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Re:Apple sold an estimated 180K Vision Pro units during the ... by paxys on Monday January 22, 2024 @11:55AM (#39091761)
Here's the thing though – do people want a $3500 gen 2 or gen 3 Vision Pro with all the kinks sorted out and a few incremental upgrades, or a $500-800 version with vastly inferior specs? I'm going to say neither, because most people I know are waiting for a $500 Vision Pro, but I don't think that is ever going to happen.
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Re:Apple sold an estimated 180K Vision Pro units during the ... by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Monday January 22, 2024 @12:05PM (#39091929)
Then the product is dead in the water.
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Re:Apple sold an estimated 180K Vision Pro units during the ... by huytersd on Monday January 22, 2024 @12:19PM (#39092156)
I can see a $2000 vision down the line but not as low as $500.
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Re:Apple sold an estimated 180K Vision Pro units during the ... by anonymoose33282 on Monday January 22, 2024 @01:27PM (#39093233)
Yeah, $500 seems basically impossible for an "Apple" product. I mean AirPods are $200 minimum. The latest phones are $1000. Their laptops are all $1000+. I'm not sure how Apple would make a product that has a screen and sell it for the price of a couple pairs of ANC bluetooth earbuds.
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Re:Apple sold an estimated 180K Vision Pro units during the ... by paxys on Monday January 22, 2024 @01:51PM (#39093612)
They sell iPads for $300. Meta Quest 2 is $250. Plenty of other VR headsets are in the $300-$500 range. Sure you can argue about quality and everything else, but for the average consumer $3500 is one zero too many.
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