A Pebble-newbie's Thoughts on the PTS

After a few weeks with a Pebble Time Steel, I wanted to share a few thoughts with you hardcore Pebblers ;)

I love the device, because it's good at several things that matter to me:

• It's like a watch
• Always on
• Convenient notifications
• Control music
• Noticeable vibrations
• Daylight readable
• Basic/automatic fitness/sleep tracking
• Switch the straps easily

I have no issue with the fact that the Pebble relies on a phone. It's a small window view of what my phone would nag me about that I can view more conveniently.

What would make this a perfect device for me are a few things:

• Make the black black. I'm used to an AMOLED screen where black is practically in distinguishable from the bezel. This would make the large bezel more-or-less a non-issue for me, however...
• The giant bezel is disappointing because it reduces the number of "nice" watchfaces
• Too much pixelation. The fact that an analogue watch hand is inevitably going to be pixelated is a little disappointing. Again, it makes certain watchfaces unusable for me. The valiant watchface makers who line up the pixels (e.g. slides of time) are the few that I keep coming back to

I've owned a few other smartwatches/fitness devices, and the PTS is by far the best of them. I guess I'm posting this because it feels like just a few tweaks away from what would be a perfect device.

Having read this back, I realise that watchfaces are a big thing. If I want to read the news or play Tetris on a watch, I expect compromises. But I'd like the always-on watchface to look as nice as possible.

I imagine my experience is fairly close to others, but thanks for reading!