a lot of people did. plus there were already mp3 players that held lots of songs before the ipod.
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Apple's Unusual Headset Design Has Led to Unprecedented Production Challenges
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a lot of people did. plus there were already mp3 players that held lots of songs before the ipod.
The AT&T Trimline phones designed and built by Western Electric in the sixties (?) had a flexible printed circuit board. That is not something new, although at that time they didn't have surface mount components or integrated circuits to attach to the circuit board, just components with wire leads.
So maybe the reason why apple is reducing its forecast of order is due to the availability of the 4K screens. Effectively they cannot produce more headset than the screens so this directly reduce the sales forecast.
Last news was for around 150’00 units (for this year?).
Recall the story that the iPhone Jobs introduced had been rushed to get it to stage and there were fears it was going to crash/fall apart - literally last minute wing and a prayer, if it's true.
Regardless, at $3,000 it's not going to change the world immediately. Give it 2-3 versions and drop the price for mainstream adoption if it truly is the next big thing.
Regardless, at $3,000 it's not going to change the world immediately. Give it 2-3 versions and drop the price for mainstream adoption if it truly is the next big thing.
Apple should work on that Siri Communicator.Too bad the renders don’t look like this.
Every totally-new hardware platform is looking to answer a problem nobody really cares about.
No one cared about a PC, cellphone, TV, or game console for the first decade those were on the market.
Doubtful (for the foreseeable future). The price point is too high. $3K for a big screen TV that all four members of the family can watch is reasonable (although still expensive for most people). $12K for that same family of four to each have a headset is 0.1%er territory.
The Macintosh was considered a waste of time also. Expensive. 128k. Mouse!?! Who would use such a thing?
It’s going to be amusing to watch Tim Cook’s Newton fail horribly.
It has fab screen and many cameras but in description it just mentions left and right speakers hope they are good would like surround sound experience with movies
This isn't a computer. It's a niche product. And an absurdly expensive one in a roller coaster economy, if we're to believe the rumors.
By definition it is a computer.
It's always weird seeing revisionists bring out the 'revisionist history' argument when they themselves are the ones who spark it. That would be you, incase it isn't obvious.
Home PCs from every company were seen as useless throughout the 1970s and 1980s. This is historical fact and documented very well.
No, it isn't. You know exactly what I'm referring to. But thank you for being pedantic.
Imagine, ticket prices for the U2 performances at the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas start at $995 and go up as high as $1495 per ticket, with VIP packages costing even more... what if you can have the same experience over and over in your own head?
The point I was trying to make is when iPod was first announced a lot people rhetorically posed the question; ""Who asked for a thousand songs in your pocket?", believing no one, and therefore it was going to be a flop.
I'm getting the same vibe here with Apple's upcoming AR device.
So, I have to spend $3000 to then pay $1495 to watch it at home?
Or, I could go on YouTube and just watch it for free there?
I don’t recall anyone saying that. I bought a first generation iPod and the demand for large storage capacity players that could fit in your pocket was very high.
So a device that has all the compute on-board and can process, calculate, read/write data, display media, browse the internet, and so on - is somehow not a computer?
Can we be real for once?
Well, it probably is a waste of time arguing against people who believe in falsehoods, that's true.
Nothing going on my head would replace being at a live concert. Also, going to literally anyone else's concert would be better than having to endure U2.
Everyone was asking for that. MP3 players were becoming popular. Apple just made it better.