"So here's the deal: the Rokid AI Glasses Style, despite their word-garbled name, are nicer than I expected, though I have some serious gripes about how they're being marketed. One of the things that immediately drew my attention to these display-less smart glasses was the weight. Rokid's AI Glasses Style are advertised as weighing just north of 38g, which is notably less than the Ray-Ban Meta AI Gen 2 glasses. Meta's smart glasses weigh between 48g and 50g, for context. Lighter smart glasses? Hell yeah."
"While Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses aren't quite at iPhone levels of popularity, they've sold a lot more pairs than most were expecting, and as a result, competitors are cropping up left and right. No, really, smart glasses competition is getting serious: In the pipeline are forthcoming entrants from Google, Samsung, and maybe (just maybe) Apple. Needless to say, when (or if) those competitors enter the chat, Meta is going to have its work cut out for it."
"There's just one problem: that weight difference actually has a gigantic caveat. As I learned upon using them, the AI Glasses Style weigh 38.5g without the lenses. I bothered to weigh them myself at home, and they actually clock in at 45g, which is just 3g lighter than the lightest pair of Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. Womp, womp."
Meta's Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses spurred widespread interest and competitors from Google, Samsung, and possibly Apple. Rokid's $299 AI Glasses Style present a cheaper, display-less smart glasses option with solid AI features and a decent look. The frames are advertised as weighing just over 38g, notably less than Ray-Ban's 48–50g, promising a lighter experience. In reality the listed 38.5g excludes lenses; measured weight with lenses is 45g, only slightly lighter than the lightest Ray-Ban pair. Marketing choices about weight presentation undermine trust despite satisfactory performance and attractive pricing.
Read at gizmodo.com
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