New smartchasy from Pebble. Thin, light and round

Today, the company announced new Pebble smartchasy with a round metal body and a round color display. The rest is still the same good old Pebble - constantly active screen and a few days without recharging. Novelty called Pebble Time Round . The clock is already possible to order for $ 250, will begin shipping in 6-8 weeks. Direct delivery to Russia is still there, but Banderolka promises to send the watch for $ 10 for shares .


Available in three body colors - silver, gold and black, as well as five different leather straps. Later in the sale will be metal bracelets, though apparently fit to watch straps and bracelets standard width of 14 or 20 mm (have package options for different widths).

The thickness of the watch is only 7.5 mm, and weight - 28 grams. Today it is very light and thin smartchasy in the world. Resolution of the round display is 180x180 pixels. The rest of the hardware characteristics do not differ from the previous generation - a processor with a frequency of 100 megahertz, accelerometer, compass, microphone and four hardware buttons. It works in tandem with a smartphone on iOS or Android.

For those who funded on Kickstarter previous model, Pebble Time Steel, there is an interesting offer. New watches you can buy them until November 8 at a discount of $ 50 ( but there are nuances a >). After purchasing the given month for testing and comparison of two hours, then one of the models can be taken back and return the money. Alternatively, you can keep the two models.

SDK for the new hardware platform dubbed Chalk is now available, developers can start to round dials and their applications.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/262906/