Pebble Steel : Best Smartwatch 2014

Pebble Steel : Best Smartwatch 2014

Pebble Steel: Design

Original Pebble is subtle and understated but, sporting all-plastic design, it does not really exude class. The Pebble Steel may exercise the same internal tech, but it is squarely aimed at the higher end of the market - it costs £ 180 compared with £ 100 standard Steel Cheap plastic-feeling was replaced by brushed stainless steel, watch lends a more sophisticated appearance. This is emphasized by a genuine leather strap, and there are also other variants that come with metal straps.

Although it looks upscale, the Pebble Steel share 5 ATM water resistant rating is the same as the relationship cheaper. No touchscreen - something that sets it apart from other smartwatches in the market - so that the four buttons used to navigate the interface and make choices. There is a button on the left side that acts as the "back" and three other people at the right edge. The top and bottom of this move you up and down through the intuitive on-screen menu, while the center button acts as the "receive" command.

Pebble Steel: Screen

This screen is also rather low-tech compared to the latest Android devices Wear, which is due to a monochrome screen, rather than full-color models.At 1.26 inches across and with a resolution of 144 x 168 pixels that is about half the resolution of Android watches Wear on but it's easier to read outdoors in direct sunlight, although again not quite in the same class as e-ink . Having a background, too, and it can be triggered just by flicking your wrist.

Pebble Steel: Features

As with nearly all currently available smartwatch, Pebble Steel does not really have a lot of his own mind; instead, used to deliver notifications from your phone. 

While much of this functionality built-in out of the box, there is a complete app store that contains the new programs to download and watch the design of new faces. This store can only be seen on your mobile phone using special Pebble application (this also handles the connection to the watch itself), and once you make a choice that takes a few seconds to install the selected application or watch face your wrist.

One of the most useful features that we found is the ability to control the music player of your mobile phone by using the button, save bother must take your handset out of your pocket every time you want to skip tracks. We also found a great application that works with Google Navigation - watch take on a new direction and the beam directly onto your wrist, which is very useful if you are on foot and struggling to find your way around an unfamiliar city.

Pebble Steel: Performance

What is really striking about Pebble Steel is how simple and easy it is. After connecting all the important notices are sent to the clock, which silently vibrate for each alert. 

There are other benefits here - as you activate your phone's screen less, you'll find that the battery lasts longer than usual. With more than 5-inch displays are now the norm, stamina handset is drastically influenced by the demands of the screen, and the less active during the day, the more time you will get in-between the recharging time.

Bluetooth phone connection between watching and strong, and we do not see disconnected accidentally during the period of our review. The distance is also impressive - there are times when we left our phone in another room and notice still managed to qualify for the Pebble Steel. When termination did not occur because the phone and watching it being split up, the device automatically returns the link as soon as it is within range again.

Pebble Steel: Battery Life

Stamina is a real bone quarrel with the owner smartwatch. The first wave of watches Wear Android plagued with terrible battery, which means that users have to charge their devices every night to make sure they do not run out of juice halfway through the next day.

The Pebble Steel advertised as having 5 to 7 days lasting power, and while it may be achieved with very little use, we found that 4 to 5 days is a more realistic figure.

Conclution

Like the original Pebble, Pebble Steel is probably the most convincing smartwatch we've seen so far, largely thanks to a very good battery life, and a direct function of a growing collection of special applications. It is a device that is highly recommended that for about the same price as many Android Wear-rival, but has the added bonus that is compatible with iOS. The only real warning here is that the standard Pebble share the same function, but about half the price....