If we keep buying the products for the amazing prices Apple is charging us than you get something like this. I had done the same 
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Apple Vision Pro Ships With Dual Loop Band and More, Starts With 256GB of Storage
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Spatial video isn't small, so if you're really into that you'd want more storage. But for work-oriented use 256GB seems like plenty of space for apps.
They’ll catch up to the early adopters then sit on the inventory.
This happened with MacBook pros when they 1st launch.
I’ll be impressed if this sells as well as the MacBook Pro max versions.
This will sell far less than the AirPod max which wasn’t a hit btw.
What do you mean there was no reveal event? Was there not an announcement revealing the Vision Pro and describing what it does? Did I hallucinate?
Recording spacial video certainly won’t be light on storage.
This new product category has the strongest 'don't buy version 1' energy of anything apple have ever produced.
It's as expensive as a higher end Apple laptop, but not _insanely_ expensive.
And yet it's still so expensive and so unproven that there's no point in most people even bothering with it (yet).
All of this looks like a way of getting early adopters to start using it so they can test the hardware in the field, at some scale, refine it and find out where the wind is blowing.
Apple did this with the Apple Watch before health became the main driver.
I've tried various headsets produced by Oculus/meta, and other 3d gimmickry over the years.
The tech just doesn't seem there yet. Folks don't want something strapped to our heads tied around the top and back.
And apple will gimp the main driver for this stuff - immersive gaming and pornography.
It's as expensive as a higher end Apple laptop, but not _insanely_ expensive.
And yet it's still so expensive and so unproven that there's no point in most people even bothering with it (yet).
All of this looks like a way of getting early adopters to start using it so they can test the hardware in the field, at some scale, refine it and find out where the wind is blowing.
Apple did this with the Apple Watch before health became the main driver.
I've tried various headsets produced by Oculus/meta, and other 3d gimmickry over the years.
The tech just doesn't seem there yet. Folks don't want something strapped to our heads tied around the top and back.
And apple will gimp the main driver for this stuff - immersive gaming and pornography.
You presumably still have to go to an Apple store to pick it up and get it fitted.
So much negativity. Let’s give it a chance, yeah? Even Apple knows the device is destined more for industrial use than recreational; 256gb is plenty for those applications.
In reality it’s a 256gb iPad Pro you strap to your face. That amount of storage on that device is still plenty. Video will likely stream from iCloud given you’ll be shooting it with your phone.
If you think the price is too high for businesses who can write it off on expenses then it’s not meant for you.
In reality it’s a 256gb iPad Pro you strap to your face. That amount of storage on that device is still plenty. Video will likely stream from iCloud given you’ll be shooting it with your phone.
If you think the price is too high for businesses who can write it off on expenses then it’s not meant for you.
What will people be storing on device? I’m assuming there won’t be that many apps and they won’t take up that much space. Is it just video then? Will people be recording lots of video and storing on device?
No, you're not hallucinating.
However many people (certainly here at MacRumours) did expect a pre-release event.
*shrug*
The Apple Polishing Cloth™ is included? Now you know this is a true luxury product.
It wouldn’t have EyeSight if that were true. The audience is tech enthusiasts first and foremost.
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It comes with an Apple cleaning cloth - I’m sold. I’m now going to spend 3.5k.
I certainly didn't but I'm not sure what the precedent is for this stuff. I seem to remember both the iPhone and Watch had an event a while before they actually launched and no second event for when they actually did. I also remember them being far more anticipated than Vision Pro is.
I'm surprised we haven't got some new app or functionality at least to unveil (I had expected something maybe around Fitness+), then again we might get this actually at the launch next month.
I still feel this isn't going to be much of a success and will largely be met with indifference by the market.
Honestly that is the biggest shocker for me 😂
Guess they figured for that price they might as well throw one in.
Seeing as Apple is marketing Spatial Video a lot for this thing, yeah. Not just video, but apps take a lot of space too. What if you're saving music and videos to watch on it too, like a lot of stuff from Disney+? That takes up a lot of space too. One Disney+ movie is a gigabyte in itself.
So it's really really REALLY hard to justify 256gb on this thing since they're charging $3500 for it, and will most likely overcharge for storage upgrades as well as they usually do, on a device that is already absurdly expensive.
Everything about this just screams "we only want developers using it for now" and it feels like the consumer model will be the real launch when that eventually comes.
i hope they charge an extra $2000 to go from 256gb to 512gb
If I was to wear it around my lab space to interact with objects rather than jut stare at an infinite desktop I imagine Eyesight might be useful fo my colleagues.
Why are people going crazy about the storage? We have no idea how much storage you'd need on it. It's likely you don't need much for what it does.
Just like with nits on a monitor after a certain point, people just want to see a bigger number even when it would not matter.
Just like with nits on a monitor after a certain point, people just want to see a bigger number even when it would not matter.
$400 Apple Watch? 64GB.
$3500 Headset that is supposed to be a full computer? 256GB.
Embarrassing. No wonder they didn’t announce the storage space at the same time as the rest of it. I was thinking for this much money it was going to come with 1TB.
This continues in the legacy of the iPhone by having the first gen base model having not enough storage, I wonder if it will also get cut shortly after launch like the 4GB iPhone.
$3500 Headset that is supposed to be a full computer? 256GB.
Embarrassing. No wonder they didn’t announce the storage space at the same time as the rest of it. I was thinking for this much money it was going to come with 1TB.
This continues in the legacy of the iPhone by having the first gen base model having not enough storage, I wonder if it will also get cut shortly after launch like the 4GB iPhone.
Do we even understand what Vision Pro uses the storage for?
I may be wrong, but it would seem like the storage is designed for the OS + cache, while all the actual storage happens in the cloud or on your other Apple devices.
You make it sound like the only thing customers will get for their $3499 is a 256gb stick of memory. You do realize they'll be getting a state of the art AR/VR headset with that 256gb, right? I'm guessing that's where the majority of the $3499 is going.