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The Smartwatch That Was Too Good For This World (notthesolution.substack.com)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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A look back at the Pebble watch

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[–] JohnSwanFromTheLough 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Normal watches very rarely measure that. 6mm would be considered ultra thin for a quartz watch, I think you'll be waiting a while for a smart watch to be that thin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, idk, all the watches I have (but never wear any more) are like that. Even one of my old phones was kinda like that (Wiko Highway Pure), just well, phone width and height.

[–] pycorax 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You mean like one of those small casios? That's the only watch that comes to mind that remotely fits that profile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Like that, yeah. There are hundreds of models, some cheap, some expensive, some even analog. For example my favorites:

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