Birth control you can wear on your face.
Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
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Re: Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
#22Based on my brief exposure, Spectacles is a very polished product. Everything about it had an aura of breezy, forward-moving fun that is usually absent from tech: the purchase experience at a super-cute vending machine that displays a rendering of the glasses on your face; the yellow carrying case that doubles as extra battery for the glasses; the effortless installation experience; even the round video that invites…
Yes polished however what are the TRUE use cases for them ? What problem are they solving for the average consumer to gain wide adoption?
Re: Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
#23Based on my brief exposure, Spectacles is a very polished product. Everything about it had an aura of breezy, forward-moving fun that is usually absent from tech: the purchase experience at a super-cute vending machine that displays a rendering of the glasses on your face; the yellow carrying case that doubles as extra battery for the glasses; the effortless installation experience; even the round video that invites…
I still think there's a lot of potential to Spectacles. It seems like they fell to the wayside with all the distraction from the IPO, but I hope it's something they focus in on going forward. I think making it socially acceptable to wear a camera on your face is a problem that very few companies can pull off. I hope their tumbling share price lights a fire under their ass and forces them to take the risk necessary to pull this ace out of their hat.
Re: Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
#24Birth control you can wear on your face.
This made me laugh out loud, well done :)
Re: Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
#25Birth control you can wear on your face.
^ Best review. Honest and politically correct.
Re: Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
#26Based on my brief exposure, Spectacles is a very polished product. Everything about it had an aura of breezy, forward-moving fun that is usually absent from tech: the purchase experience at a super-cute vending machine that displays a rendering of the glasses on your face; the yellow carrying case that doubles as extra battery for the glasses; the effortless installation experience; even the round video that invites…
I think the aesthetic of the glasses is flawed, not the technology. They look really goofy. They should have gone with a standard design like Wayfarers, and not something few people could realistically look good in. If they're aiming for mass appeal anyway.
Re: Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
#27I'm not surprised. Selling a hw product is hard.
Re: Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
#28You mean people don't want to wear douchetacles? Color me surprised!
And before you downvote me, realize that basically, this is a gimmicky product, even if you think it is cool.
While you are allowed to film anyone in public, the act of having an "always pointing highly visible camera", will elicit more negative reactions than positive ones... So unless snap is pretty tone deaf, this was known to be a non long term product, more of a product to appease their top producer base.
Re: Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
#29I think this wearable from Snap had multiple objectives. 1. Allow more people to be tied in directly to snapchat and make users more loyal and provide a better experience. 2. Create a new revenue stream based on wearables. 3. A PR vehicle to drive more users into the platform. I think it accomplished #3. It may be able to accomplish 1-2 but we should wait and see. Also, something like Spectacles probably need a price…
4. Allow the IPO underwriters to pretend that the company is not a single app company but a lifestyle brand.
Re: Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
#30To clarify the headline, TechCrunch is estimating Snap sold less than 105k Spectacles total, 64K in Q1 and 41K in Q2.
> Snap revealed during its call following weak Q2 earnings that it generated $5.4 million in “Other” revenue, which would equate to around 41,500 pairs of its Spectacles camera sunglasses at a $130 price point. That’s compared to $8.3 million in Other revenue in Q1, or fewer than 64,000 pairs