badmonk

This is the unfolding ritual of an new Apple product reveal-

1. Existing companies make half-baked products that don’t get mass adoption.

2. Apple toils away in secret to improve the product.

3. The product is released and competitors and tech-pundits criticize it as too expensive and unnecessary.

4. Apple continues to redefine it and elicits the support of developers and customers.

5. Competitors copy features of the Apple product that they could not envision.

6. Most give up because they lack Apple’s manufacturing scale and ability to reinvest in innovation.

I agree that in this karmic cycle, Mark Z will play the role of Steve Ballmer.

For those who don’t get it, imagine the sensation of having this if you have a neuromuscular condition?  For certain people with disabilities it will be freeing.

And as medical equipment goes $3500 is inexpensive.

Agree JP234, I suspect Mark Z and the FB/Meta crowd are having some sleepless nights now.

I’ll stick with my Logitech doorbell camera thank you.

OK, I get the repeated comments about a $3K price tag but my first Apple computer (an LC2 with a monitor) that I purchased in 1991 cost $2,700 with an educational discount.  Outside of some used Macs, every Mac I have purchased has been more expensive than $2K by the time I add upgrades.

In the days of $1000 Taylor Swift tickets, an entry level product for developers that costs $3K is not out of bounds.  Or how about dysfunctional $15K autopilots?

Who remembers the debut of the AppleWatch that had a gold edition for $10,000?  Fast forward to now and the Apple Watch has been revised from a fashion accessory to a must have health and fitness accessory and the best version is an AppleWatch Ultra that can be had for $700-800.

Considering the purported complexity of the device, doubling the price of a high end iPhone Max Pro is not out of bounds.