Non-Pro Apple Vision Headset Could Be “About $2000”

The primary non-Professional Apple Imaginative and prescient headset may arrive subsequent yr at round $2000, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reviews.

Gurman has a powerful observe report in terms of reporting Apple’s strikes upfront, and revealed many particulars of Imaginative and prescient Professional earlier than it was formally revealed and even acknowledged to exist by Apple.

Within the newest version of his newsletter, Gurman reiterates his previous reporting from final yr that Apple is engaged on a less expensive non-Professional headset that might lack the EyeSight entrance show and “in all probability” use an A-series chipset (utilized in iPhones) as a substitute of M-series, in addition to cheaper supplies.

Whereas his unique reporting mentioned Apple was discussing costs between $1500 and $2500, Gurman is now giving a extra particular determine of “about $2000”, and claims Apple expects it to promote twice as many models as Imaginative and prescient Professional.

Apple Asks LG & Samsung To Supply Micro-OLED For Vision Headset

Apple is asking LG and Samsung about supplying micro-OLED displays for the cheaper Vision headset, a South Korean news outlet reports.

And Gurman is not the one supply reporting this non-Professional Imaginative and prescient headset is coming.

Provide chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo first reported that Apple was engaged on a less expensive headset a full yr earlier than Imaginative and prescient Professional was even revealed, with Kuo on the time additionally saying Apple aimed to launch it in 2025.

In Might, Chinese language information outlet WallStreetCN reported that the headset may weigh round 400 grams, considerably lighter than the 600 gram Imaginative and prescient Professional. It additionally made the extraordinary declare that the availability chain is getting ready for scale “on the stage of tens of hundreds of thousands”. However that immediately contradicts Gurman’s claims, and appears unlikely.

Prior to now few months we have seen a number of reviews from South Korean information outlet The Elec about Apple asking show suppliers like LG and Samsung about cheaper, lower resolution micro-OLED displays, and even Japan’s JDI pitching Apple a high-density regular OLED display. However it’s unclear whether or not these discussions relate to the primary non-Professional Imaginative and prescient headset or additional sooner or later cheaper fashions.

Imaginative and prescient Professional Refresh Coming Too

Within the publication, Gurman additionally reiterates his previous reporting that Apple is engaged on a second-generation Imaginative and prescient Professional, which he says will launch in 2026.

Apple Vision Pro Could Get An An M5 Refresh In Early 2026

Mass production of an Apple Vision Pro refresh with an M5 chip should start in late 2025, prominent supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims.

Just a few weeks in the past Ming-Chi Kuo said this new Imaginative and prescient Professional will sport an M5 chipset, a major improve over the present headset’s M2, and enter manufacturing in late 2025.

Kuo claimed that the availability chain for the M5 Imaginative and prescient Professional will “largely keep the identical”, and thus “different {hardware} specs and designs gained’t change a lot, which ought to assist decrease prices and value factors”. Saying that, he mentioned he would not anticipate the value to vary “a lot”, suggesting it can nonetheless be a really costly headset.