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It's a really exciting idea, I must say, because there is definitely already a market, although tiny at the moment because of huge prices for VR HUDs and always (ok no, but usually) a requirement to own an expensive, loud desktop PC with insanely expensive RTX card from the scalper market. I think Apple is going to show something "kind of impressive" in the first iteration, and a year later, the VR App Store is going to have tens of thousands of apps in all sorts of areas we haven't seen used to their full potential yet. Games are already mainstream in VR, but Apple can bring innovation in hospital simulation/medical appliance apps, surgery training, etc. There's all sorts of things: maybe driver's school apps where people can simulate driving inside a car and stuff. I mean, actual driving school simulations as a bonus complementary training to real driving – not kids games. 

I can also see a future where health-related apps will offer users wild experiences: "climb the Mount Everest from the comfort of your home – no freezing, nothing dangerous going on at all!". Just imagine those TV commercials and Youtube ads: "tired of lockdowns? Have you not been able to travel the world for several years? Well, the wait is over! Travel in VR to every place of the world! Climb every high mountain – and sync it to your Apple Watch. Get the Himalaya Climber Achievement in the morning and sit on your bike with your VR goggles on, experiencing a live stream of a Tour de France biker in the evening from their head-mounted camera!".

I mean ... what can you do to try impress buyers with a smartphone these days? "Buy the latest iPhone so you can continue watch some more .. uhm .. Instagram videos, and ... read the latest newspapers .. and play some mobile games". Despite still being popular and used every day, every minute, people already have smartphones and it's just everyday business as usual, so people keep their current smartphones for longer and it's getting tougher to convince people to upgrade as often as some manufacturers might have hoped.

I also imagine the stock price going through the roof for AAPL if it takes off in a big way. But on the other hand, with the wrong price, there might be a few select people buying it. It depends on their strategy.

jas99 said:

I’m still surprised at how much better I like the screen, camera, and 5G reception of my 13 ProMax as compared with my prior 12 ProMax. 

Maybe that’s a factor in the strong demand?? True improvements where it counts.

I think iPhone 12 series buyers may have come from as far back as ”iPhone 6s”, and the iPhone 13 series may have grabbed a bunch of iPhone 7 Plus owners looking for a new camera, possibly going for the iPhone 13 Pro, in particular. It’s just a thought, a hunch. No facts to back it up, unfortunately, but the average Joe customer keeps their phone for 3-4 years these days. Some even longer than that, depending on the demographic.

ericthehalfbee said:

iFixit can’t be happy. They sell all-in-one repair kits for all sorts of common repairs (like batteries).

When do we see the antitrust case against Apple for harming competitors like iFixit by entering their market?

On the contrary, I think they are thrilled about it. It’s sort of like how smartphones won over feature phones when Android phones came out and flooded the market. In short, this move makes iFixit look even better than before.

I’ll believe their claim of competitive hardware, when they have their own Qualcomm OS optimized for it.

I would never work for Apple with conditions like these, with no trust in employees. This is basically assuming they steal. Why not keep track of their inventory and raise questions with staff if something actually happens? Did they frequently have incidents in the past which made Apple act this way? I have so many questions about Apple’s reasons.