Pickle glasses priced ~$1,300
Pickle's glasses were priced around $1,300 full price, with an early-adopter rate of roughly $800–$900.
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Nothing Beats Phone 4b with Ear 3a?
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Jul 10, 2026
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Pickle AR Glasses: Cancelled Preorders and Confirmed Vaporware
At 14:02 · chapter starts 9:13
Marques admits he genuinely forgot he preordered a Pickle until the CEO's email arrived. Back in January, Pickle promised the world's first 'soul computer': binocular full-color AR displays, the lightest personal computer in history, a memory-based operating system that turned your life into searchable 'bubbles,' and a price that seemed physically impossible. The crew was skeptical from day one — Andrew notes the live demos appeared to not match the promised resolutions — and those early doubts aged perfectly. The Pickle Twitter account went dark after the launch video, the CEO tweeted once more and then vanished, and now Batch 1 is being refunded while Batch 2 hangs in limbo with no new delivery date. David points out that getting a refund is small consolation given inflation, and Adam notes the CEO's Twitter bio — 'I'm in a pickle' — turned out to be documentary rather than cute. The crew's verdict: vaporware, never shipping.
Pickle preorder cancelled
Pickle, the AI AR glasses startup, cancelled its first batch of preorders and issued full refunds after missing its end-of-June delivery deadline.
Pickle Collapses: The Vaporware AR Glasses Startup Finally Admits Defeat
Pickle, the startup that promised binocular full-color AR glasses with a memory-based OS for under $1,000, has cancelled its first preorder batch and refunded deposits after missing its end-of-June deadline. The crew predicted this in January when they argued the live demos were probably fake.
The Nothing Phone 4b: A CMF Phone That Got Promoted Against Its Will
The Nothing Phone 4b was originally designed as the CMF Phone 3 Pro, but RAM price inflation made it impossible to sell at the CMF price point. So Nothing rebranded it — giving birth to the new B-series and angering the subreddit that expected flagship-level ambition.
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