Discontinued M2 Vision Pro Not Available for Trade-In

[MacRumors]

Unlike other Apple devices, the original Vision Pro with the M2 chip is not available for trade-in.

The original Vision Pro with the M2 chip launched in February 2024 and was discontinued upon the announcement of a new version with the M5 chip earlier today. Most high-end Apple devices, such as the Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and Mac, become available for trade-in upon the release of a new model, allowing users to fund the purchase of the latest device while getting rid of their old one.

The absence of the Vision Pro from Apple's trade-in program is therefore peculiar, but likely reflects an unwillingness on the behalf of trade-in partners to accept it for now. Users of the original Vision Pro who want to upgrade to the new M5 version will need to sell their old device independently.

Article Link: Discontinued M2 Vision Pro Not Available for Trade-In

 

[Blackstick]

Turns out it's $0.00 value.

 

[MacUserFella]

Genuine insanity, no one is willing to pay the full $3500 for a new device with minimum differences

 

[turbineseaplane]

Ouch!
That's a stinger, baby ...

Expensive hobby, this Vision Pro thing is..

 

[Blackstick]

Genuine insanity, no one is willing to pay the full $3500 for a new device with minimum differences

M5 AVP now starts at $2999 would have been a huge "we know times are tough out there" gesture of good faith. But not surprised they didn't.

 

[airwalk331]

Not cool

 

[maflynn]

Apple logic - if you can afford a 3,500 VR headset that doesn't do much of anything, you can afford to buy a second one that does nothing faster

 

[vistokid]

Even Apple doesn't want it.

 

[turbineseaplane]

M5 AVP now starts at $2999 would have been a huge "we know times are tough out there" gesture of good faith. But not surprised they didn't.

They may as well charge $5k for the thing.

If one is willing to spend $3500 on it (usually more with tax), they are totally price insensitive and Apple is leaving money on the table here.

 

[Blackstick]

Apple logic - if you can afford a 3,500 VR headset that doesn't do much of anything, you can afford to buy a second one that does nothing faster

I mean, if you're Taylor Swift or some other billionaire that's likely true.

 

[UliBaer]

Even Apple don't want them anymore... 🤣

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Wow! This makes the Gold Apple Watch look good value.

(At least you could smelt that)

 

[turbineseaplane]

I mean, if you're Taylor Swift or some other billionaire that's likely true.

I'll bet there are a lot of AVPs in use on PJ's -- good point.

 

[Scott6666]

I might have traded in. But as the Who said “won’t get fooled again”.

 

[rwilliams]

Maybe Apple or their partners feel that the sales figures of the Vision Pro (brand new) point to sales of older, refurbished models being too low to bother with.

 

[Apple-achian]

That's because no sane AVP user would want to trade it in, even for a newer one. In 20 years they will sell it for x1000 the MSRP in an auction.

 

[MrGimper]

Haha that’s a massive FU. Well done Tim the bean counter.

 

[nfl46]

Genuine insanity, no one is willing to pay the full $3500 for a new device with minimum differences

Yep, I won't be upgrading to Gen 2. I'll be sticking with my Gen 1.

 

[gleepskip]

From $3500 retail value to $0 retail value in two years. I thought automobiles were bad. What an investment.

 

[nfl46]

Haha that’s a massive FU. Well done Tim the bean counter.

Not really. My Gen 1 still works and is receiving updates. Now, if they did a complete redesign for Gen 2, I'll feel some type of way but it's just a chip update.

 

[bmark]

Even Apple doesn't want the worthless AVP back! It's future will be in the dumpster soon enough.

 

[Scipster]

Not much of an upgrade to be honest. The lack of WiFi 7 is laughable.

Apple must have run out of M2 chips so it’s just using the next available one.

 

[springsup]

Users of the original Vision Pro who want to upgrade to the new M5 version will need to sell their old device independently

The only bit of good news is that I doubt there will be many people affected.

 

[winxmac]

A heavy eye cover when you sleep at night but you may not get a good night sleep because of nightmares of not being able to trade it for the newer model.

 

[Rychiar]

They may as well charge $5k for the thing.

If one is willing to spend $3500 on it (usually more with tax), they are totally price insensitive and Apple is leaving money on the table here.

not really. some of us saved for it and sacrificed other stuff for it. it really is an amazing device and I don't regret buying it but it was a big chunk of change