No one is suggesting this. It’s too expensive period. Most people don’t have $3500 plus tax to spend on a luxurious and unnecessary item. Apple Watch Edition gold for $10k is a good analogy - see how well that sold.
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Sketchy Rumor Says Vision Pro Will Launch in Final Week of January
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ou can buy a nice projector tv 4k or the price of these goggles.
My tea leaves are telling me Vision Pro will launch beginning of March.
Start eating more carrots to improve your vision.
Seriously, though... let's wait for the announcement - maybe Apple will have better support for corrective lenses than the others do.
The quest 2 is purely an entertainment device. I have one, it is great for games, I use it occasionally. But I also have an Xbox collecting dust, because it is competing for the same time slot (Playing video games.) Vision Pro is not a gaming device, and not even an entertainment device. It is competing against the Apple Studio Display. Except it is an Apple Studio display, with an iPad Pro built in, along with the ability to use it anywhere in your house and not be tethered to one specific desk where you installed it.
“Apple has never launched any of its hardware products on a Saturday…”
The first iPad was released on a Saturday April 3, 2010. So… it’s not an insane proposition. Especially given the desire for Apple to have purchases through brick and mortar for sizing and fit.
The first iPad was released on a Saturday April 3, 2010. So… it’s not an insane proposition. Especially given the desire for Apple to have purchases through brick and mortar for sizing and fit.
I thought it was already out, LOL! Wasn't that keynote announcement over a year ago? I is still not out?
Guess you can see where I stand on getting one. I don't need a Mac strapped to my face.
Guess you can see where I stand on getting one. I don't need a Mac strapped to my face.
No, the suggestion is that it's cost vs. usage; the math doesn't work out for most people. Same reason I drive a regular car vs. a sportscar. A Porsche Cayenne might be more powerful, a better ride, and more luxurious than my VW, but it's not worth it to me, even though I can afford it.
Then why is anyone thinking it's going to be a mass-market device? The Studio Display isn't mass market, the iPad Pro isn't mass market, desktop Macs aren't mass market (compared to laptops).
This a niche device for a niche audience, especially at the price they are asking.
See, you're confused because you thought wrong.
Most Apple fans I know - including myself - are extremely demanding and critical of Apple's products.
That doesn't mean we can't be excited about them too.
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You should see what the Apple fan boys said about iPod.
My 2019 MBP cost nearly $3,100 - obsoleted from today’s Mac mini.
This thing has two 4K displays in it.
And only one person can see them. I can watch a projector with my wife, or friends, or visitors.
I consider movies and tv as a communal activity, at least for me.
The really interesting thing about Vision Pro is that it is the first proper look we get at spatial computing, which is going to be a big part of the future in one way or another.
Being able to consume, create, and manipulate information in a spatial environments opens possibilities that we could only dream about until now.
Now, whether this is the right product or how soon this computing paradigm will break through remains to be seen, but the direction is clear.
Good thought, but every time I think Apple is going to do something like that they never do. They don't seem to be very sentimental about stuff like that.
Honestly, the movies in 3D is what I am most excited for. I image it takes movie watching to another level of immersion.
But Mark Gurman is NOT sketchy?!? That is NEWS
Pretty sure Apple and investors want this thing to be an iPhone, or at least an iPad, level of success, not an Apple Studio display level of success.
As is, I think there was more excitement for the HomePod than there's been for this.
Thinking back to the iPhone launch... I remember there was a decent amount of excitement for it... mostly people hestitated at the $600 price tag. Apple slashed the price down to $200 and it sold okay... but it took the launch of the App Store a year later, then 3 years of massive spec improvements, before it finally really took off with the iPhone 4.
This comment will age worse than Nintendo Virtual Boy …
They will sell all they make but that will still be the very well heeled ‘early adopters’. They already said they are working on a cheaper version sometime in the future. I just don’t know what I would ever need it for - a monitor replacement? Some Apple Arcade family friendly level game? I paid almost $2k for my tweeked out iPad Pro but I use it every single day for hours. I don’t think I would ever get $3.5k of usage out of a headset.
If Apple can’t make this a compelling device, I guess VR/AR simply wasn’t meant to be. Personally I give this 10% chance of becoming the next paradigm in computing, but let’s wait and see.
I was referring to people here and around the web saying this (or within a couple revisions) will be the next iPhone and everyone will have to have one.
Apple hasn't said much about anything.
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It is probably the worst analogy one could think of. That solid gold Watch housed the exact same technology inside as the 349$ aluminium Watch. The technology inside the Vision Pro is bleeding edge and available nowhere else, for no amount of money.
That doesn‘t mean a 3500$ item is going to be an immediate mass market hit, but it isn‘t supposed to be, either. Hell, Apple can only make like half a million of them in the first year (precisely because the tech is so bleeding edge), and you can bet your bottom dollar they will easily sell those.
I better forget paying my mortgage, car payment and all my bills so I can get one! 😑
Apple's Vision Pro headset will launch in the last week of January, a sketchy online report coming out of China claims.
The information comes from Wall Street Insights, a Chinese investor news service with an unproven track record for Apple rumors. The website claims to have obtained exclusive information suggesting that the Vision Pro will launch on Saturday, January 27 in the United States. While the report clearly says that the launch is set to occur on a date that falls on a Saturday in the United States, there is a chance that the website is actually referring to January 27 in China, which falls on Friday, January 26 in the United States – a much more likely date for the launch of the Vision Pro.
Apple has never launched any of its hardware products on a Saturday, so it seems very unlikely that the Vision Pro headset would be the first. The company likely prefers to launch products on weekdays to align with normal business hours, ensuring maximum media coverage and stock market reaction. Friday, January 26 is likely also a more accurate interpretation since Apple overwhelmingly chooses Fridays to launch its new devices.
Apple simply says that the Vision Pro headset will launch "early" this year and has not yet announced any specific time frame for pre-orders and the product's launch. Oft-accurate Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently said that he expects the Vision Pro to hit shelves in late January or early February, which effectively lines up with this latest report from China. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, on the other hand, has been firmer in saying that Apple is planning the device's retail launch for February.
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Also, the initial launch of Mac OS X 10.0 was on Saturday, March 24, 2001.
I could see preorders and scheduling to open on that date, big marketing push by Apple and then then mid February it's in the hands of users. Either way I'm excited! I'll be attempting to get it day one. I really do think these are going to sell out fast, mainly because of the limited stock though. If they push 0 financing and give 2 years on repayment, I think you're gonna see a much bigger market open up. A lot of people can afford an extra $150-$180 a month payment.