Sizes and measurements of Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel released

The folks at Pebble have been stellar at releasing regular updates to backers of the Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel watches. Today we learned the sizes, dimensions and measurements of these two upcoming smart watches.

Pebble Time

Case dimensions: 40.5mm L × 37.5mm W × 9.5mm T (including lugs, length: 47mm) 

Band width: 22mm 

Weight: 42.5g (including standard band)

Pebble Time Steel

Case dimensions: 40.5mm L × 37.5mm W × 10.5mm T (including lugs, length: 47mm)  

Band width: 22mm 

Weight: 62.3g (with leather band), 116.3g (with metal band)

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Microsoft Band is Redmond's take on a modern wearable. it focuses mostly on health tracking but also has the ability to send notifications and its unique form factor does allow for an unprecedented number of sensors including a UV sensor that can alert users to when they should apply more sunblock. No word of availability outside of the US and UK so we're likely not going to see this in Canada for a while. 

Source: Thurrott.com