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Rogue01 said:

applebynature said:

Yup, we've known about the required facial scanning for proper fit since June.
I'm curious how big of a fiasco it's going to be to go into an Apple Store to demo a unit. They should do it by appointment with a required face scan before the appointment so everything is ready for you to try out. If they're just allowing everyone to come in to wait around in the store for one of the scarce demo units to be available, then having to go through a fitting and set up process along with being trained how to use it, man that will be a disaster with the time involved and so many waiting around to try it. But on the other hand, I can see people going to the store to try it out and being told, oh you have to make an appointment, the next one is in 3 weeks, and that not going over too well with customers either, so who knows.

At $3,500, no one is really interested in this at all.  So probably won't be any lines of people waiting to try it because people would rather spend $3,500 on anything else.  This product does not solve any problems and AR/VR has never been a popular item for decades.  People don't want to wear googles to run apps or watch movies.  The battery is about 2 hours unless you are physically tied to a power source.  Apple created something that no one really has any desire for.  Maybe super rich people that have nothing better to spend money on.  No one bought iPod Hi-Fi, and that was only $349.  No one bought the $10,000 Apple Watch Gold either and Apple said you had to have an appointment to see it.  The iPhone captured the smartphone market.  This captures no market at all.  Big difference.  I love Apple and have been using Apple products since 1989, but you have to wonder why Apple even made this product when consumers are not really into that product category at all.  Very few consumers use AR for games.

And remember, most consumers wear prescription lenses so another $150 for special lenses will a big deal breaker, especially when prescriptions typically change year after year for people that do wear glasses.  

sc_markt said:

Does anyone know if the action button can bring up the home screen like the old home buttons? I'm still using an SE and would like to upgrade but want a button that I can feel without looking at my phone that can bring up the home screen.

JP234 said:

I hate to burst your bubble, but that's not an e-bike. It's a motor scooter. It was tested in traffic as a motor scooter, it costs about the same, and it should be licensed as such. The only similarity between it and a bicycle is the pedals, which are all but useless on an 80 pound machine.

The writer(s) wants to have the 28 mph speed limit to be the default, not 20, and speculates that it's that way for safety. He/they should have done a bit more research. It's done so that it doesn't require a license plate or driver's license to operate on the street. That's also why they call the real 28 mph limit and "off-road" setting.

So if you want a bicycle with some boost, this ain't it. If you want a motor scooter there are far better options available. Honda makes at least 4 of them.

mike1 said:

I know this service is geared for fans who are out of market for their favorite teams, but personally, I never saw much of a need for Sunday Ticket.

Between Red Zone and my local coverage, I am good. If it was on Apple TV+, I might have checked it out, but probably wouldn't use too often, if at all.