Cell phones and smartwatches can already fill this niche. This is an expensive, single-function dongle. It was obsolete before it ever hit the market.
Right now my phone and watch are fighting over this role and I have to keep fiddling with things like Bluetooth connections because of it. I can’t carry my phone when I’m out training. It’s just too big. But my Apple watch struggles wi5 battery capacity. Some days I’m charging my watch twice. If I had a candy bar phone I wouldn’t have tho juggle.
Personally I think the bodycam form factor is interesting for a new tertiary device category, but if there is a marketable product there, it’s not a replacement for your phone.
Watch - Almost everyone can wear this daily, in almost any environment. Glasses - Almost everyone can wear this daily, in almost any environment. Bodycam - Depends on what you're wearing and where. Work at a hospital? Probably not. A night out on a date? Probably not. At the beach? No. Tank top? No. Rainy day with layers? Not easy. It's too dependent on something that varies considerably.
As for mounting, if you look at Axon’s bodycam website you can see they offer a variety of mounting options. The solution Humane came up with is not the only one, but yeah, you wouldn’t take it everywhere either.
I don't see that as a worthy goal nor I do believe there is any significant market demand for such a thing. It's almost impossible to exist in modern society without a smartphone.
Presumably the billions of dollars invested in this space would be evidence enough, or the success of things like the apple watch, or how Meta is shifting towards wearables to achieve a similar goal. I don't know what kind of "evidence" you're looking for here.
Do you have evidence this is something the market doesn't want?
The success of wearables doesn't mean people are looking to replace their phone -- these are all phone accessories. This AI pin would have been more successful as a phone accessory than a stand-alone device.
People already have to or want to carry their phone around; they are not looking for separate phone-replacement device. They want something that compliments their phone, not replaces it.
That is only evidence that gambles are getting desperate.