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Re:Snapchat Seeks to Raise as Much as $4B in IPO by mahyarm on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @04:59PM (#12800492)
https://www.spectacles.com/
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Re:Snapchat Seeks to Raise as Much as $4B in IPO by josho on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @05:24PM (#12800735)
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that their models are topless?

I can't help but feel they are signalling their intent to be an eye into my private life, not unlike the monitoring predicted in 1984.

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Re:Snapchat Seeks to Raise as Much as $4B in IPO by nstj on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @08:40PM (#12802039)
They could be wearing tops with no shoulders...
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Re:Snapchat Seeks to Raise as Much as $4B in IPO by brianwawok on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @06:37PM (#12801353)
Just you
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Re:Snapchat Seeks to Raise as Much as $4B in IPO by reneherse on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @09:24PM (#12802209)
My intuition is that these will be a hit. Simple, fun, youthful & on trend, not fussy to charge, huge captive userbase to sell to. Can you turn them around and use the mirrored lenses to take a selfie?

Snap probably has a winner here if their users will further embrace the idea of turning cameras away from their faces and onto their friends and experiences. How big an "if" that is, I can't yet say.

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Re:Snapchat Seeks to Raise as Much as $4B in IPO by estefan on Thursday October 27, 2016 @05:52AM (#12803887)
I think they're too trendy looking. They'll be fine for a season/uni semester, but after that will drop out of fashion. And they'll be too pricey for their core demographic to keep buying new ones.
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