Peripherii

Hardware

smart earrings

SHOW HN2021

29points
24comments
#1,167of 2,533 in 2021
Top 47%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

1 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.19.

Idea: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Demand and early customer interest, with 10K TikTok followers in under 3 weeks

    From 1 comment
    • I had shared this update here a few months ago, and received great feedback. Since then we had some positive news: the BBC reviewed our earrings online. The requests for our…
      Aurum197 on HN
  • Design excellence award nomination and BBC review

    From 2 comments
    • I had shared this update here a few months ago, and received great feedback. Since then we had some positive news: the BBC reviewed our earrings online. The requests for our…
      Aurum197 on HN
    • Thanks! We will definitely keep your offer in mind. Our issue, though, is not the market. There is a lot of demand! And we just got nominated for a design excellence award by the…
      Aurum197 on HN
  • Useful and neat product idea

    From 1 comment
    • You have created something very neat and useful and I am not surprised there is a demand (though I would be interested to see if it sustains itself when you reveal your pricing,…
      webmobdev on HN

Objections

  • Hardware is expensive to make and sell

    From 1 comment
    • I had shared this update here a few months ago, and received great feedback. Since then we had some positive news: the BBC reviewed our earrings online. The requests for our…
      Aurum197 on HN
  • Too many use cases may dilute the product's focus

    From 1 comment
    • Just watched the movie on your website: Don’t you have too many use cases? I can sense that maybe not everybody wants to fumble on their earrings with for example dirty hands…
      esel2k on HN
  • Not a problem the commenter has, so would not buy

    From 1 comment
    • It looks very interesting, but I personally wouldn't buy such earphones as I never saw it as a problem. However, numbers talk by themselves so I wish you good luck in that!
      ekulianova on HN

Requests

  • Add an accelerometer in a future version

    From 1 comment

Questions

  • Will demand hold up once pricing is revealed?

    From 1 comment
    • You have created something very neat and useful and I am not surprised there is a demand (though I would be interested to see if it sustains itself when you reveal your pricing,…
      webmobdev on HN
  • Do they only come in the shape shown in pictures?

    From 1 comment
    • Do they only come in the shape and size im seeing in all the pictures?
      mrnotcrazy on HN

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