False. Nonsense. This product is literally an iPad. It is absolutely positively nothing like a Mac. Where do you even get this ridiculously false idea from?
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Sorry, Apple Vision Pro is dead on arrival
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Really dumb that downvoting is restricted or limited in ANY way. Let people express how they feel. This false sense of approval is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
Transparent TV tech is not at all relevant to see-through AR.
To focus on a screen an inch from your eyes, you'd need a lens in front of it to adjust the focus... but then you couldn't focus on the environment behind the screen.
See-through AR devices reflect light from a source that isn't directly in front of your eyes.
What is also dumb is how many times a day one can downvote... pretty stupid (looking at mods)
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Kuo: Apple Has Already Sold Up to 180,000 Vision Pro Headsets
Apple sold between 160,000 and 180,000 Vision Pro headsets during its first pre-order weekend, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a new...
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170,000 pre-orders is absolutely terrible, what the heck are you talking about?This did age bad real quick
Kuo: Apple Has Already Sold Up to 180,000 Vision Pro Headsets
Apple sold between 160,000 and 180,000 Vision Pro headsets during its first pre-order weekend, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a new...
Most developers couldn’t even get a loaner device to build their apps on, so it’s no wonder that there aren’t a lot of 3rd party apps out there. I doubt they would want to build apps on a device that doesn’t exist yet. When this first batch of AVPs are released, you’ll start to see more and more apps come out.
It really isn't. It is based off of iOS, not macOS...it has more in common with the iPhone.
Sorry but calling a tech product entering a new space that will evolve for decades DOA without watching AVP and its tech space for a few years is ABSURD. Especially withy AVP not even on the street yet is even more absurd.
I agree. This is closer to MacOS than iPadOS and even that has been gaining features.
Not really, it’s only about 2/3 of what the original iPad sold day one, and that also included three weeks of pre-orders.
And of course, started at about 1/7 the cost, even with inflation.
Apple Sells Over 300,000 iPads on First Day
Apple announced this morning that they had sold over 300,000 iPads on the first day. The sales included deliveries of pre-ordered iPads as well as...
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Apple Sold 270,000 iPhones in First 30 Hours
Mixed in with Apple's Financial Results, Apple announced that they sold 270,000 iPhones in the first 30 hours of iPhone sales. The number was...
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And of course, the Vision Pro is only counting pre-orders, not people who just buy it in the store.
So shockingly, it’s selling about in line with the original iPhone and iPad, which were also US only launches.
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This is obviously at the minimum viable product stage, like the Apple Watch 0 or OG iPad. You have to start somewhere. When it inevitably gets to the chunky Ray-Bans stage, and much cheaper, that's when sales have the potential to be big....and I dread that day. Society is bad enough now with phone zombies everywhere, can only imagine how bad it will be when there's a critical mass of people wearing these or another company's equivalent. And will people be less anxious and happier? Don't be ridiculous lol! They'll have even more neuroses, anxiety and fomo than currently. I found it ironic how much time Apple spent discussing mental health in the same event as the AVP. Less screentime is the answer, not more.
At this point, only three groups should buy this first version;
1 People who can monetise it eg YouTube blah blah
2 Devs
3 The wealthy to whom a few thousand dollars doesn't make a blind bit of difference. It's not a matter of not being able to afford it - I could buy several, but only because I have savings. It would be a deeply unwise purchase even if I was interested as it will be obsolete in record time, and it takes me a not insignificant amount of effort to earn that money. And, honestly, I believe it will be in the cupboard within a month or two for a lot of people, brought out occasionally when some new feature is introduced, or to demo to friends and family. I honestly feel sorry for people who scrape together money to buy this, or heaven forbid buy it on credit
At this point, only three groups should buy this first version;
1 People who can monetise it eg YouTube blah blah
2 Devs
3 The wealthy to whom a few thousand dollars doesn't make a blind bit of difference. It's not a matter of not being able to afford it - I could buy several, but only because I have savings. It would be a deeply unwise purchase even if I was interested as it will be obsolete in record time, and it takes me a not insignificant amount of effort to earn that money. And, honestly, I believe it will be in the cupboard within a month or two for a lot of people, brought out occasionally when some new feature is introduced, or to demo to friends and family. I honestly feel sorry for people who scrape together money to buy this, or heaven forbid buy it on credit
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This is a fantasy. The success of those products has created a completely different market potential for future Apple products. The market is completely different from when those products launched. There weren't 2 billion active Apple ecosystem customers at that time to potentially sell to. No, those products built that market over many years.Not really, it’s only about 2/3 of what the original iPad sold day one, and that also included three weeks of pre-orders.
And of course, started at about 1/7 the cost, even with inflation.
https://www.macrumors.com/2010/04/05/apple-sells-over-300000-ipads-on-first-day/
The original iPhone was right in between the two.
Apple Sold 270,000 iPhones in First 30 Hours
Mixed in with Apple's Financial Results, Apple announced that they sold 270,000 iPhones in the first 30 hours of iPhone sales. The number was...
And of course, the Vision Pro is only counting pre-orders, not people who just buy it in the store.
So shockingly, it’s selling about in line with the original iPhone and iPad, which were also US only launches.
170,000 pre-order units for a $3,500 product after 7 months of preparation is likely showing us just how much interest there is. A huge chunk of those who are seriously considering it have ordered it. Apple will be lucky to break 300,000 units for the year, which is far lower than even the most pessimistic estimates, ranging from 500,000 to 2 million.
Maybe, but I honestly didn’t think they would sell anywhere close to even 100,000 in the first week let alone the first weekend pre-order.
And there’s still almost 2 weeks to go until official launch.
Even if they sell at minimum only another 50,000 units, that’s still over 200,000 pre-orders for a product that again is limited to one country and way out of price range for the majority.
We’re still talking about a launch that in terms of pure units sold is close to rivaling the original iPhone.
And again, limited to one country.
That is insane.
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Kuo: Apple Has Already Sold Up to 180,000 Vision Pro Headsets
Apple sold between 160,000 and 180,000 Vision Pro headsets during its first pre-order weekend, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a new...
Already acknowledged it.
I love how you extract positives out of that brief.
Glass half full… (even if it is empty!)
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Great to know! Whichever way they end up doing it, I’d think it would need to be in the shape similar to glasses for it to hit mass appeal.
Why do you spout this garbage?
The Quest sales figures are for all time, all products. Not for one product in one quarter.
There are plenty of people who can afford it who don't think it brings value to the table -- at least, not $4K worth of value. [raises hand]
It’s not strange: the biggest detractors are likely those who would want a device but are upset it is expensive, making it unobtainable for them.
The rest are armchair engineers who seem to have all the answers yet strangely have never tried to create solutions themselves.
Let’s jus see how the VP pans out: it’s not like the other multinationals have some how revolutionized VR outside of perhaps catering to some specific audiences like gamers.
Maybe the VP will bring that extra special Apple sauce (see what I did there?) that lifts VR into that ‘actually useful for productivity or other things beyond gaming’ place and maybe it won’t, either way, the fact they are at least trying and it’s interesting.
Another way to look at it: if Apple, with their trillions, cannot make VR more than just another, more expensive Meta Quest clone then maybe it says something about VR and how the state of technology at large is maybe not there yet to make it work…
Now start mashing the dislike button because I called out the many lurking haters 😃
We see it very differently. IMO the "170,000 pre-order units for a $3,500 product" that you are dissing is pretty darn good. 170,000 buyers are each willing to drop $3,500 for a pig in a poke. Whole new thing and none of those buyers have even touched one; that does show us just how much interest there is. A lot.
