▲ 158 ▼ Here's why the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro headset is so expensive (www.cnbc.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by catculation@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 98 comments fedilink hide all child comments The $3499 Apple Vision Pro reportedly costs $1542 to make. Edit: Archive link https://archive.ph/u4BCi
[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 78 points 2 years ago (7 children) $1000 monitor stand permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] swayevenly@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago* (4 children) $80 to undo what you did to slow down my phone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] AtariDump@lemmy.world -10 points 2 years ago (3 children) What did they do? Prevent it from randomly shutting down? Because I’ll take a slower phone or a random hard shutdown any day of the week. Was it wrong? Yes. But what else does any handset manufacturer do? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) It’s useless, folks here will never believe that other devices do the same thing. I think they’d rather just have their device shut down at 25%. On my original battery five years into having this iphone and it’s still screaming fast… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Agreed. Love how the Reddit act of downvoting has transferred to Lemmy /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Here it’s just “someone enjoys iOS?! NOT ON MY WATCH” I’ve got three Linux machines, six? Maybe seven? Windows machines, and I love the shit outta my iPhone. I was a first-adopter of Android with the Dream and loved it. But when I realized iPhones can last for 5-6 years with full updates AND STILL BE FAST with no effort, reformatting, or thinking about them… that’s all I want from a phone. That and the privacy is better. It’s not perfect, but it’s lightyears better than ANYTHING google. But on Lemmy, that makes me a baby toddler noob that knows nothing about computers, because if I just got this google device and did all of these mods to it and installed all this software and maintained it and BRAINED HARDER I could have a similar experience to my five year old iPhone permalink fedilink source parent [–] PoopMonster@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Didn't they sell $700 casters for THEIR Mac pro. FUCKING CASTERS!!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ferralcat@monyet.cc 2 points 2 years ago Shitty coasters too :) they didn't even have locks on them did they? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swayevenly@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago* (4 children) $80 to undo what you did to slow down my phone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] AtariDump@lemmy.world -10 points 2 years ago (3 children) What did they do? Prevent it from randomly shutting down? Because I’ll take a slower phone or a random hard shutdown any day of the week. Was it wrong? Yes. But what else does any handset manufacturer do? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) It’s useless, folks here will never believe that other devices do the same thing. I think they’d rather just have their device shut down at 25%. On my original battery five years into having this iphone and it’s still screaming fast… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Agreed. Love how the Reddit act of downvoting has transferred to Lemmy /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Here it’s just “someone enjoys iOS?! NOT ON MY WATCH” I’ve got three Linux machines, six? Maybe seven? Windows machines, and I love the shit outta my iPhone. I was a first-adopter of Android with the Dream and loved it. But when I realized iPhones can last for 5-6 years with full updates AND STILL BE FAST with no effort, reformatting, or thinking about them… that’s all I want from a phone. That and the privacy is better. It’s not perfect, but it’s lightyears better than ANYTHING google. But on Lemmy, that makes me a baby toddler noob that knows nothing about computers, because if I just got this google device and did all of these mods to it and installed all this software and maintained it and BRAINED HARDER I could have a similar experience to my five year old iPhone permalink fedilink source parent
[+] AtariDump@lemmy.world -10 points 2 years ago (3 children) What did they do? Prevent it from randomly shutting down? Because I’ll take a slower phone or a random hard shutdown any day of the week. Was it wrong? Yes. But what else does any handset manufacturer do? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) It’s useless, folks here will never believe that other devices do the same thing. I think they’d rather just have their device shut down at 25%. On my original battery five years into having this iphone and it’s still screaming fast… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Agreed. Love how the Reddit act of downvoting has transferred to Lemmy /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Here it’s just “someone enjoys iOS?! NOT ON MY WATCH” I’ve got three Linux machines, six? Maybe seven? Windows machines, and I love the shit outta my iPhone. I was a first-adopter of Android with the Dream and loved it. But when I realized iPhones can last for 5-6 years with full updates AND STILL BE FAST with no effort, reformatting, or thinking about them… that’s all I want from a phone. That and the privacy is better. It’s not perfect, but it’s lightyears better than ANYTHING google. But on Lemmy, that makes me a baby toddler noob that knows nothing about computers, because if I just got this google device and did all of these mods to it and installed all this software and maintained it and BRAINED HARDER I could have a similar experience to my five year old iPhone permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) It’s useless, folks here will never believe that other devices do the same thing. I think they’d rather just have their device shut down at 25%. On my original battery five years into having this iphone and it’s still screaming fast… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Agreed. Love how the Reddit act of downvoting has transferred to Lemmy /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Here it’s just “someone enjoys iOS?! NOT ON MY WATCH” I’ve got three Linux machines, six? Maybe seven? Windows machines, and I love the shit outta my iPhone. I was a first-adopter of Android with the Dream and loved it. But when I realized iPhones can last for 5-6 years with full updates AND STILL BE FAST with no effort, reformatting, or thinking about them… that’s all I want from a phone. That and the privacy is better. It’s not perfect, but it’s lightyears better than ANYTHING google. But on Lemmy, that makes me a baby toddler noob that knows nothing about computers, because if I just got this google device and did all of these mods to it and installed all this software and maintained it and BRAINED HARDER I could have a similar experience to my five year old iPhone permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Agreed. Love how the Reddit act of downvoting has transferred to Lemmy /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Here it’s just “someone enjoys iOS?! NOT ON MY WATCH” I’ve got three Linux machines, six? Maybe seven? Windows machines, and I love the shit outta my iPhone. I was a first-adopter of Android with the Dream and loved it. But when I realized iPhones can last for 5-6 years with full updates AND STILL BE FAST with no effort, reformatting, or thinking about them… that’s all I want from a phone. That and the privacy is better. It’s not perfect, but it’s lightyears better than ANYTHING google. But on Lemmy, that makes me a baby toddler noob that knows nothing about computers, because if I just got this google device and did all of these mods to it and installed all this software and maintained it and BRAINED HARDER I could have a similar experience to my five year old iPhone permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Here it’s just “someone enjoys iOS?! NOT ON MY WATCH” I’ve got three Linux machines, six? Maybe seven? Windows machines, and I love the shit outta my iPhone. I was a first-adopter of Android with the Dream and loved it. But when I realized iPhones can last for 5-6 years with full updates AND STILL BE FAST with no effort, reformatting, or thinking about them… that’s all I want from a phone. That and the privacy is better. It’s not perfect, but it’s lightyears better than ANYTHING google. But on Lemmy, that makes me a baby toddler noob that knows nothing about computers, because if I just got this google device and did all of these mods to it and installed all this software and maintained it and BRAINED HARDER I could have a similar experience to my five year old iPhone permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PoopMonster@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Didn't they sell $700 casters for THEIR Mac pro. FUCKING CASTERS!!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ferralcat@monyet.cc 2 points 2 years ago Shitty coasters too :) they didn't even have locks on them did they? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ferralcat@monyet.cc 2 points 2 years ago Shitty coasters too :) they didn't even have locks on them did they? permalink fedilink source parent