Returned devices are currently e-waste that can’t be reassigned, per The Verge.
This is what happens when you sell a bad, broken, unfinished product.
I think they are in the “find out” phase of FAFO.
People are returning Humane AI Pins faster than Humane can sell them, report says
Submitted 3 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
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Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 3 months ago
greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Never heard of these types of devices but they seem useless. These companies expected these AI pins to replace phones? Lmao
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Nah they don’t, they immediately tried to sell the company after launching the product
YourPrivatHater@ani.social 3 months ago
It was literally garbage from idea over product design to production. Its literally the least valuable object i can think of and a negative status symbol, you have that shit, people make fun of you.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 months ago
It’s still baffling how this idea even got past anybody sane. It must be like in academia where who’s giving the pitch is much more important than what’s in the pitch. They must’ve heard “I worked at Apple as a product designer” and were sold on the spot.
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I mean I like the physical design of the product but anyone with a brain could see it was never going to work as advertised.
DarkThoughts@fedia.io 3 months ago
you have that shit, people make fun of you.
Bad argument. The same was true for computers and video games just a couple decades ago.
Dicska@lemmy.world 3 months ago
In the late nineties we used to call call phones jerkophones.
YourPrivatHater@ani.social 3 months ago
Eh… No that was because people didn’t understand it or just had been envious.
A object that is very obviously just a scam is something that people make fun absolutely rightfully so.
goosehorse@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I remember laughing at business-aspiring folks rocking bluetooth earpieces back in the day, and now everyone walks around with at least one airpod attached their skull.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Just read about the product.
Makes google glass sound genius.
moistclump@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The AI Pin is a lapel pin that markets numerous features—like an AI voice assistant, camera, and laser projector—which its creators claim will replace smartphones as a go-to gadget. It costs $700 and requires a subscription that costs $24 per month, not including taxes and fees, for cloud storage, cellular data, and a number.
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Well that just sounds like a terrible deal all around. Less than half of the features that make a smartphone valuable (almost necessary) for modern living, for roughly the same price. AND it’s ugly, probably awkward to use, and best of all, nobody asked for this
dog_@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Lol
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
It was manufactured ewaste from the start.
It should have been shipped straight to the recycler directly from the factory and never bothered with the customer bit in the middle.
FrankFrankson@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This is the same thing as Rabbit R1 piece of shit except it’s even worse.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I didn’t even realize that it wasn’t the R1…