The younger people here might not remember how dramatically better a form factor the iPad 2 was over the original iPad. It was hard to believe it was a year-over-year update; at the time, Samsung even halted its imminent Galaxy Tab 10.1 launch in a panic and went back to the drawing board to try and achieve something closer to the iPad design.
I think perhaps Vision Pro 2 needs to be an iPad 2; make the [inevitable] competitors panic.
@stroughtonsmith I expect both form factor improvements and I think the use cases are going to evolve similar to the apple watch as clever app developers help us all find where this product fits into our lives. I can't wait to justify buying one!
@stroughtonsmith I remember, but also hope there’s no iPad 3, which took a big swing with a Retina screen but barely had the power to run it. They should skip whatever version that is for Vision Pro
@stroughtonsmith ..and the things that would need to be done to solve this are not within Apple’s comfort zone.
They should be kissing AAA game developers’ bottoms to make a must play game. They should add physical controllers for games and fitness apps, they should let vertical market players sideload and configure, send devs free units, PAY people to port their software to make it a viable platform, court streaming services and music platforms to make content for it, … not going to happen
@stroughtonsmith I do remember and it was dramatic.. that being said the conceptual step that needed to be taken was very much within Apple’s playbook: “make it thinner”.
My opinion on the AVP isn’t popular amongst all the marketing hype, but making the current model 50% lighter and 50% cheaper isn’t going to solve the reason why people are returning it: it needs a killer app.
It’s not a device that is a little (or a lot) too heavy and expensive: it’s a device looking for a purpose.
@stroughtonsmith I’ve been thinking about this every time I see a Vision Pro. I had both of these iPads. I couldn’t believe the dramatic improvements. I think AVP will have multiyear iterations that feel this dramatic. If Apple keeps investing.
@feliz that’s not an actual problem. Every single app has the potential to be somebody’s use case. There are going to be a lot of apps between now and v2
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