Apple Vision Pro, Apple's spatial computing headset, is now available to buy in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia. The...
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unless something had happened.
Yeah, and nothing has happened since then, and it's been almost a year.
It became available in the United Arab Emirates last October, as well as South Korea. United Arab Emirates have a population around the same size as Switzerland, and Switzerland is a richer country, and most people speak German and French there, yet it is still not available, but is in France and Germany lol. Similar situation with Belgium and Austria, countries that also have Apple Stores.
Some other rich and big European countries where the AVP is
NOT available include: Italy (59 million people), Spain (47 million), Netherlands (18 million), Sweden (10.5 million), Switzerland (9 million), Belgium (11.6 million), Austria (9 million), Norway (5.5 million), Denmark (5.9 million), Finland (5.6 million). Poland is not that rich, but it has an Apple majority market, surpassing even Samsung now, at around 31% of mobile devices being Apple, and it has 38 million people. There are other big countries as well, of course, and that is just Europe.
How can they be experimenting this long with the release?
Among the countries listed above, Italy has 17
Apple Stores, Spain has 12, the Netherlands and Sweden each have 3, Switzerland has 4, Belgium and Austria each have 1 (in their biggest population centers in the country).
Typically, when Apple (or any other major tech company) launches a product in the European Union, they often follow a regional approach rather than negotiating with each country individually. The EU is a
single market and Apple has a massive presence here and a very loyal user base. It is insane that it is taking them this long to start selling, honestly crazy. Also, the distribution hubs are in Netherlands and Ireland already anyway.
