← Back to context Comment by bunga-bunga 3 years ago At 3500 this will be niche at best. They'll sell half the units of Watch Ultra if they're lucky. 22 comments bunga-bunga Reply turnsout 3 years ago Yeah… It's like sure, this replaces a TV for ONE person. If I want to watch a movie with my wife and daughter, I'm out $10,500 Dudester230602 3 years ago Keep in mind the battery is not enough for a movie. So the entire family will also be plugged into a wall wart. Mind the wire for any bathroom breaks! thrill 3 years ago It's a 2 hour battery with a dedicated cable and looks easily swappable in seconds. 3 replies → alwillis 3 years ago > At 3500 this will be niche at best.The original 128k Macintosh was $2,495 in 1984--that's $6,244.14 in todays (2023) dollars, just to put things in perspective.Obviously there will be less expensive models to come; this is just the start. This will be mostly for early adopters and developers. Kareem71 3 years ago People are poorer today on an inflation adjusted basis selectodude 3 years ago No, they really aren’t.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N 6 replies → drivers99 3 years ago The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first. alwillis 3 years ago > The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first.The point: it sold well enough for it to lay the groundwork to the Mac market of today.At this stage, Apple looks like the only company with a real shot at making a mixed reality headset mainstream in the next 5-7 years. nicoburns 3 years ago True, but the price will come down. The early MacBook Air's were also super-expensive, rich-early-adopter-only pricing, and now they're the mainstream product. kgwgk 3 years ago $1800 was expensive but there were a number of competitors in that price range. newaccount74 3 years ago I don't think the biggest obstacle is the price. I'm assuming the price goes down eventually.I just don't see the must-have reason why everyone would have to buy one. wahnfrieden 3 years ago iPhone rollout not only first model
turnsout 3 years ago Yeah… It's like sure, this replaces a TV for ONE person. If I want to watch a movie with my wife and daughter, I'm out $10,500 Dudester230602 3 years ago Keep in mind the battery is not enough for a movie. So the entire family will also be plugged into a wall wart. Mind the wire for any bathroom breaks! thrill 3 years ago It's a 2 hour battery with a dedicated cable and looks easily swappable in seconds. 3 replies →
Dudester230602 3 years ago Keep in mind the battery is not enough for a movie. So the entire family will also be plugged into a wall wart. Mind the wire for any bathroom breaks! thrill 3 years ago It's a 2 hour battery with a dedicated cable and looks easily swappable in seconds. 3 replies →
thrill 3 years ago It's a 2 hour battery with a dedicated cable and looks easily swappable in seconds. 3 replies →
alwillis 3 years ago > At 3500 this will be niche at best.The original 128k Macintosh was $2,495 in 1984--that's $6,244.14 in todays (2023) dollars, just to put things in perspective.Obviously there will be less expensive models to come; this is just the start. This will be mostly for early adopters and developers. Kareem71 3 years ago People are poorer today on an inflation adjusted basis selectodude 3 years ago No, they really aren’t.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N 6 replies → drivers99 3 years ago The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first. alwillis 3 years ago > The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first.The point: it sold well enough for it to lay the groundwork to the Mac market of today.At this stage, Apple looks like the only company with a real shot at making a mixed reality headset mainstream in the next 5-7 years.
Kareem71 3 years ago People are poorer today on an inflation adjusted basis selectodude 3 years ago No, they really aren’t.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N 6 replies →
selectodude 3 years ago No, they really aren’t.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N 6 replies →
drivers99 3 years ago The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first. alwillis 3 years ago > The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first.The point: it sold well enough for it to lay the groundwork to the Mac market of today.At this stage, Apple looks like the only company with a real shot at making a mixed reality headset mainstream in the next 5-7 years.
alwillis 3 years ago > The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first.The point: it sold well enough for it to lay the groundwork to the Mac market of today.At this stage, Apple looks like the only company with a real shot at making a mixed reality headset mainstream in the next 5-7 years.
nicoburns 3 years ago True, but the price will come down. The early MacBook Air's were also super-expensive, rich-early-adopter-only pricing, and now they're the mainstream product. kgwgk 3 years ago $1800 was expensive but there were a number of competitors in that price range.
newaccount74 3 years ago I don't think the biggest obstacle is the price. I'm assuming the price goes down eventually.I just don't see the must-have reason why everyone would have to buy one.
Yeah… It's like sure, this replaces a TV for ONE person. If I want to watch a movie with my wife and daughter, I'm out $10,500
Keep in mind the battery is not enough for a movie. So the entire family will also be plugged into a wall wart. Mind the wire for any bathroom breaks!
It's a 2 hour battery with a dedicated cable and looks easily swappable in seconds.
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> At 3500 this will be niche at best.
The original 128k Macintosh was $2,495 in 1984--that's $6,244.14 in todays (2023) dollars, just to put things in perspective.
Obviously there will be less expensive models to come; this is just the start. This will be mostly for early adopters and developers.
People are poorer today on an inflation adjusted basis
No, they really aren’t.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N
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The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first.
> The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first.
The point: it sold well enough for it to lay the groundwork to the Mac market of today.
At this stage, Apple looks like the only company with a real shot at making a mixed reality headset mainstream in the next 5-7 years.
True, but the price will come down. The early MacBook Air's were also super-expensive, rich-early-adopter-only pricing, and now they're the mainstream product.
$1800 was expensive but there were a number of competitors in that price range.
I don't think the biggest obstacle is the price. I'm assuming the price goes down eventually.
I just don't see the must-have reason why everyone would have to buy one.
iPhone rollout not only first model