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Damaged Apple Vision Pro repairs cost up to $2,399
mikethemartian said:That’s a terrible deal. $499/$2,399 is about 21% so that would mean that about one of every five would have to break (for whatever time period it applies) before Apple wouldn’t profit for the repairs and that isn’t even considering the $299 charge.
Can you explain to me? You say their insurance is too high compared to the purchase price, but then say that you are forced to get it because the cost to replace it is too high.charlesn said:
Yes! $499 PLUS an additional $299 if you need service. That's roughly 25% of the total purchase price for any repair, and that's with insurance!!! And Apple is almost forcing you to take the insurance because your potential cost to repair without the insurance is insane. Honestly, insurance rates that are THIS high cause me to wonder what Apple knows about the likelihood of Vision Pro needing repairs.mikethemartian said:That’s a terrible deal. $499/$2,399 is about 21% so that would mean that about one of every five would have to break (for whatever time period it applies) before Apple wouldn’t profit for the repairs and that isn’t even considering the $299 charge.
These devices aren't really user repairable so if it gets crushed you're not going to be able to repair it yourself, and chances are Apple will simply replace it instead of fixing such damage piece by piece in the backroom of an Apple Store.
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Apple Vision Pro screen refresh rate is up to 100Hz, it has Bluetooth 5.3, and more techni...
I have a mid-Feb delivery for AVP with 3 weeks stated for my Zeiss lenses.
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YouTube and Spotify also won't offer any apps on Apple Vision Pro
I hope you're right, butI don't know about that. They don't have to anything to allow their iPad apps to run on AVP but they disabled that. The usage numbers will also be low for this device for a long time, even as it's already the VR/AR that all else is compared to. I also don't think they're going to suffer a noticeable loss from AVP existing in 2024.danox said:Those companies won't hold out for too long because if they don't get their house in order someone will take advantage of their absence, I hope they hold out long enough for someone to come up and take their place after all isn't that what everyone claims to want true capitalistic competition? EU, Justice Dept. the hater on the street?
Their ultimate nightmare Apple rolls up its sleeves again due to market inertia (lack of support) iMessage, Apple CarPlay, Apple Maps, and Safari were created out of that necessity, somehow I think Google, Adobe, Microsoft and Netflix's greed and paranoia will get the fires going. However you can't have BlackMagic, Affinity, Notability, Figma, Morpholio Trace or GoodNotes climb higher, some third party company will use this new ecosystem opportunity to climb higher up that is what will be fun over the next two years looking forward to it.
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Samsung introduces Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra with 50MP, 200MP cameras
I never worry about WiFi versions in my devices. My 802.11ax (WI-F 6) is more than sufficient for at home needs and will be for many years to come that we will surely have the WI-Fi 8 standard in full swing and probably on WI-FI-9 standard in use before I consider buying new routers. This means what my device are capable of handing is a moot point.nubus said:The Galaxy S24 does offer features like Wifi 7 and 120 Hz on all models. If iPhone 16 doesn't offer both then to me it really is an iPhone 16 SE. Wifi 6E isn't faster than 6 and Apple is usually serious about display tech. ProMotion should be in the iPhone. For iPhone 16 Pro the colors of S24 Ultra show what is possible with titanium.I do hope iPhone 16 Pro will go beyond "corporate dull". And S24 comes with 7 years of OS updates. That is better than say macOS where 5 years seems to be what Apple will offer. Perhaps Apple could do 7 years of security updates? Currently they might - or might not.
Lack of Qi 2 charging... stupid - EU is about to decide on a standard for wireless, andi it won't be Samsung. Accessories bought for S24 won't work on next genersation.
200 MP camera with FakeVision AI... tired. Return to flat display... even more tired.
WI-FI- 7 (802.11be) isn't even slated to be finalized until the end of this year so anything jumping the gun in an already robust WI-FI world feels more like a marketing ploy than future-proofing.
Do you remember when Apple charged $1.99 to upgrade the WiFi card to add WI-FI 4 (802.11n)? That was still not finalized, but this was a major upgrade to speed and I recall that the IEEE 802 group was extra slow back that.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apples-802-11n-software-now-available/
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Public opinion of Apple Vision Pro is all over the place, with some calling it a glorified...
It was expensive, big, loud, and did almost nothing, and yet somehow we all now have them on our persons. It's almost as if technology progresses. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯charlesn said:Amidst all the naysaying about Vision Pro, it's important to remember that at the dawn of the PC age, no one exactly knew why there'd be a need to have a computer in the home. Even the simplest applications, like email and the internet as we know them today did not exist for the average person. So why would anyone need or want a personal computer except for the niche nerd market and a rich person's toy. Sound familiar? You could have classified the home computer back then as "a glorified dev tool" and you wouldn't have been wrong. Of course, no one would question the endless uses for a home computer today.
I don't know if the Vision Pro will ultimately be successful. But I'm smart enough to know--especially after having witnessed the evolution of the home computer--that no one knows the destiny of Vision Pro yet.
