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And Apple Vision Pro engineers are incapable of designing a product with a $500 price limit.
by deadbabe 3y ago
And Apple Vision Pro engineers are incapable of designing a product with a $500 price limit.
- pb7 3y agoWhat's special about $500?
- Our_Benefactors 3y agoThat it’s the price of a games console.
- pb7 3y agoWhy is a general purpose computer pegged to the price of a video game console most commonly sold at a loss?
- kjkjadksj 3y agoBecause the general population of americans probably also doesn’t pay more than that for a computer
- true_religion 3y agoThen they’ll get it second hand like many people get iPhones. You can even be 2 or 3 generations behind so long as the tech was the best at its time, it’ll endure.
- threeseed 3y agoSince when does Apple predominately sell to the general population. They have always preferred premium users and their success to date suggests this is a good strategy.
- deadbabe 3y ago57% of Americans have iPhones.
- pb7 3y agoWhich disproves the claim that the general population does not pay above $500 for a computer.
- deadbabe 3y agoOnly if it’s a computer that does exactly what they need.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoYou make the assumption that most people buy iphones for full price. They still offer free iphones through carrier subsidy. For other apple products you need sufficient credit to get approved for their installment payment plans because its through the Apple card and not subsidized by the carrier.
- threeseed 3y agoa) Engineers don't decide the price and target audience of products at Apple. b) Apple is more than able to design low cost products. HomePod mini being an example of this. c) The question is why should they sell a $500 headset when it involves compromising on the user experience.
- imtringued 3y agoDoesn't matter. The US military is going to be a big customer for Apple. After all, the only thing that matters for training is that it works flawlessly.
- deadbabe 3y agoTraining for who? The military strategy is to train soldiers cheaply and replace them when they are no longer able to fight or they die.
- Our_Benefactors 3y agoWhat an extraordinarily small minded take. The military has a long history of interest in performing training in increasingly realistic simulations.