I would love to own one, but for what I've seen and read looks like there's a lot to work on: battery (a merely 2 hours, a movie can be easily longer than that), 3rd parties support, etc...
I love being an early adopter, but not at $3,500, so I'll be waiting for gen 2 or 3.
Essentially no consumer is spending $3,500 on a single tech purchase anymore. That price point is just way too high for anything but niche business use and I just don't see Apple being willing to settle for that niche.
Like if Apple is able to provide such a good experience, that I don't need multiple monitors for work, I could easily justify that purchase. But it would have to have great battery life, support virtual screens, provide a fast and smooth experience, be super comfortable even after 6-7 hours, etc. I don't think Gen 1 will check all those boxes off, but gen 2-3-4, maybe.
I have been silently dismissive until seeing a c.a. 5 minute ad on YouTube last night. Now I would be interested in at least trying the experience. However, I am wondering if the sales video might be better rendered (or somehow more impressive?) than the VR/AR itself.
I just a hard time believing that $3,500 is the price point they have in mind for VR stuff. In my own head, I had decided to insta-buy if it was $2,000 at launch and I wasn't even close.
The market for $2000 laptops is decent for example, but this thing for productivity use cases still needs you to own the $2000 laptop to connect to!
Cameras have moved higher end as the market has shrunk, but there still aren't that many of us buying $4000 cameras.
Even inflation adjusted, this is about 3x the intro iPhone price. Mass adoption followed when the price got cut 40% and they worked out subsidy & financing with the carriers so optically the price became 80% lower.
I also wouldn't be surprised if the Vision Pro eventually retails for $2999 instead of $3499. Today, it's a relatively low volume product and I'd expect costs to fall when Apple makes a push for a larger market
I wouldn’t, especially under Tim Cook.
> I believe Apple is known for keeping their pricing fairly neutral or increasing it.
For the flagship product, sure. But older generations get discounted. The iPhone 15 is out, yet they continue to sell 14 and 13.
How they enforce that is of course another thing. It’s less meaningful if it it’s just based on Apple ID, more if it’s based on payment methods or billing address. Then again, they guide orders through a Face ID scan for fit, so that makes it easier to limit orders.
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Always literally the cheapest tickets I could book, always economy class. Domestic US, domestic Canada, 8+ countries international.
Speaking as a first-gen iPad and Apple Watch buyer. It goes obsolete so quickly.
I don't really regret those purchases, but that's me. I was an early adopter, not a regular customer by any stretch.
That felt pretty reasonable given the cost for each.
I don't disagree with your sentiment for the Vision Pro, but can't agree for the iPad or Watch.
my first gen watch is used by one of my kids, paired with his iPhone. it works fine for him, tells the time and everything.
perhaps some people don’t see the value in getting a lot of use out of the devices, but that certainly doesn't mean it isn't possible!