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And we are driving Apple’s decisions… you’re welcome.
I'm skeptical too. It'll probably just be less noticeable than the existing competition, but short of creating a completely new material, I don't see how they could do this.
I thought Apple has sold nearly all their first-version Vision Pros, since they purposely didn't make very many of them.
Clearly your market research is superior to that performed by the world's largest most successful tech company.
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Dont forget that Sony cant manufacture the VP screens quickly so that limited production numbers as well. But Apple was smart for not making a huge number of the first gen.
Mine developed a fatal crease when I tried to fold it.
But you can’t really run two OS’s at the same time.
I mean, technically, you can, but that’s not what’s going to happen here.
I would love one, but three factors are stopping me:
The Size: my iphone 12 pro max already drops my pants down.
The Cameras it seems the iphone pro models will be the only iphone equiped with three dedicated cameras.
The Price: I do not think i can stomach the $5,000 AUD to get one on launch day.
The Size: my iphone 12 pro max already drops my pants down.
The Cameras it seems the iphone pro models will be the only iphone equiped with three dedicated cameras.
The Price: I do not think i can stomach the $5,000 AUD to get one on launch day.
You should be able to unlock your phone without looking at it.
Since Apple got into serious durability screen stuff.
Any screen that has a fold will have at least some part made of soft stuff.
I have an idea:
Take the iFold, remove half of it. Now that it’s no longer a foldable, you can remove that second screen entirely. With all of this expensive parts being removed you could sell it for a song.
Now that’s a small phone—a iPhone Micro perhaps? We’ll workshop the name.
Take the iFold, remove half of it. Now that it’s no longer a foldable, you can remove that second screen entirely. With all of this expensive parts being removed you could sell it for a song.
Now that’s a small phone—a iPhone Micro perhaps? We’ll workshop the name.
Can they make it magsafe based so we can remove the second screen completely when we want it to be more svelte and hinge less? Thank you
Edit / update - Can we get *a version* that's magsafe based (in addition to the non magsafe version) so we can remove the second screen completely when we want it to be more svelte and hinge less? Thank you
Edit / update - Can we get *a version* that's magsafe based (in addition to the non magsafe version) so we can remove the second screen completely when we want it to be more svelte and hinge less? Thank you
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Being splittable and being seamless are strongly at odds with each other
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Better hinges ?
I can already hear the AppleCare representative telling people that they folded it wrong
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I can already hear the AppleCare representative telling people that they folded it wrong
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The same thing was said when the iPhone went to phablet sizes with the plus and max... meanwhile the purists who said they loved the small size let the mini fail when it returned two years of poor sales in a row before Apple killed it.
I have the z fold 5 and believe me when I say it's an awesome form factor but the compromise in reliability and camera quality holds it back from being a true flagship aside from the price
The hinge is always going to be the weak point in these types of phones. I have friends with Galaxy Fold phones. They're nice enough but I haven't seen one of these phone last two years so far and it's because the area around the hinge fails. I have never seen a phone fail until I saw the Galaxy Fold fail.
I wonder if these will have screen protector pre-installed like the Galaxy Fold phones do. That was another issue. One of my friends needed to get her screen protector replaced after about a year. And Samsung insists on doing.
I wonder if these will have screen protector pre-installed like the Galaxy Fold phones do. That was another issue. One of my friends needed to get her screen protector replaced after about a year. And Samsung insists on doing.
Not so: It's estimated that Apple has unsold between 200,000 and 230,000 Vision Pro headsets. While component manufacturers produced enough parts for roughly 500,000 to 600,000 devices, sales only reached around 370,000 units by October 2024, with potential for another 50,000 by the end of the year.This indicates a significant unsold inventory, leading to production cuts and potential cessation of production, according to reports.
200,000 x $3,500 = $700 million. It's not the end of the world for a company that size, but there is a limit to how many of those they can afford before big shake-ups occur. And this folder looks to be way too expensive. I swear, I was aghast when Cook announced the VPro was going be $3,500 (plus Rx lenses, sales tax, spare battery and AppleCare), but over $5,000 for most people. And there aren't that many people with that kind of spare change.