• Whiskey Pickle
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    1 year ago

    the presentation was amazing, but $3500 is a ridiculous price.

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      1 year ago

      I’m super excited about the technology, but agree $3.5k is a lot. Hopefully it’ll come down in price the next few years.

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      1 year ago

      My thoughts exactly. Probably going to be a great visual experience (ofc, can’t say until the real world reviews drop in) and looks amazing, but not $3500 amazing.

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        1 year ago

        then again, i had a tiny, protable minidisc player in 1998, and that never took off, despite being around for years and far superior to CDs-- they even played mp3s in a similar way to iPods. cheaper. years earlier. it ran off a single AA battery that lasted weeks. weeks. but they were a niche product…

        then again, when was thee last time an apple product failed to launch?

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            1 year ago

            hesitant upvote just because the G4 Cube didn’t so much flop as much as it just didn’t “blow up” and, also, it wasn’t a “new product”. it wasn’t very popular and didn’t last long, though, so you’re right about that. Oddly, they’re one of the ost sought-after collecter’s items, like the Newton, another famous Apple flop-- although I loved that, too, as I loved the G4 Cube.

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      1 year ago

      Apple doing Apple things.

      Though, it’s made of aluminium and glass, the headband looks 1000% times better than the Quest’s, the battery being external is what I’ve wished the Quest to have, it does have an M2 in it like a whole macbook and there’s an extra screen to show your eyes.

      The joke is the 2h battery life and of course the price would have been more reasonable at $2500 though I’m sure it’ll sell out regardless, I want one way more than any Quest but I’m not spending that kind of cash on it.

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        1 year ago

        it’s a luxury device for early adopters and devs to flesh out the tech in Gen 1 for later iterations. I’m sure it will be popular in a few years, but, now, it’s more of a novelty. I’m excited to see where it goes, though.