30 points

Most likely, the schedule will not be that crowded, taking into account the price tag. However, maybe I am wrong, as I am looking at it from my country’s perspective, where the price is four times the average salary. (Yes, I know it will only be sold in the US at first.)

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8 points

While it’s expensive, each store in any metropolitan area will be really busy because of this. Lots of expendable income in the 1%.

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9 points

Plenty of middle class people will be buying these.

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that may be true, especially that based on the rumours, there won’t be many pieces at launch, so the demand will be higher than supply

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Uhh, yeah, pretty sure most people I know who want one of these are in the median wage class. But yeah! 1%! Buzzwords

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21 points

i bet its also to stop scalpers. demand is expected to be 20x supply. these things will be hotcakes on ebay at stooopid prices. i hope nobody is murdered for them on the street. just wait a year people.

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I think it’s more likely there will be comfort or motion sickness issues if you don’t get a perfect fit. Some journalists had both issues at the demo, and were told there will be significantly more fitment options next year.

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It says you can still buy online. It might genuinely be the logistics of custom fitting taking enough time to flood the store if they don’t space them out specifically. I’ve seen Apple stores make you sign up for an appointment for regular shopping, too. It was at some point in Covid with increased occupancy restrictions, but they did have them. I could still walk up to the store and get an appointment, but it would be a while later.

As hyped as I personally am for the Vision Pro, it seems like a lot of reactions have been mixed. Most people don’t really understand just how much tech is in this thing to justify the pricing. (I’ll personally argue that it’s one of the most aggressively priced things they’ve made). I’m really interested in whether it’s actually a home run out of the gate or whether it takes time for people to get it. I do absolutely think the eventual cheaper version will make silly money once Apple does their thing to really sell it hard, but I’m less sure about the first pro version.

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Makes sense, if you spend that much money you want to have it perfectly fit, kinda like having it tailor made.

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I really want to go and just try this thing. There’s no way I can afford it, but I hope they still let people try it.

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I imagine this is exactly why appointments are needed. Otherwise thousands of people will go there to try them with no intention of buying.

After a while i’m sure you will be able to just walk in and try them, but maybe not for the first few months/year

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Haha! I didn’t think it was possible for me to want them less, but here we are.

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