Apple CEO Tim Cook presents the brand new iPhone 14 at an Apple occasion at their headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 7, 2022.
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Top Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated in a weblog submit on Friday that Apple plans to launch “low-end” and “high-end” second-generation augmented actuality/blended actuality headsets in 2025.
Apple has not but introduced and even acknowledged the existence of plans to launch a digital actuality headset. But Bloomberg has reported extensively on the tech large’s technique and not too long ago stated the corporate plans to announce its first headset in June, after reportedly going through delays.
The first mannequin is predicted to price about $3,000 in line with Bloomberg, which suggests Kuo’s report of a future “low-end” mannequin may sign {that a} extra reasonably priced model is on the way in which. That would assist Apple enchantment to a bigger person base that is probably not keen to spend hundreds of {dollars} for the primary model of the AR headset. And it exhibits Apple might be utilizing an analogous technique because it does with its different product traces.
It sells, for instance, the high-end Apple Watch Ultra but in addition extra reasonably priced Apple Watch and Apple Watch SE sequence units. Similarly, it sells AirPods Pro and common AirPods, and professional variations of its Macs and iPads alongside extra reasonably priced choices.
Kuo stated Luxcaseict — a three way partnership between Pegatron and Luxshare — and Foxconn will develop and produce the headsets.
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