That's the wrong question. The question is AVP really worth 7 times more than the cost of iPad, because that's what the device is. It's an iPad. That costs $3,500. That requires huge compromises in order to use.
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Kuo: Apple Has Already Sold Up to 180,000 Vision Pro Headsets
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I don't think you realize how cheap it is to buy a new iPhone every year. Basically it's about a $35 a month expense, in perpetuity.
Price? I don't think price, even in this extreme, is anywhere near as motivating a factor as the objectionable hardware that no one anywhere actually wants to wear, in order to get at the software.
After taxes and AppleCare it’s close to 5k if you choose the 1TB option.
The more they sell using the same or near same manufacturing process, the cheaper that process becomes. One possibility is to duplicate what they do with iPhones... put the current year's "Pro" features into the non-pro version for next year, which would allow them to sell it cheaper, then put new/upgraded features into next year's "Pro" version.
180K Units makes it completely unviable as a profitable platform to most 3rd party developers. It's just an iPad hat for now.
So many people on this site want iOS to be like android instead of getting an Android phone.
Initial sales don't matter nearly as much as sustained sales. We won't know if this thing matters for another year or so.
If they never sold another one I would agree…. But it’s the first weekend of pre sales on a new line of product.
But they'll sell millions and it will be a success. I have no doubt.
Many were sold with more memory and/or AppleCare, so the number is obviously higher. Note that sales is not the same as profit
Lots of eBay listing at double the purchase price but hardly any completed sales. Well at least not YET
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Enjoy your copy/paste and widgets! I don't get this take, why can't iPhone users like an Android feature and desire it in their iPhone? With this luddite view you would be stuck without a lot of great features iOS has added over the years.
"Honey what a great movie that was on the AVP - you can watch it 3 hours after I'm done!"
Calling someone a Luddite because they are happy with iOS is not nice, or fair. It’s bordering on a personal attack. And you wanna talk Copy/Paste? Where the Apple ecosystem smashes it over Android is when I can copy a URL or anything for that matter, on one device and immediately paste it into another. Do that with your Android!
And so what that Apple has features that were first on Android. If they were developed completely Independent, Android would never have been made. Have you seen the latest Samsung phone? It’s unashamedly an iPhone 15 Pro rip off.
I've several times considered starting a review website that only reviews items after a year of ownership. I'm sure it'd be a commercial disaster, but it'd at least have real integrity. My bank accepts integrity for mortgage payments, right?
TFW you learn Apple sold 200K iPhones on its launch weekend and it was considered a huge success?
Well now you're just making an argument based on your feelings about the product, rather than any empirical data. Many millions of people are already wearing headsets. If reports are to be believed, this headset produces a quality of experience that far surpasses just about anything else out there. It's a very expensive device at the moment, so it's going to be a niche product in its first year. That's to be expected. But as the form factor gets smaller and as they can bring the costs down, I am willing to wager we'll see demand for this product grow dramatically. Already, I've seen many people express interest a version of the AVP that was more affordable. As ordinary users get their hands on the device and word about the quality of the experience gets out there (assuming, again, that the early reports about the incredible quality of the visual experiences are accurate), I would expect interest to grow quite a bit.
Ya sure. Define “sold”. Is 150,000 sitting in BestBuy inventory considered “sold”? I doubt this number is even remotely correct.
They probably produced the boards before the M3 was ready- but don't you think it's possible the G2 will have the M3 when the M4 is out, and the G3 will have the M4 when the M5 is out?
She must love that she lives rent free in so many peoples heads.
What basis do you have for doubting it? Because you don’t like or want the product or do you have a better knowledge about the product than Kuo?
Good points. This reminds me of the iPad introduction where a lot of the same people, (just about 14 years older now but not any more mature) whined on and on about what the device couldn't do, while not stopping to appreciate what it could.