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Snap Recalling and Refunding All Pixy Drones Due to Fire Risk
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Imagine a flying cam on flames following you. I'll have to see when my ex's birthday was...
Like almost every Apple product?
Being made in a foreign country has absolutely no bearing on quality, especially being made in China, where some of the highest end manufacturing is occurring right now. Say what you want about their terrible leaders, but it's not bad for that reason. It's all about which company you partner with, and how much you're willing to pay. They cater to every market segment.
Yup; I don't even use Snapchat at all either, as it's mostly FB and Instagram for me
I'm honestly shocked they're still around and haven't given up the ghost yet (ba dum chhhh) given their hardware failures and all; I'm sure this one will be the next
Teens use TikTok to be entertained, Snap to message each other instead of texting and IG to see what their friends are doing.
Normally having to issue a full refund on an entire product line would be a big hit for a company, but this one failed so hard and so quickly it's not much more than a rounding error on their financials, so that's good news for Snap.
Would probably be less-bad news, though, if the company had actually turned a profit for even a single quarter in over 7 years. Adding another 1% to the $1.4 billion they've already lost this fiscal year won't make much difference, but it ain't helping.
Plenty of people still use Snapchat, I'm sure, but the company's financials are currently not what you'd call enticing.
Would probably be less-bad news, though, if the company had actually turned a profit for even a single quarter in over 7 years. Adding another 1% to the $1.4 billion they've already lost this fiscal year won't make much difference, but it ain't helping.
Plenty of people still use Snapchat, I'm sure, but the company's financials are currently not what you'd call enticing.
Actually, it looks like a custom battery cell (from the external product pictures). It also looks to be about the size of an 18650 cell and I think if they had just used an off the shelf 18650 cell they would have avoided this.
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Yeah the FAQ says pixy hardware features will be deprecated in app by mid-Feb
Like my spectacles, the pixy was for me a vacation novelty that I always packed for adventures.
Certainly it’s better to have loved, lost, and gotten a full refund!