The 'complex setup process' will also be a fair bit of theatre to make the sales process feel like a true 'service'. Harder to sell USD 3k+ devices looking for a problem if you just pick up a box off the shelf and walk out. It has to feel like an experience.
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Apple to Host 'Secretive' Vision Pro Training Event for Retail Staff
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Everyone in here: "Nobody will spend thousands on something so unnecessary."
Also everyone in here: "Yeah, I upgrade my iPhone Pro Max every single year. I don't need it, it's just like a tradition at this point. I have the money to spend, who cares? And my M2 MBP is definitely getting replaced when the M3 MBPs drop!"
Also everyone in here: "Yeah, I upgrade my iPhone Pro Max every single year. I don't need it, it's just like a tradition at this point. I have the money to spend, who cares? And my M2 MBP is definitely getting replaced when the M3 MBPs drop!"
Every iOS user can enable it in Settings.
It just won't read the text in photos unless the text in the photo is in one of the supported languages, like English.
But it's still very useful even if it doesn't support your native language.
Probably teaching staff how to install and initialize the Hypno-Toad Mode in the hidden Subliminal Mode Settings for the demo models in-store.
More Apple hubris, thinking they can sell Bottled Reality to a large enough audience, although this might just be selling another kind of Bottled Reality in the UK sense ...
More Apple hubris, thinking they can sell Bottled Reality to a large enough audience, although this might just be selling another kind of Bottled Reality in the UK sense ...
I highly doubt it, given none of the software indicates it will be. iOS doesn't have multi-user, neither does iPadOS. The best it will get is a guest mode for now. $2000 iPad's don't have it, so my guess is Apple will be fine with not having it on the Vision Pro, especially given how you need to adjust the head strap and lenses to swap to a different user.
they’re making people who already work for them apply and interview for a chance to fly out to get trained to sell this dumb thing they made. i worked at apple retail for a long time, and they did psychotic bozo stuff all the time, but this is way up there. what an absolutely terrible company.
Sure it will fail as a toy. But the primary customers will probably be people who want it for work. And work expenses continue even in recessions.
I doubt it will ever get much cheaper.
The price is just one amongst a mountain of blatantly obvious problems with the device.
It isn’t aimed at enterprise customers. It’s aimed at consumers.
Apple staff: put the helmet upon, sir. No, dont piss into it, even by mistake. It is expensive and can break. Ok, do u see you me now? No? U have to turn it on. Yes like that. You can say also “Siri! Turn me on”. No, no sir, not turn me in. Fine. Now u see me? Like in halo? Yes? This is our Apple aura. And it has 7 colors. See? That is our vision pro. Now you can turn it off. See, no halo now? Magical, isn”t it? Thank you sir, 3500.
I will never stand in line to try one of these. Not sure I'd even be willing to try it in public. Maybe in a backroom someplace?
iPadOS actually does support multi-user in education/enterprise when managed by an MDM. So theoretically that feature could be used in this version of the OS. We should not assume that "this" version of IOS will be exactly the same as what is on our iPads and phones.
Nope. Businesses universally use laptops. Headsets not so much. This device is not intended to be sold into enterprise markets. It’s intended to be a consumer device.
I agree with you, but one care dare to dream. A guest mode might be good enough to get me to buy, it all depends on the details, which we won't know until next year.
What's wrong with having to apply for a special position? I don't see anything wrong with it. The other option would be having each store manager pick the (lucky) sales person. This way seems better to me and I think most other people would agree. You obviously didn't enjoy working for apple so it's good you don't work there anymore. I hope you're happy wherever you're working now.
I agree, but if we are wrong and this thing catches on like the iPhone did, it will change the world all over again. So go Apple make an amazing product and let’s see what’s happens, I want to feel like when I was a teen and had to make money somehow to get an iPod.