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The worst part of the price is how incredibly unjustifiable it is relative to the hardware. $100 is probably lower than they can go without using an Amazon Kin
by georgemcbay 12y ago
The worst part of the price is how incredibly unjustifiable it is relative to the hardware.
$100 is probably lower than they can go without using an Amazon Kindle style ad subsidy program but with relatively standard electronics margins they should be able to sell this for about $200.
Even with Appleesque margins they could sell it for less than $400. $1500 is just redonkulous.
- IgorPartola 12y agoIt occurs to me that if a company like Amazon could sell a competing device for like $300, they would. My guess is that nobody but Google currently sees a market for this type of product.
- Ih8SF 12y agoGoogle probably data mines all of the pictures and video from all users for commercially relevant information. Probably why they make users sign that horrible EULA -- to try to separate themselves from potential thorny legal challenges of users illegally gathering said commercial information (mostly unwittingly).
- jpatokal 12y agoA while back, I had the chance to work on a research project that used a prototype HUD much like Google Glass. The cost? $5000. This is not mature, commoditized, mass-produced tech. If Google chooses to start mass producing these some day, that cost will come crashing down, but at the moment, I'd be a bit surprised if $1500 even covers their costs.