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Akuphelanga ngisho isonto I-Pebble Time debut, iwashi elihlakaniphile elisha kusukela ekuqaleni itshana, umkhiqizi wamawashi ahlakaniphile aphumelele kakhulu emakethe kuze kube manje, futhi inkampani isivele iqhamuke nenguqulo entsha, ewubukhazikhazi. Njengonyaka odlule, imemezele imodeli yensimbi eyabelana cishe ngehadiwe efanayo, kodwa ingaphandle izonikeza ukubukeka kwe-premium nezinto zokwakha. Siyakwamukela ku-Pebble Time Steel.

Uma uthi nhlá, kungase kubonakale sengathi i-Pebble yenze iphutha kumakhasimende ayo ngokwethula ifulegi elisha ngemva kokuba isikwazile ukuqongelela u-$12 wezigidi kanye nama-oda angu-65 ku-Kickstarter. Kodwa okuphambene kuyiqiniso, labo abanesithakazelo enguqulweni yensimbi bangacela "ukuthuthukiswa" futhi bakhokhe umehluko kuphela.

I-Time Steel izotholakala njengengxenye yomkhankaso we-Kickstarter wamadola angu-250 (imiqhele engu-6), ekuthengisweni okuvamile intengo izogxumela kumadola angu-100 (imiqhele engu-299). Labo abashintsha i-oda labo ngeke balahlekelwe indawo yabo ohlwini lokulinda, kodwa iwashi lensimbi ngeke lifike kuze kube nguJulayi, izinyanga ezimbili ngemva komodeli. Isikhathi.

Kodwa-ke, ngaphezu kwe-chassis yensimbi, i-Time Steel izophinde inikeze abasebenzisi bayo ezinye izithuthukisi ezimbalwa. Uma ziqhathaniswa nemodeli evamile, ziyi-millimeter ukuqina futhi zinebhethri elikhudlwana. Ngokusho komkhiqizi, kufanele kuqhubeke kuze kube yizinsuku eziyishumi zokusebenza okuqhubekayo. Okunye ukuthuthukiswa isibonisi esine-laminated, lapho iwashi lisusa khona igebe phakathi kwengilazi yekhava nesibonisi, ngaleyo ndlela isithombe sibonakala sikhonjiswe ngqo engilazini, ngendlela efanayo ne-Apple ekhanyisa isibonisi kuma-iPhones nama-iPad.

Iwashi libukeka liqine kakhulu, linohlaka olubanzi oluzungeze isibonisi futhi izinkinobho zinendawo ebhalwe kahle ukuze ulicindezele ngokunethezeka.

I-Pebble Time Steel izoba nebhande lensimbi, futhi abasebenzisi bayophinde bathole ibhande lesikhumba njengesisetshenziswa samahhala. Kuzoba nezinhlobo ezintathu zemibala - grey okhanyayo, omnyama nosagolide. Ngenguqulo yegolide, ngendlela, abasebenzisi bathola ibhendi ebomvu esikhundleni somnyama noma omhlophe ojwayelekile, futhi kusobala ukuthi abadali bathathe okungaphezu kokugqugquzelwa enguqulweni yegolide ye-Apple Watch (bona isithombe esingezansi).

Eqinisweni, iwashi lifana nokwakheka kwe-Apple Watch ngandlela thize kangangoba laqanjwa ngokuthi "I-Pebble Time Steal" ku-Twitter ngemuva nje kwesimemezelo. Ngokufanelekile.

Kodwa-ke, i-Pebble Time ne-Time Steel inesici esisodwa sangempela, okuyimbobo yokushaja ezinikele etholakala ngemuva eduze kwesinye sezigaxa zebhande. Isixhumi asikwazi ukushaja iwashi kuphela, kodwa futhi sidlulise idatha. Lokhu kuzokwenza ukuthi kudalwe lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "i-Smartstraps", amabhande ahlakaniphile axhuma kusixhumi.

Amabhande ahlakaniphile kufanele abe nezinjongo ezihlukile, isibonelo angaqukatha ibhethri lawo futhi akhulise ukubekezela kwe-Pebble nakakhulu, noma mhlawumbe abonise ulwazi olusheshayo kusibonisi sawo noma asebenzise ama-LED ukuze uthole izaziso zombala. Abenzi bamawashi ngokwabo ngeke baqale banikeze ama-smartstraps ngokwabo, kodwa bazokwenza izinhlelo zitholakale kubakhiqizi bezinkampani zangaphandle. Ngalokhu, bafuna ukuqinisa i-ecosystem yabo, abayakha ngokucophelela, kanye nehardware, futhi ngenxa yalokho, balwe ne-Apple noma abakhiqizi bamawashi nge-Android Wear.

Umthombo: I-Verge
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