Fujifilm’s Instax Pal 2 out-charms the Kodak Charmera, but misses the point of these novelty cameras
THE SO WHAT
Novelty hardware is a reminder that aesthetics alone don’t win—price and constraints define whether a gadget becomes a social object or a shelf toy. For consumer device teams, the bar is now: either be cheap enough to impulse-buy or integrated enough to be a daily driver.
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