The PineTime has dramatically improved over 6 months, everything from connectivity, to features has made this “Alternative Smart Watch” into the best smart watch on the market for not a lot of money.

• Improvements over time
  The collective updates from the 6 months of community development have fixed every single problem I’ve had with it in the past. Before I would bang my head on the wall when I would lose connection for the 69th time, now I forget I have Bluetooth on at all. And if i raised my arm to check who’s calling me, only for it to not light up, I just shake it. Combine this high quality of life with the smoothest navigating animations and anyone would switch.
• The persistent cons
  For Gadget Bridge integration to work you need to have Bluetooth on 24/7, this is a problem because Bluetooth beacons are a thing used by large shops to collect customer data, and by Blackhats who do… well we don’t know. Aside from this, a “medium sized” problem is the Heart Beat Sensor, it plain doesn’t work, it lights up and shows a number, but i’m not lying on my couch with a BPM of 196.
• In conclusion
  Worth a whole £25 + no “big tech” surveillance makes it an easy competitor for general use smart watches, and with the overwhelming support from its’ community it makes the future of this watch worth waiting for.
• Just one last point
  I tried to convince my friend to buy a PineTime for his first smart watch, but he didn’t want the exact same color/model as me, so if Pine64 could make and sell some custom wrist straps (or even a round screen version) for the sealed version, it would help me protect my friend from trackers and the like.