In the early days of phones as we now know them ( Android phones specifically), things were, how should I say this… batshit wacky. There were all sorts of different form factors (looking at you, T-shaped LG VX9400 ), boundary-pushing, albeit doomed, features (remember FM transmitters?), and enough variety in color and shape to make your head spin like a Samsung Juke . It was interesting; it was tumultuous; it was, at times, downright stupid. It was also, in a lot of ways, just like smart glasses are now.

Smart glasses, in case you haven’t been keeping an eye on them, have had quite a year. Most of that hype can be attributed to one company, Meta, which has had some initial success in selling its Ray-Ban-branded AI glasses —enough success to justify pushing out a pair of $800 displ

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