with its Factory tuning and data center DNA an Intel 730 series SSD is an
amazing choice for gamers and performance enthusiasts this isn't my
first experience with the pebble ecosystem and you can find my original
review in the video thumbnail here but if you don't feel like watching that
I'll summarize for you the pebble is one of those few products that changed the
way I go about my daily life the app store has imp improv the product further
since my original review with easy access to apps for better music Control
forcing your phone during when you can't find it and much more stuff like that and even better but even though I'm not
a heavy app user worth every penny only
begins to describe how I felt about my vanilla Pebble so for the first time
pretty much ever I ordered the Pebble Steel the second I heard about it
instead of waiting to see if it was good and here is my review of the unit I
bought that ended up being delayed 5 months because of a shipping address
mixup that to Pebbles credit they did eventually resolve to my satisfaction
speaking of things they resolved to my satisfaction my original Pebble actually
started glitching out around the same time my steel arrived and while it's
disappointing that the screen is displaying gobble deg a lot of the time
it is actually still somewhat usable and after a couple quick messages to their
support they're shipping me a new one and I don't even appear to have to send
the original back so two thumbs up for saving me the cost of shipping the unit
on to the steel now I think the packaging actually says just about
everything there is to say about this product versus the original it looks
great feels premium and the message that it gets across is hey we may still be
the same company with the same basic product but we're all Grown Up Now check
us out and that's what steel is compared to the original Pebble the main stuff
hasn't changed it has the same sized eink display with unchanged contrast and
resolution things I'd like to see upgraded in a future revision the battery life is the same the button
layout is the same it's still waterproof the Bluetooth connectivity is unchanged
and it's still compatible with all the same apps the improvements are all in
the design which is great because let's face it Pebble owners most of the
comments we get about our watches sound more like the heck is that versus oh wow
that's great what is it and there's a big difference now that changes the
steel is available in matte black or brushed stainless steel and both bottles
ship with a leather strap pre-attached and a metal wristband that was a touch
big for me out of the box but has an included screwdriver and the ability to
shorten it so I was able to resize it and swap it myself Pebble doesn't
recommend doing this yourself but aside from the pins being extremely tight on
mine I had a pretty hard time with that I didn't have too much difficulty and
this guide here got me through it in about 20 minutes now that I've tried
both I think I'm going to stick with the metal band for now honestly they're both
great and whichever one you like better is 100% a personal choice the leather
one is lighter not waterproof and feels a bit more casual while the steel one
feels aside from the added weight and bulk uh slightly more comfortable on my
wrist with the waterproofness being a nice touch so there's the pros and cons
of each of those moving past the strap
the watch face itself has gotten a nice upgrade too it's smaller overall with
cleaner straighter lines the bezel is smaller particularly on the top and
bottom the buttons are closer together with a nicer tactile feel to them and
the Front plastic of the original Pebble has been replaced with gorilla glass a
welcome upgrade I mean I may not do hard
manual labor every day but I do work with my hands sometimes like even just
in computers and I have scratched the beebus out of my original Pebble this
should hold up much better the last upgrade is actually a pretty minor one
there's a little RGB LED for charge status indication and app developers I
guess can make use of it at some point but I haven't seen any news posted about
it in the last few months correct me if I'm wrong so um looks like it hasn't
really been used much yet which closes
out the positive points that I'm going to make in this review and leads well
into my one complaint Pebble seriously
you changed the charging cable it's one
thing to have a proprietary charging connector Apple does it and I accept the
way they do it because not only is the lightning standard they developed infinitely better than the micro USB one
that everyone else is using but they also don't change it on US every year
Pebble what the heck man I really hope this doesn't turn into a trend and I
hope that they've given the consideration a little bit more thought for the future so I don't need to run
out and buy new charging cables every time I upgrade my watch to the latest
and greatest as I'm very likely to do unless Apple knocks it out of the park
with the eyewatch and the iPhone 6 or the Moto 360 really blows me away
overall I like their charging cable I like that it's magnetic I like that it's
easy to use but I just really wish they wouldn't change it all the time and I guess that's pretty much it I loved the
pebble the steel is is even better because it doesn't attract as many weird
stairs I know a lot of you noticed that I was using another Smartwatch for a
while there um to be perfectly honest the only reason I was wearing it for so
long without reviewing it was that I was really busy and couldn't find time to
get it working properly so I just kept leaving it on my wrist to remind myself
to Tinker with it when I had a moment and right now I'm waiting to hear back
from their support I I still haven't gotten it working so you may see a review on that one when the software
improves but for now pebble's still my go-to my experience hasn't been without
it rough patches as I outlined at the beginning of this video but they've managed to make it right every time and
quite frankly aside from the product support has to be a factor when you buy
things and up to this point I'm a very satisfied customer so guys like this
video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it I hope you enjoyed my review
of the Pebble Steel and the difference in the experience I know I didn't really
cover that much about actually using the thing quite frankly once again it hasn't
changed that much so go check out that other video if you want to know what
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