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Pebble colored watches received the largest amount in the history of Kickstarter - 15 million dollars

A colored watch with an e-paper display of Pebble Time with a battery that lasts for a week of work, received on Kickstarter more than fifteen million dollars instead of the planned five hundred thousand. The campaign will last another twenty-three days, so that Pebble will be able to improve their record.

At the moment, this is a record amount in the entire history of Kickstarter. Under the cut - a little about the history of Pebble crowdfunding and a list of the ten most successful campaigns on Kickstarter at the moment.

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In 2012, Pebble for the first time used the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform to collect the necessary amount to start production of smart watches with an e-paper display for iPhone and Android. The project instead of the planned one hundred thousand dollars collected more than ten million from seventy thousand users, after which Pebble fell into the history of smart watches .
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This time, Pebble raises money on a Pebble Time color watch model. One of the new models will be made in a metal case, it was called Pebble Time Steel. For a contribution of $ 159, the company promises in May 2015 to start sending Pebble Time Watch in any of the three colors of choice - the price of watches at retail will be $ 199. The steel version, which costs $ 299, can be obtained for a contribution of $ 250.

Pebble Time Steel will live up to ten days without recharging, Pebble Time Watch - up to seven days.

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Most Successful Kickstarter Campaigns


  1. Pebble Time $ 15,118,774
  2. Coolest Cooler $ 13,285,226
  3. Original Pebble $ 10,266,845
  4. Exploding Kittens card game $ 8,782,571
  5. Ouya $ 8,596,474
  6. Pono high-fidelity music player $ 6,225,354
  7. The Veronica Mars movie project $ 5,702,153
  8. Reading Rainbow $ 5,408,916
  9. Torment: Tides of Numenera (video game) $ 4,188,927
  10. Project Eternity (video game) $ 3,986,929

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/365187/


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