- Meta’s next smart glasses can cost $ 800 (£ 590 / $ 1,230 in)
- It is much lower than the previous price of more than $ 1,000
- We will know more at Meta Connect in September
Meta’s new generation’s intelligent glasses may not be as expensive as originally feared, because new rumors highlight it costing $ 800 instead of starting more than $ 1,000.
It is according to the details shared by Mark Gurman de Bloomberg on social networks, who said: “Meta’s first smart glasses with an upcoming screen in September will now be at a price of $ 800”, adding that this price change comes from the meta open to accepting lower margins to increase early demand.
While rumors must always be taken with a pinch of salt, Gurman’s initiate information is often reliable, which corresponded to Meta’s usual strategy. You just have to look at your intelligent Meta Quest 2 and Ray-Ban Meta glasses at an affordable price, both of which sold like hotcakes.
It is interesting to note that $ 800 is also just the starting point for the rumor. Like the Ray-Ban and Oakley intelligent specifications that we already have, Meta should charge more for different styles and prescription objectives.
Hopefully this will not mean that transition lenses cost too much.
I love my Ray-Ban intelligent specifications, but only since I had a pair with transition lenses that can move between shaded and clear, because it allows me to use them inside and outside, regardless of the weather. My completely shaded pair was good, but far from being so versatile.
We will have to wait and see what Meta announces to Connect in just under a month to discover precisely what his plans are, and also what he will charge outside the United States. While exchange rates would fix the glasses at around £ 590 / $ 1,230 at, Meta does not directly follow these rates in its price conversions. As we saw with its previous technology, its British and Australian versions are generally more expensive than their equivalent to the American price.
But a price lower than previously expected would be a fantastic new. Not only to make technology more accessible, but also to feel more valid, because even if I am sure that a screen will be useful, I still have to be convinced that it would be enough to change the situation to justify such a significant price increase.
