I understand that they might serve different customer segments, especially since Apple Watch is not available for Android phones. But I would love to get everyone's thoughts as well.
I have the old chunky Pebble, and I really like it. It does get a week of battery life, and I can charge it while I'm wearing it (the charger is on the side). It's actively supported and will even get the new "Timeline" interface that's been announced for the new Pebble Time. Oh and it's $100.<p>They've explicitly positioned themselves as the anti-Apple Watch. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141001213546/https://getpebble.com/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20141001213546/https://getpebble...</a><p>Edit: In addition to all that, we haven't even seen the custom sensors third parties will make for the Pebble.
TBH, after spending about three months with a Pebble, I'd ask the inverse (not that sales of the Apple Watch won't eclipse the Pebble, event at 17 mil for the Time's kickstarter). I just have some pretty big issues with the app architecture for the Apple Watch.<p>Every interaction with the Apple Watch apps has to make a round trip to the phone and the workflow for what can happen on the watch has to be figured out design/build time, which kind of limits the things you can do and gives me concerns about latency. These things might not end up being issues, but IMHO, I think Pebble has a lot more potential to do interesting things.
I think there are plenty of iOS users that can appreciate week long battery, always on clock face and visibility in strong sun light.<p>I doubt that sales numbers will be close, but I think there is plenty of room for pebble.