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With Spectacles, Snap has the power to do for first-person video what the front-facing smartphone camera has done for selfies. It’s a Snapchat story worth following.<ref>SWIDER, Matt. Snapchat Spectacles review. TechRadar [online]. 2017, Jun 2. Available online at: http://www.techradar.com/reviews/snap-spectacles (Retrieved 2017, Jun 23)</ref></blockquote>
Emily Cohn of Business Insider also rated Spectacles positively, writing:<blockquote>It's amazing to be able to snap videos hands-free. I was able to film myself playing fetch with a dog while sipping rosé, thanks to the Spectacles. Now that is a feat.
Their design is also so practical. The glasses charge in their own case, and they are easy to set up and use. It took me less than 5 minutes to start using my Spectacles after unwrapping them for the first time.<ref refname="cohn">COHN, Emily. I just got a pair of Snapchat Spectacles — and I have 2 major problems with them. 2017, May 1. Available online at: http://www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-spectacles-review-2017-5 (Retrieved 2017, Jun 23)</ref></blockquote>
She also adds, however, that it is a shame that Spectacles are not able to take photos, and that it should be made easier to share videos captured by Spectacles on other social platforms than just Snapchat.<ref refname="cohn"/>
Joshua Vergara of AndroidAuthority wrote that Spectacles might be actually useful even for other users than just for Snapchat enthusiasts:<blockquote>So, for a user like me that does not partake in the Snapchat social media frenzy, what use do I have for a pair of glasses that take video of my personal perspective? As a budding regular vlogger, I wanted a different way of getting footage of my experience for the videos that I share typically on YouTube.
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I don’t praise the actual Spectacles themselves – they’re a gaudy looking, low resolution recording, attention seeking means to an end for a videographer like myself. But to the storyteller in me, the Snapchat Spectacles are the first kind of well-executed attempt at giving people the ability to share a unique perspective: literally, their own.</blockquote>
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