Great, now I have to write the post that makes me the Google Glass expert. Okay. God damn it....
Ostensibly this thing is supposed to be a high-end competitor for things like the iPhone, but given the cost I don't see how it could possibly follow a cell phone production model. It's already difficult for a lot of people to upgrade their iPhones and Galaxies or whatever when a new one comes out every 8 months or so, but even those don't range more than $700 (un-subsidized by contracts of course) and generally include at least relatively significant upgrades over their predecessor. What else can a pair of glasses offer? A bigger lens? Two lenses?
Ike, June 19, 2014, 10:29:40 am
It's not a high-end competitor to the iPhone. Android's competitor to the iPhone is the Galaxy S (or in some cases the Nexus 5), but Glass isn't supposed to supplant your cell phone. People with Glass also have phones (as well as, presumably, a couple dozen other expensive gadgets), and the Glass extends out your phone in the same way a pebble watch (which, again, these people must own) would. It's a HUD for the tech you already have. Presumably new models won't roll out as often and also presumably they'll get the price point down the iPhone (~$600) range, where it will still be provenance of assholes.