ps: I’ve been informed they were discontinued to be eliminated as competition so I should not assume their exit from market was due to commecial failure
They were bought bc they where competitive budget smartwatches that gave their userbase freedom. Fitbit bought them just to emilimate them as competition. Further more the fact that theres still a pebble community all these years later still using and loving an old smartwatch proves not only where they succesful but fitbit was not. Fitbit is gone, and pebble rises again from their ashes like a pheonix
how is the return of a
failedproduct “unique”?ps: I’ve been informed they were discontinued to be eliminated as competition so I should not assume their exit from market was due to commecial failure
Failed?
successful products do not exit the market
they were bought out by competition, why make better products of you can simply buy off competitors.
Pebble was competing with Fitbit so Fitbit bought them, then Google bought Fitbit because they were competing in the smart watch market.
as pointed in the ps on my orginal comment, I just found out about that and removed the “failed” adjective from my question
They were bought by Fitbit.
yes, and discontinued right after, no?
look don’t get me wrong, I like the product and curious about its return. I just find it strange to pretend a version 2 of a product is “unique”
That is Apple level of “we inveted this thing that has been in the market for 2 years”
They were bought bc they where competitive budget smartwatches that gave their userbase freedom. Fitbit bought them just to emilimate them as competition. Further more the fact that theres still a pebble community all these years later still using and loving an old smartwatch proves not only where they succesful but fitbit was not. Fitbit is gone, and pebble rises again from their ashes like a pheonix
Alright TIL, thanks for the informational reply