Apple Vision Pro Launches In First Countries Outside the US

After launching in the United States earlier this year, Apple's Vision Pro is now available to buy in China, Japan, and Singapore. "The Apple Vision Pro will also roll out to Germany, France, Australia, the UK, and Canada on July 12th, with preorders for those regions available starting today at 5AM PT," notes The Verge. Apple is documenting the international launch via a recent blog post.

According to CNBC, the device starts at $4,128 (29,999 yuan) in China, compared to $3,500 in the U.S. Meanwhile, Apple is already hard at work on a more budget-friendly model. In Bloomberg's "Power On" newsletter, Apple news-breaker Mark Gurman reports today that the tech giant is "working on a cheaper headset, a second Vision Pro model and augmented-reality glasses to better compete with Meta."

Oh, I see

[93 Escort Wagon]

That must've been the source of that roar of indifference I heard earlier today.

Re: Oh, I see

[ArmoredDragon]

I was tempted to ask: "so who cares, exactly?" but I wasn't in the mood to deal with nomoreacs whining because I'm not showing enough respect to apple engineers that spend so much of their time to make his life feel like it has some meaning.

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[ACForever]

That's his rant when people call apple a fashion brand but there is nothing fashionable about the igoggles.

Re: Oh, I see

[ArmoredDragon]

That's typically how fashion brands work -- they try to create new trends all the time to sell more shit. Not all of it catches on, see old navy tech vests for example. Sometimes they do, like this monstrosity:

https://www.fashionphile.com/p... [fashionphile.com]

I mean what the hell would anybody do with a handbag with big holes in it? Comes from the manufacturer basically useless, yet they sell for $10k.

Le sigh

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple is already hard at work on a more budget-friendly model.

Just ten days ago you told us that they'd suspended work on that effort. So which is it?

Without immersive 3D porn, this tech is doomed

[niff]

I’m a tech nerd. I’m curious ans like gadgets and 3D. I don’t hate apple. And I can easily afford spending 4000. Yet, I’m not interested in buying this. I’ve seen the videos, I’ve played with the Oculus, and well meh. It’s kind of anti-social to wear these things. Others in the room don’t see what you’re experiencing. So this is only usable for people that are alone in a room,

Makes sense

[Megahard]

They have plenty in stock now that the US customers have returned theirs.