catculation@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoHere's why the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro headset is so expensivewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down146file-text
arrow-up1153arrow-down1external-linkHere's why the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro headset is so expensivewww.cnbc.comcatculation@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
The $3499 Apple Vision Pro reportedly costs $1542 to make. Edit: Archive link https://archive.ph/u4BCi
minus-squarepewter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoGood question. I don’t have a good source, but this one guy tried to come up with a breakdown a few months ago and in parts alone he estimated $1529. Inner and outer display including display lens: $840 Silicon content including M2 and R1 chips: $240 Sensors and cameras: $120 Battery: $18 Spatial Audio: $11 Housing, PCBS, cables, connectors, and packaging: $170 Assembly: $130 It aligns with the number in the article. The rest seems like a business decision.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): one guy tried to come up with a breakdown a few months ago and in parts alone he estimated $1529 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Good question. I don’t have a good source, but this one guy tried to come up with a breakdown a few months ago and in parts alone he estimated $1529.
Inner and outer display including display lens: $840
Silicon content including M2 and R1 chips: $240
Sensors and cameras: $120
Battery: $18
Spatial Audio: $11
Housing, PCBS, cables, connectors, and packaging: $170
Assembly: $130
It aligns with the number in the article. The rest seems like a business decision.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
one guy tried to come up with a breakdown a few months ago and in parts alone he estimated $1529
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.