Pine64 starts official sale of open source PineTime smartwatch

Pine64 has started official sales of its first smartwatch. The company previously made a developer version of this PineTime watch available, but is now releasing a variant for consumers.

Pine64 makes the release version of the PineTime available through its own webshop, where the company currently charges a community price of $27. The smartwatch has a touch-sensitive 1.3″ LCD with a resolution of 240×240 pixels. The whole weighs 38 grams. The smartwatch runs standard open source software, in the form of InfiniTime 1.2. Users can also flash an alternative OS.

In terms of specifications, the release variant is almost identical to the devkit. For example, the smartwatch has an nRF52832 soc from Nordic Semiconductor, with an Arm Cortex-M4F core at 64MHz. The smartwatch has 64KB of memory and 512KB of internal flash storage, which can be expanded with 4MB of additional storage. The PineTime also has a lithium polymer battery with a capacity of 170 to 180mAh. The open source watch supports Bluetooth 5 and has an accelerometer, a vibration motor and a heart rate sensor.

The housing of the release version has changed. For example, the case can no longer be opened by the user, which was possible with the developer variant. As a result, users can no longer access the low-level debug interface. As a result, users no longer have to assemble the smartwatch themselves. That was the case with the devkit. Pine64 still sells the devkit, in the form of a twin pack along with a release variant of the watch.

Source: Pine64