<story><title>Apple Vision Pro U.S. Sales Are All but Dead, Market Analysts Say</title><url>https://gizmodo.com/apple-vision-pro-u-s-sales-2000469302</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ProfessorLayton</author><text>&amp;quot;...analysts have noted that many who bought one were confused by its more complicated setup and what they were supposed to use it for in their daily lives.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s the root of the problem right there. Apple&amp;#x27;s best successes had a very clear purpose in mind from the beginning:&lt;p&gt;- iPod: 1,000 songs in your pocket&lt;p&gt;- iPhone: A phone, an internet communicator, an iPod&lt;p&gt;- iPad: Media consumption&lt;p&gt;AVP didn&amp;#x27;t have a clear purpose right out the door, and it&amp;#x27;s very un-Apple to launch a new product category without figuring that out first.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dawnerd</author><text>I returned mine. It was amazing, but very uncomfortable like all other VR head units. I spent an entire workday in it. The next day got half way through the day before getting a massive headache. My neck was sore for a week following. Apple store employees said I wasn&amp;#x27;t the only one.&lt;p&gt;They need to focus on weight, them making it have the glass front+screen and being made of metal was a terrible idea.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple Vision Pro U.S. Sales Are All but Dead, Market Analysts Say</title><url>https://gizmodo.com/apple-vision-pro-u-s-sales-2000469302</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ProfessorLayton</author><text>&amp;quot;...analysts have noted that many who bought one were confused by its more complicated setup and what they were supposed to use it for in their daily lives.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s the root of the problem right there. Apple&amp;#x27;s best successes had a very clear purpose in mind from the beginning:&lt;p&gt;- iPod: 1,000 songs in your pocket&lt;p&gt;- iPhone: A phone, an internet communicator, an iPod&lt;p&gt;- iPad: Media consumption&lt;p&gt;AVP didn&amp;#x27;t have a clear purpose right out the door, and it&amp;#x27;s very un-Apple to launch a new product category without figuring that out first.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wrsh07</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not sure that&amp;#x27;s right. Apple launched the watch thinking &amp;quot;apps like iphone&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;A few versions in, they settled on &amp;quot;watches are for health and fitness&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Ben Thompson discusses the AVP as an immersive iPad, and that&amp;#x27;s kind of the problem. It&amp;#x27;s too locked down to be my productivity device (something that could justifiably command a premium price), and my entertainment budget isn&amp;#x27;t that high for one person (I already have a tv in that price range - cheaper tbh - that&amp;#x27;s really really good)</text></comment>