Apple Giving Employees 25% Discount on Vision Pro

[t0rqx]

Discounts? On Apple Products? 25%!?! They know its not gonna sell. We all know what happend to the Homepod...and sadly the Apple Watch now.

 

[svish]

That is quite a discount! Good for those who are planning to get one

 

[tomtad]

Someone please buy this thing 🙏

 

[wanha]

They should offer the discount to registered developers as well if they want to encourage more developers to buy and build apps for the platform. If anything, Apple probably needs developer support for the Vision Pro now more than ever.

The confidence with which you take wild guesses is extremely impressive

 

[Alan Wynn]

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You know what’s mad, even with 50% off at 1750 it’s still way over priced over the quest pro etc, I still doubt many people would pay that, it just shows the £3500 asking price is absurd

Said by someone who has never touched one. Glad you are so confident.

 

[Antoniosmalakia]

Can't wait to see what its trade in value is in 2025.🥲

They’ll recycle it for free!

 

[lovehateapple]

One reason for the lower discount could be the constrained supply.

 

[thegasperson]

Can't wait to see what its trade in value is in 2025.🥲

Buy two but leave one unboxed for 30 years. The profit should cover the initial outlay..

 

[radus]

That one looks much better: visor

 

[Abazigal]

You know what’s mad, even with 50% off at 1750 it’s still way over priced over the quest pro etc, I still doubt many people would pay that, it just shows the £3500 asking price is absurd

I remember something similar being said about the iPhone and cheap android handsets as well.

 

[citysnaps]

Discounts? On Apple Products? 25%!?! They know its not gonna sell. We all know what happend to the Homepod...and sadly the Apple Watch now.

Yes, we do... and the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Watch, AirPods... All flops. As predicted here when released.

 

[Mescagnus]

This explains the optimistic sales projections and helps to manufacture demand, i.e. long wait times

Can the employees sell their AVP on eBay for JUST $3500 for personal profit?

 

[hans1972]

Extremely generous for a multi-trillion dollar org? Not really. Generous? Sure.

We sell our 3 year old MacBook Pros to employees for their personal (or family) use at $250 each.

THAT is extremely generous.

It's useless. I don't want a MacBook Pro.

 

[t0rqx]

Yes, we do... and the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Watch, AirPods... All flops. As predicted here when released.

Not true. Those sold in very high numbers.

 

[Kylo83]

They’ll recycle it for free!

Had every vr head set on the market and none are good enough to watch a movie on you just want to take it over time, even reviews for Vision Pro say it’s to heavy so no change. Human heads are not made for heavy headsets

 

[Zest28]

Would be funny if most of the Vision Pro's are sold to Apple themselves in the end.

 

[Zest28]

The point is for advertisement. Apple employees evangelize Apple products more than anyone, and employees shilling the Vision Pro to all their friends and family and making them try it out, is the best word of mouth advertising anyone can buy.

It will also create more hype as the Apple Vision Pro will be sold out at launch probably due to Apple employees buying these things with a big discount.

And once people see that the Apple Vision Pro is sold out for weeks, it makes them desire the Apple Vision Pro more.

 

[citysnaps]

Not true. Those sold in very high numbers.

Of course. I was being facetious.

When those products were announced/released many people here predicted they'd be flops. It seems to be a tradition.

 

[Zest28]

Of course. I was being facetious.

When those products were announced/released many people here predicted they'd be flops. It seems to be a tradition.

Apple employees will make sure it won't be. Engineers earn $165k/yr to $1.5m/yr at Apple, so they can easily afford it without the discount. With the discount, it gives them an extra push to buy it and prop up the sales numbers.

 

[Bodhitree]

If I knew my Vision would get updates for a decade, I’d feel better. (Historically, the first generation of a new product gets snubbed with a short support lifetime.)

Not necessarily. The first iPad Pro got eight years of support. I think that Apple takes support of Pro products more seriously.

 

[Bigkool2inSC]

Well, that one way to hopefully move inventory and announce…

“we sold out but are quickly making as many as we can”

 

[Zest28]

Well, that one way to hopefully move inventory and announce…

“we sold out but are quickly making as many as we can”

And then on eBay, those Apple employees flip them for an easy 25%+ profit.

 

[spartan1967]

for profit?

At this point, Apple has fully demonstrated putting profit over innovation, especially since Cook has taken over.

 

[G5isAlive]

At this point, Apple has fully demonstrated putting profit over innovation, especially since Cook has taken over.

Everyone wants something for nothing. R&D costs money. That requires profits. Or do you donate to Apple? If so I apologize. But I speak as someone in R&D. Companies also need profits to encourage investment.

Thank goodness Tim Cook understands this.

 

[citysnaps]

Apple employees will make sure it won't be. Engineers earn $165k/yr to $1.5m/yr at Apple, so they can easily afford it without the discount. With the discount, it gives them an extra push to buy it and prop up the sales numbers.

Sales numbers certainly don't need to be propped up by Apple employees (that's relatively mice nuts). Apple has always offered employee discounts on Apple products. As do many other large companies.

The market in general will decide AVPs success.

Just like it did for iPod, iPhone (600,000 iPhones sold everyday of the year, on the average), iPad, Watch, AirPods, etc., even though each one of those was declared a flop by people here when released.

Apple offers employee discounts on iPhone. Are iPhone sales being propped up by employees? Please think this through, considering the number of iPhones Apple sells every day of the year, and the number of Apple employees.