Mass shipments of Apple’s apparently upcoming augmented actuality and digital actuality headset could also be pushed again till the second half of 2023 resulting from unspecified “software-related points,” in response to data shared Sunday by famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Shipments of the much-rumored AR/VR headset are nonetheless anticipated to start within the first half of the yr, however not on the similar quantity beforehand predicted, Kuo wrote in a collection of tweets.
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My newest survey signifies that the mass cargo schedule of Apple’s MR headset could delay to 2H23 due to software-related points (vs. the earlier estimate of 2Q23).— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) December 4, 2022
Kuo had beforehand reported that the iPhone maker was trying to ship 1.5 million models of the face-mounted gadget in 2023 at a value of as much as $2,000. He reported in August that Apple was anticipated to announce its headset throughout a January 2023 occasion and that the corporate had already introduced the gadget to board members.
Apple did not instantly reply to a request for remark.
Apple’s first headset is anticipated to be dear. One rumor final yr urged the corporate’s first VR headset can be “far dearer” than different VR merchandise that are available in beneath $900, although it is unclear if it will value greater than the $1,500 Meta Quest Professional.
