleeve dress shirt, and it will be just fine..

It's not that bad. It's not really noticeably bigger/thicker than a normal 42mm watch (ex rolex)
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Just went and checked one out at my local AT&T ... it's DEFINITELY bulkier, and it's extremely noticable, I had every intention of going 3G version, but it literally looks like you have a mini cereal bowl strapped to your arm and I'm a big dude and it still just looked big, bulky, stuck out too far and overall just kinda dumb looking, if I went straight from the Gear S then maybe I wouldn't notice, but after having the S2 reg version, the 3G looks like crap, can't say it's really the thickness that ruined it, it's more about the contoured bottom they put on it, that's what makes it look weird.
My 2 cents ... but I guess I'm gonna go ahead and just stick with my non smartwatch looking, sleek beautiful Gear S2 BT. .. damn Samsung lol

Dmac1984 said:
Just went and checked one out at my local AT&T ... it's DEFINITELY bulkier, and it's extremely noticable, I had every intention of going 3G version, but it literally looks like you have a mini cereal bowl strapped to your arm and I'm a big dude and it still just looked big, bulky, stuck out too far and overall just kinda dumb looking, if I went straight from the Gear S then maybe I wouldn't notice, but after having the S2 reg version, the 3G looks like crap, can't say it's really the thickness that ruined it, it's more about the contoured bottom they put on it, that's what makes it look weird.
My 2 cents ... but I guess I'm gonna go ahead and just stick with my non smartwatch looking, sleek beautiful Gear S2 BT. .. damn Samsung lol
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Did you take any pics with it on your wrist?
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Did you take any pics with it on your wrist?
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Nah, we were kind of in and out, spent about 10 minutes with the wife looking at it and both of us trying it on, she's petite and she has a S2 BT that she loves and looks good on her, but when she tried this is just looked ridiculous, can say the same for me as a big guy though, just looked really odd and bulky and even one notch below what I would put to fit me properly with a little extra space it still felt like the edge of the bottom was poking into my wrist bone, the way it's shaped and the edge around the bottom contour aren't confortable, from straight on it looks good, but from the sides it looks like a dolls bowl on your arm, feels heftier which was a concern, feeling cheap or something from the added plastic but I can say I didn't feel that was an issue, but everything else was.
I'm 90% sure at this point I'm not gonna bother with the 3G version and the 3G was all I wanted and just 1 try on turned me off of it.
I wanted the GPS for when I bike or hike, but my S6 Edge+ in a book bag will work fine for those days, and same with the speaker function, man do I miss that feature lol and there will be times I'll keep missing it (quick answering at work or while driving) but for the rest of the time I can grab my phone, and when I'm walking, biking or hiking I'll just wear my BT headphones as I would anyway ... I'm definitely sad the 3G doesn't seem to be what I hoped but if it was never an option the BT model is a win regardless.
But again I'm only 90% sure it's not for me, I might go grab one after release and give it a real world run, or maybe not. But I figured I'd give my 2 cents on it, they seem to be at every local AT&T so if anyone has any doubts definitely go play with one.

Chroma - new Moto Mod Concept

We''ve extended the campaign everyone Make sure to grab a Mod or bumper while the special Indiegogo offer lasts!
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The EDGE Shield bumper is available for pre-order:
https://igg.me/at/motomodedge
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Hi everyone!
My team and I are working on a edge notification mod concept which I'd like to share with you (we're taking part in the transform the smartphone challange). Here's a quick look:
We missed led notifications and came up with an all-around edge light system - we're almost finished with the prototype. Small leds, which can be found on some phones are very underwhelming- we are planning to spice things up a bit.
The prototype has 20 individually lit leds, which can glow in basically any color. This allows for pretty much unlimited customization - patterns & colors.
We're linking this to 3rd party notificactions (facebook, twitter, instagram, gmail etc), text messages, calls, calendar events, emails and so on. You'll be able to set any color to any notification you like.
There's also additional functionality like:
- a low battery status
- gradual illumination and color shift as the battery recharges
- option to save settings for different time/days
- automatic on/off at specific time/day
- option to link to specific contacts (calls and text messages)
It's a quick way of reading between the lines and knowing what kind of information your phone is reaching out to you with before you even unlock the screen. It also lets you priotitize - for example, you can enable it for the notifications you want to receive at a specific moment and not worry or get disturbed by the stuff you don't care about.
You can link specific notifications, like social media with color 1, work contacts with color 2, family & friends color 3 etc. Simple, quick and efficient.
There's no impact on battery life, as we're planning to squeeze in a 2000mah battery in there. It's going to be enough to power the enhanced notification for a few days or you can also use it to add some power to your phone if you have to.
You'll be able to set a specific battery % to start and stop charging at or straight after snapping it in - it will recharge the phone automatically.
Here's a quick look at the app:
You can read more on our website: www.modmyedge.com
Thanks,
Tom

cool idea

I like it, but while I hate to be "that guy", what does Razer think about the name? Referring to their "Chroma" keyboard.

wraith1932 said:
I like it, but while I hate to be "that guy", what does Razer think about the name? Referring to their "Chroma" keyboard.
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Shouldn't be a problem as our logo is different. However, we have several other ideas for the name/logo in case we run into issues like these . Currently we're mostly focused on development and functionality.

Sweet! I'd buy that!
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If you are able to squeeze that battery in, do you plan on making it support wireless charging?
Also, Idk how far you are in to development, but do you have any expected price range?

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If you are able to squeeze that battery in, do you plan on making it support wireless charging?
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We get that question a lot! It's definitely possible. However, we need need to look into some design guidelines and see how much would the thickness get increased by. The edge notifications and additional power are a priority, but we'll take all suggestions into account . We want to be competitive when it comes to pricing, but it's too early to give an accurate estimate. There's going to be a 25% discount for everyone who pre-orders though, stay tuned!

han4mi said:
We get that question a lot! It's definitely possible. However, we need need to look into some design guidelines and see how much would the thickness get increased by. The edge notifications and additional power are a priority, but we'll take all suggestions into account . We want to be competitive when it comes to pricing, but it's too early to give an accurate estimate. There's going to be a 25% discount for everyone who pre-orders though, stay tuned!
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Great! I'm super excited about this product, I hope you guys are able to make this happen! I've already signed up for the indigogo notifications following this product. You'll get my business.

Franglestine said:
Great! I'm super excited about this product, I hope you guys are able to make this happen! I've already signed up for the indigogo notifications following this product. You'll get my business.
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Thanks! I appreciate all the feedback and support, it helps a lot

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Shouldn't be a problem as our logo is different. However, we have several other ideas for the name/logo in case we run into issues like these . Currently we're mostly focused on development and functionality.
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Good to hear. I'd hate to see a cool thing like this run into issues just because "We used the name first!!!1!"

Hope international orders will be accepted!

i23u8 said:
Hope international orders will be accepted!
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We plan to ship worldwide We wouldn't want anyone to miss out on it!

It would be nice if you would actually cover the phone up and make it a case to protect the aluminium body and the screen. Or make 2 versions, one that acts like a case and the other one just like a style shell

TigerCourage said:
It would be nice if you would actually cover the phone up and make it a case to protect the aluminium body and the screen. Or make 2 versions, one that acts like a case and the other one just like a style shell
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It's an option Not sure how that would work out with the pin alignment and Motorola's Moto Mod requirements though. Will look into it!

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It would be nice if you would actually cover the phone up and make it a case to protect the aluminium body and the screen. Or make 2 versions, one that acts like a case and the other one just like a style shell
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I really like the case idea. Then I don't have to buy a bumper lol
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Why is the indiegogo ended??

Intrigued...quick questions about the battery portion...
1. Would this be able to work as some of the other mods do with the "efficiency mode? That kind of trickle charges the phone and keeps it at 80% battery?...
2. Does the battery in the mod charge when the phone is plugged in?
Also, I agree with the idea of making it sort of like a "case." Reason being, I like using a bumper case when I have a mod attached to the phone, but it looks like the available.bumper cases from Verizon or Incipio would cover up the colored led portion...If you could integrate a softish material that protects the sides and wraps around to the front it would be AMAZING
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karendar said:
Why is the indiegogo ended??
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It hasn't started yet - we're collecting emails at the moment from people who are interested in pre-ordering and supporting development. Make sure to sign up and get notified first

Metfanant said:
Intrigued...quick questions about the battery portion...
1. Would this be able to work as some of the other mods do with the "efficiency mode? That kind of trickle charges the phone and keeps it at 80% battery?...
2. Does the battery in the mod charge when the phone is plugged in?
Also, I agree with the idea of making it sort of like a "case." Reason being, I like using a bumper case when I have a mod attached to the phone, but it looks like the available.bumper cases from Verizon or Incipio would cover up the colored led portion...If you could integrate a softish material that protects the sides and wraps around to the front it would be AMAZING
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We haven't decided on how the battery portion will work yet, but our idea is a bit different. We want to implement a setting in the app that will enable 2 modes:
1. phone battery starts recharging straight after the module is snapped in (this would probably use trickle charging, but we're still not 100% sure)
2. you set a fixed % value that you would like your phone to start and stop charging at. Lets say you set start to 30% and stop to 70% - when the phone drops to 30% it will recharge till it reaches 70%. This, in my opinion is a better option and manages battery life more efficiently.
The bumper has been mentioned by others a few times, so it is definitely an option. The question remains though if Motorola's requirements for Moto Mods won't get in the way. We'll be looking into it

I wouldn't make a case version of this. I actually just recommend you putting stretch goal for 3 optional bumper cases. One for each current Z device and then future ones if your still doing stuff later on. That way if you get the mod you can still use it next generation. If you do the case version you are limited if next gen doesn't have the same dimensions.