y2an

If I was Apple I’d be constantly placing and changing supplier orders just to screw up the supply chain oracles. 

Why would Apple release an MR headset? Is it for media consumption (and game companies are Apple-sceptics) or for developers? I’m more inclined to think this will be aimed at the WWDC audience meaning numbers would be low and the price high to discourage consumers. When worthy applications start to appear, the price will fall. In parallel, Apple still has to work a lot harder on making their SoC’s game-ready.

Perhaps they focussed recovery on the Pro line so needed smaller volumes of Plus screens for
a while. Looking at one component doesn’t get you an answer!

Considering that so far there’s been zero evidence of a PCIe interface in Apple Silicon, this has seemed obvious for a very long time. Of course, everything being within Apple’s control, they could surprise us with a Pro-specific SoC sporting a PCIe interface. But that really breaks the performance and memory advantages of unified memory, so I’m very doubtful. 

Seriously. These suggestions have no basis in reality. Launching upgrades involves significant work, it’s not something casually tossed out to tame the markets like a sales promo. The Jan upgrades are the tip of the iceberg, and we will see they were necessary to get out of the way to rationalise the product line for whatever comes next.