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Re:Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple V... by bushbaba on Thursday June 22, 2023 @01:52AM (#36428434)
Original iPhone was 599, an expensive phone at the time. Today 599 isn’t considered that expensive for a smartphone.

The price doesn’t have to come down as 3.5k is the modern day equivalent to the price of a laptop 10-20 years ago.

Re:Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple V... by pzo on Thursday June 22, 2023 @02:13AM (#36428559)
Price still has to go down to be mass adopted. Apple sell just ~25 million mac per year and probably most of them are just cheaper macbook air with price below $1.5. Even though their current macbooks are great and people see the value of having a laptop, it's a mature market but Apple still has only like 10% market share.

People wallet and their salary is not out of rubber - there is limit how much they can stretch their budget.

Re:Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple V... by spaceman_2020 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:54AM (#36429567)
The tech will be back-engineered once the first VisionPro is out. It took Android smartphones a few years too before they were competent with Apple. Today, the best Androids are almost as good, if not better.

There will be multiple VisionPro competitors within half a decade and they’ll all compete on price and focus on mass adoption - just as it happens with phones and laptops.