All those thoughts are likely correct. I expect we will see an updated VP model in a year's time. Right now it's just get out of the door and leave good impressions.
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Apple Vision Pro Lacks Wi-Fi 6E Support
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That might be handled by the R1 SoC.
VR games are designed to run on the Vision Pro itself. It does not need an external device to generate that content, first, and then feed it to the headset over WiFi.
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Same, I have 6 but not 6E , so having 6E on my new iphone does nothing for me
Of course not. Because as long as it can connect to 5G network, who cares lol
At this point it should probably have Wifi 7. The lower latency, etc. would be a welcome addition for something that costs as much as this does. But Apple needs something to add to version 2 so they will keep it behind the times.
I hear it also lacks teleportation capability. I'm out!!!!!! 😉
Yes. I'd like to be able to stream full UHD Remuxes from my Plex library without even a hint of buffering.
Exactly this. Just because it's newer/bigger, doesn't make it better. As the old adage goes, "640KB ought to be enough for anybody." Base configurations, like 8GB memory and 256GB storage, should be plenty for decades to come.
I'm sure there would be an improvement with WiFi 6E or 7 (8 anybody?) but I'm also sure a company as customer-centric as Apple would have studied this thoroughly and determined 6 is fine for most - if not all - use cases.
Lower latency for huge files like 4K or 3D movies would be nice, but I'm sure we can simply download to the device for times like travel mode. Which is why I'll be upgrading to the 512GB model at least.
I see GbE speeds on my iPhone 15 Pro everywhere in my house on 6E. Without 6E, like my 14 Pro had, it was ~300Mbps to the same Ubiqiti U6 Enterprise AP. I have 2 for my 2500 sqft house.
So I feel 6E is ready for prime time. That said 7 is better since it will use all 3 bands simultaneously.
Well, looks like Apple had to sacrifice some feature to save battery life unfortunately. Considering it has very skimpy battery life, turning on Ultra Wideband and 6E drained battery life.
Would imagine adding cellular support (which I think everyone really wants) would kill the battery quickly.
It's a slight bummer. Most of us are limited by downlink speeds anyway. I do wonder if 6e would have made a difference in Mac virtual display since that uses adhoc connections.
Bigger bummer is that the marketing material indicates that passthrough resolution will be half the resolution of the displays. Varjo Xr-4 focal edition has pixel parity, but for like $10k.
That being said, I'm still stoked for day 1. Of course the next iteration will be better and should be easier to buy with having this one as a trade in.
Bigger bummer is that the marketing material indicates that passthrough resolution will be half the resolution of the displays. Varjo Xr-4 focal edition has pixel parity, but for like $10k.
That being said, I'm still stoked for day 1. Of course the next iteration will be better and should be easier to buy with having this one as a trade in.
They aren’t going to blow margins on cutting edge tech on an unproven product. This is Apple showing its investor community restraint and prudent financial decision making on a new product introduction.
Say what you will, Tim doesn’t just have customers to worry about. He doesn’t want to piss off investors on his swan song product intro. He ain’t a dummy.
Anyway, as if lacking 6E would make a meaningful difference to the experience. I bet even earlier standards would have done just fine.
Say what you will, Tim doesn’t just have customers to worry about. He doesn’t want to piss off investors on his swan song product intro. He ain’t a dummy.
Anyway, as if lacking 6E would make a meaningful difference to the experience. I bet even earlier standards would have done just fine.
To my knowledge WiFi 7 was just ratified. Hardware and software was already baked.
Excellent reply. Helps that you appear to have actually thought about potential issues that could have led to the decision.
I agree, but I would hazard a guess that the hardware was locked down quite some time ago to work out the manufacturing/optimization issues that would inevitably come up on a first gen product.