Leaked Image Reveals Pebble Smartwatch w\Color Screen

For the past 4 days Pebble has been running a countdown on its website. Everyone is expecting the smartwatch maker to announce a new model when the timer runs out tomorrow. Looking at the image which Pebble leaked on its website, I think they're right.

Unless the leaked image is some type of practical joke, the new pebble smartwatch will sport a color screen and be slightly larger than the current gen Pebble.

Leaked Image Reveals Pebble Smartwatch w\Color Screen e-Reading Hardware Screen Tech

9to5Mac said that they're expecting the new model to be thinner and have smaller buttons than the current model, as well as a color screen. they're also expecting it to have a Cortex M4 processor, better battery life, and a 6-axis gyroscope.

It's not clear what screen tech Pebble will be using. Some sources are describing it as a color epaper display, but I don't know of one which has that particular shade of yellow-orange.

I think it's much more likely that Pebble will use some type of LCD screen. The current Pebble wristwatch uses a low-power screen which is grayscale like an E-ink screen. That screen is frequently described as epaper, but is actually a transflective LCD screen developed by Sharp.

I think it's likely that the new Pebble will have a similar LCD screen. Japan Display, for example, just announced its third smartwatch screen.  That screen was round, and not rectangular like the one above, but it is a reduced-power reflective screen with a low-power mode. It would make sense to use that type of screen in the new Pebble.

But we'll have to wait until tomorrow to know for sure.

Nate Hoffelder

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