Tech turkeys of 2017: Spectacles beats Bixby and Juicero on list of biggest misses
Jefferson Graham runs down his choices for the top 10 tech turkeys of 2017. Is there a Snapchat Spectacles on your list? LOS ANGELES -- Looking back at 2017's tech bombs, none was a bigger turkey with consumers than Spectacles, from Snapchat parent Snap, Inc. The cute $129 video sunglasses were initially hard to get--until Snap put them on sale nationally in February. Then consumers turned fickle on the company, leaving a backlog of thousands of unsold glasses and a $40 million write-down from Snap.
Nov-20-2017, 19:21:31 GMT
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