Anyone return Gear 2 Neo for Pebble?

[rEVOLVE]

I wouldn't go as far to say that it was "cutting edge". It did some great things but even then it was a bit crippled from the start and took a while to get off the ground. And not that it matters but they botched the launch. I was one of the original Kickstarter backers that got boned as I still waited for my fulfillment while they provided Best Buy with stock to sell in stores. Angered a lot of us. I don't see Pebble surviving much longer into this year as Apple is expected to debut their watch and Motorola and LG coming out with their own flagship watch as well.

Yep. Kickstarter backer here who had to wait until almost the last shipments because I thought that White would be a nice color and ended up being the last batch that they produced, lol. I sat for months waiting for mine while backers who bought the other colors were using theirs. I actually went and got a Metawatch Frame in the meantime which served me well until I got my Pebble. Funny thing is, by the time I got my Pebble, most of the bugs were worked out and there was some pretty good functionality fleshed out. I wish I could get the functions I have on my Pebble I mentioned in my above post on my Neo.

 

[MBSMD]

I actually love my brushed silver Pebble Steel. Battery lasts a week, the apps do enough for me (at least insofar as the current state of the art in wearables) and the watch looks very professional. The Gear and Gear 2 are too cartoony and plasticy for me (needs to look business-like; I'd maybe be less concerned if I only needed a casual watch).

I'm very much looking forward to the new Google wearables platform and the Moto watch (presuming it looks as nice as the prototypes).

But given the current state of infancy, I much prefer the Pebble Steel to the Samsungs. And since I don't use a Samsung phone, the original Gear was a nonstarter anyway.

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[Nelson D]

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