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And that's not their only product: Bitmoji has been the #1 iPhone app overall since January 11, and it was already the #1 iPhone Utility app since July 22, 201

And that's not their only product: Bitmoji has been the #1 iPhone app overall since January 11, and it was already the #1 iPhone Utility app since July 22, 2016 (Log in to see) - https://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/app/bitmoji-keyboard-your-avatar/rank-history/#vtype=day&countries=US&start_date=2014-09-09&end_date=2017-03-02&device=iphone&view=rank&lm=7 https://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/app/bitmoji-keyboard-your-... https://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/top/united-states/overall/iphone/ https://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/top/united-states/overall/... And yesterday on eBay, 22 pairs of Spectacles were sold, with one pair went for $229 and 2 others went for $200 each, even though http://www.spectacles.com http://www.spectacles.com has been offering them for $130 since last Monday - http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=snapchat+spectacles&_sop=13 http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_from... Then there is the rumored Android Snap Phone: http://mashable.com/2017/02/14/snapchat-phone-concept-design-mediakix/#yE1hJFZjZPqp http://mashable.com/2017/02/14/snapchat-phone-concept-design... And Snap Drones, as reported on page 2 of today's NYTimes - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/technology/snapchat-drone.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/technology/snapchat-drone... http://i.imgur.com/6Nl0Ymq.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6Nl0Ymq.jpg

moolcool 10y ago
Remember the phone made by HTC and Facebook? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_First https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_First
- notadoc 10y ago
  Or Amazon
vadym909 10y ago
Trend moving from So(cial)-Lo(cal)-Mo(bile) to AI-AR-Dr(one)-SDR(self driving)
- InternetUser 10y ago
  That is actually quite brilliant. Did you just make that up? I can't find it in Google.
- dingo_bat 10y ago
  Can somebody explain this?
giarc 10y ago
Regarding the Spectacles. They only fetch those prices due to scarcity. If Snap made them available to a more wider audience, people wouldn't be buying them on eBay.
- lozaning 10y ago
  They're now available for any member of the general public to go buy, no invite or celebrity status required.
  - sushid 10y ago
    Unless you're in NYC, you still have to wait 2-4 weeks for delivery. That might be why it's still selling for an ~$80 premium on eBay.
angryasian 10y ago
to me this all sounds like a company with little revenue and no focus and too much money that they are just trying everything to see what sticks to get them to bigger revenue
- 1_2__3 10y ago
  This is the correct answer.
tedmiston 10y ago
> And yesterday on eBay, 22 pairs of Spectacles were sold, with one pair went for $229 and 2 others went for $200 each... Snapchat isn't making any additional money from the Spectacles resellers though.
- MorePowerToYou 10y ago
  The point is Snap knows how to make things people want. Contrast with GearVRs or Oculus Rifts. They're not selling for above retail on eBay.
  - tedmiston 10y ago
    I don't think scarcity indicates anything more than a supply-demand imbalance. Some people buy products in this area just to resell even if they don't actually want it. It's tough to make an apples to apples comparison when one company artificially limited the early supply while the others didn't.
sgnl 10y ago
"snap to try on" feature is, i feel, a huge hint on how they might monetize further with another company's product

moolcool 10y ago

Remember the phone made by HTC and Facebook? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_First https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_First

notadoc 10y ago
Or Amazon

vadym909 10y ago

Trend moving from So(cial)-Lo(cal)-Mo(bile) to AI-AR-Dr(one)-SDR(self driving)

InternetUser 10y ago
That is actually quite brilliant. Did you just make that up? I can't find it in Google.
dingo_bat 10y ago
Can somebody explain this?

giarc 10y ago

Regarding the Spectacles. They only fetch those prices due to scarcity. If Snap made them available to a more wider audience, people wouldn't be buying them on eBay.

lozaning 10y ago
They're now available for any member of the general public to go buy, no invite or celebrity status required.
- sushid 10y ago
  Unless you're in NYC, you still have to wait 2-4 weeks for delivery. That might be why it's still selling for an ~$80 premium on eBay.

angryasian 10y ago

to me this all sounds like a company with little revenue and no focus and too much money that they are just trying everything to see what sticks to get them to bigger revenue

1_2__3 10y ago
This is the correct answer.

tedmiston 10y ago

> And yesterday on eBay, 22 pairs of Spectacles were sold, with one pair went for $229 and 2 others went for $200 each... Snapchat isn't making any additional money from the Spectacles resellers though.

MorePowerToYou 10y ago
The point is Snap knows how to make things people want. Contrast with GearVRs or Oculus Rifts. They're not selling for above retail on eBay.
- tedmiston 10y ago
  I don't think scarcity indicates anything more than a supply-demand imbalance. Some people buy products in this area just to resell even if they don't actually want it. It's tough to make an apples to apples comparison when one company artificially limited the early supply while the others didn't.

sgnl 10y ago

"snap to try on" feature is, i feel, a huge hint on how they might monetize further with another company's product