As amazing as the technology is—and it is amazing—the hardware is still cumbersome, expensive and fragile. Not to mention, there aren’t a ton of use-cases for it yet. Like, watching Oppenheimer in first class on an IMAX-equivalent presentation isn’t a very big tent. Apple also needs to be more aggressive about producing immersive content. They have the necessary billions, and I do believe visionOS is the beginning of a new paradigm (just as soon as the thermal issues, battery capacity and overall physical clunkiness are sorted out/iterated).
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Apple Cuts Vision Pro Shipments as Demand Falls 'Sharply Beyond Expectations'
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"Sharply beyond expectations" is weird wording. I guess that means that Apple expected demand to fall, but demand has fallen even more sharply than they expected. It's a weird way of saying demand is below expectations.
I would've said they shouldn't have expected demand to be that high in the first place, and anyone could've seen this coming.
"Next iPhone" this is not.
I would've said they shouldn't have expected demand to be that high in the first place, and anyone could've seen this coming.
"Next iPhone" this is not.
Shipping without the lastest m3 along with the high price was/is disastrous for sales.
I’ll bite around $2000. And I spend a lot on tons of gadgets.
I’ll bite around $2000. And I spend a lot on tons of gadgets.
You left something out 🤣
Handful of Apple Vision Pro Units Develop Identical Crack in Cover Glass
A small number of Apple Vision Pro owners have claimed that their headsets developed a hairline crack down the middle of the front cover glass,...
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You’re all dum to noticed it’s a new Apple Pencil with iPad.
$3500, US Only, no killer apps.
- Reduce the price dramatically.
- Make it available worldwide.
- Release Apple branded game controllers for it.
I’d say cancel it and put the bun back in the oven for a couple years.
This is a product that is way too expensive way too heavy with limited essential need … I am proud owner of an Xreal pro that is proposing one simple idea but that we enjoy Daily … the real winner is Quest 3 that is gaining momentum … Wake up Apple …
They always over-order, just in case the have a hit. It has the side benefit of blocking component capacity from potential competitors.
Indeed, we don’t know if 800k was their actual estimate or just the rosy best case scenario.
Well yeah, because it’s a bad product.
Half the price might just might get a few orders
What everyone wants. A bulky device on their head to watch tv.
I think 400k is pretty generous as well. AVP just proves what I thought before, that no matter how mature VR/AR is it will never take off until it’s down to a pair of glasses or something like a holodeck.
I do think if they just sold it at cost (I think BOM was quoted at around $1500) that it will at least get the ball rolling a little faster in the space.
I do think if they just sold it at cost (I think BOM was quoted at around $1500) that it will at least get the ball rolling a little faster in the space.
Something doesn’t smell right. Sony only had the production capability to make ~1 million of these screens in 2024, at absolute best that means only 500K units could even be produced this year.
Who the hell guesstimated Apple was expecting to sell more units than were even capable of being produced this year?
Who the hell guesstimated Apple was expecting to sell more units than were even capable of being produced this year?
How many units of Apple Vision Pro will be shipped? - THE ELEC, Korea Electronics Industry Media
Japanese tech giant Sony, which is supplying the panel used by Apple for its new mixed reality device Vision Pro, has a capacity of 900,000 units of these panels per year, TheElec has learned.Sony ...
www.thelec.net
The Apple Vision Pro might be useful when scuba diving off the coast of Aruba but it's not been released outside the USA yet. So it's pretty useless.
It’s very much a beta product and most of its limitations are in software. I think the launch is appropriate and, as a mac nerd, it’s fun seeing the updates right before my eyes *slaps knee*
I’d buy 2 at $1500. It’s by Far the most interesting apples making these days
They can't indefinitely milk the brand that Steve Jobs established. They have to make products that are innovative, polished, practical, low bugged, and reasonably premium priced.
This isn't unexpected, but I hope it means shifting focus rather than shifting away from it entirely. It's too expensive and heavy, and needs better software, but I really like the idea of it down the road if they can keep trimming off cost and weight.
Remember, this didn’t have unanimous support from executives. The skeptical executives were right. We aren’t there yet.
Needs to be lighter and less than $1500. $999 would be even better. I'm a gadget nerd, but $3500 for a soon-to-be-obsolete toy is a bit much...
I’m a buyer at a sub $2000 price IF my wife can share it with me — there are times I’m working where she’d like to watch some 3D content, I’m sure.
Right now it’s about twice what it should cost, married to one user, and pretty uncomfortable.
Right now it’s about twice what it should cost, married to one user, and pretty uncomfortable.
Unless they get the price down, VP will disappear like the Apple car.