The Apple Vision Pro spatial computer was expected to arrive with extremely limited supply and that seems to have been proven true as those now placing an online pre-order will not receive spatial computer until around mid-March for all three available storage capacities (256GB – $3,499, 512GB – $3,699, 1TB – $3,899; AppleCare+ coverage – $499).
Pre-orders for Apple Vision Pro began Friday, January 19th at 8am EST / 5am PST.
Hartley Charlton for MacRumors:
This delivery time frame is likely to get pushed back even further as more people place orders.
Apple could have some in-store stock available for in-person purchase on Friday, February 2, as well as in subsequent days and weeks as stores receive new deliveries for walk-in buyers, but supply is still highly likely to be limited. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently reported that only 80,000 headsets would be available for the device’s launch and warned that the device could quickly sell out.
MacDailyNews Take: Hopefully, Apple Vision Pro pre-orderers, you got yours in early!
BTW:
• 80,000 times $3,499 = $279.93 million
• 80,000 times ($3,499 + $499) = $319.84 million
• 80,000 times $3,699 = $295.92 million
• 80,000 times ($3,699 + $499) = $334.84 million
• 80,000 times $3,899 = $322.93 million
• 80,000 times ($3,899 + $499) = $351.84 million
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It was a slower ordering process for me, but mine will arrive delivered on Feb 6.
Was there a chance to build a shopping cart yesterday before the site went down? That might have sped the process, but by the time I thought to look at the AppleStore online, it was already down.
You need to have have your iPhone on hand to measure your face and answer some unique questions as to fit and an eyeglass prescription necessity or not, so that added some time. The Zeise prescription lenses are not horribly expensive ($150) and they can pop out if you want to hand it off to someone, or eventually sell it one day.
All of that being said, my confirmation email is time stamped 5:06am PST, so I guess I did fairly well on that accord.
// everyone add order details
+1 Apple vision pro 1TB delivery date 02/02/2024 : let the development begin.
order date : 01/19/2024 @ 8:11 Central Time*
face scan for sizing was easy, checkout was really fast.
*preorders started earlier then announced.
Really stupid that you need an iphone/ipad to buy. Apple should have had a way for non iphone/ipad customers to be able to come into the store and get scanned as part of the purchase.
What is the likelihood that someone who is dropping $3,500 to be an early adopter does not have an iPhone?
How much will one of these be worth, fully-sealed, in 20 years? Will it be worth more than $3,500 of AAPL, purchased today?
of course the device itself will not be worth the same money invested in the stock market. Heck in 3 years they may be worth less than 500. But the opportunity, productivity and skill set they afford today may be of a much greater return.
I also bet the food you buy this week won’t be worth the value of the same money invested in the stock market. Money (investments) can be spent on short, medium and long term returns. The key concept here is diversification across multiply time horizons. The early players in the App Store might agree. But I would not recommend sacrificing long term investments and short term needs for a Vision Pro.
As I ordered my Vision Pro this morning at 5 AM, I noticed available local store appointment times slipping rapidly. I suspect that is the real choke point of when headsets can be delivered.
$5,054.95 for the 1TB AVP with AppleCare, Travel case and tax… and not delivering until March 8-9 as of 10am PST. I’ll wait for now, I want to see what the benefits and limitations really are, not just what Apple wants us to imagine this thing might be capable of. Given the newness of the device and up-front costs, AppleCare ($499) should really cover 3 years like on a Mac not 2 like iPhone or iPad.
On the plus side, it’s the first Apple product with a user-replaceable battery in a long time 😅
the battery comment is so true and funny !!!