Time Round: Pebble passes circular screen to his watch – Clubic

Pebble said Wednesday its third connected watch, Round Time, following the trend by passing a circular screen. It retains the strengths that make the attraction Pebble, but with a reduced autonomy

Pebble is back. The American brand Wednesday announced the imminent arrival of his third connected watch, Round Time . As its name suggests, the new arrival is presented as an evolution of the Pebble Time … who wins a circular screen, always capable of displaying 64 colors on its backlit panel.

Faced with Apple Watch and many Android models Wear, the Time Round retains its waisted with a 38.5 mm screen only 7.5 mm thick. It now comes with two strap sizes, to suit all wrists (14 and 20 mm). Several options will be available at this level, but the bracelet will be provided by default in leather, for a total weight of about 28 grams.

To overcome the lack of touch screen, Pebble retains four Physical buttons Time and explains seeing his interface to the display adapts to this new round screen, which will require some adaptations to third party developers. The Time Round retains the double iOS and Android compatibility and onboard microphone.

So far, all the assets mentioned in our test Pebble Time await you. The transition to the circular screen size, however, introduced a regression: the theoretical range announced by Pebble is only two days, when the rectangular Time rode up to seven Pebble however careful to boost its system. charging (identical connector to previous generations), since it is certainly possible to recover the equivalent of a full working day in only fifteen minutes.

Time Round also loses the sealed character of its predecessor but retains resistance to splash supposed to guarantee an unhindered everyday use. It will be available in three colors. Black, white and pink

For this launch, Pebble has abandoned the crowdfunding: the firm operates live on its website and through some major US retailers. Availability is scheduled for early November across the Atlantic and early 2016 for Europe, with a retail price set at $ 249, which should result in a tariff of 299 euros in Europe if one relies on the observed previous with Time.

History retain the favor of his community, Pebble subject still for a time pre-orders to those who had participated in Kickstarter campaigns conducted in the past.

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