AT&T Leaked as One of the First Retailers to Carry Google Glass [Update]

It is hard to believe that Google announced Google Glass nearly 2 years ago at Google I/O 2012. It took a little while for the early adopting “Explorers” to start getting their kits in the mail, but that didn’t bother any of them. Since they started shipping more and more people have been jumping on the proverbial bandwagon. Sadly though, the whole Google Glass experience has been met with hit and miss approval. There have been multiple instances of run ins with the law, public places banning them out right and stereotyping of wearers, Glassholes. It is still such a new idea and concept that it is natural for the general public that doesn’t have access to some things to be afraid of it. Education is the single best approach that is viable, but while many Glass Explorers educate to the best of their ability, there just aren’t enough people walking around, or physical locations, for people get a real look at what is going on.

While Google Glass is available for public consumption, it still isn’t in a physical location for people to really get a good look at. We know that will change and according to @evleaks, AT&T is supposedly on board to be one of the first physical retailers to carry Glass.

 

 

Personally I think is going to be great. It will bring physical Glass to physical locations across the US and should help the general public get a better look at, and better understanding of, Google Glass. The leak is just that, a set of words pushed out on twitter with no physical proof. @evleaks has a pretty solid track record, so we believe it is at least something that AT&T and Google are talking about. AT&T will surely package it with phones and hopefully let you pay it off over time. We can only assume at this point that the price tag will remain the same, or very similar, when ever this happens.

Via @Evleaks G+

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UPDATE: Seems a Google rep reached out to Phandroid and said “We have no plans to sell Glass in AT&T stores.” It is expected that they would deny it. Even with a denial, it is still a 50/50 chance. We have seen and heard plenty of denials of things that were actually true. As with all things,  it is just a leak/rumor still.