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Apple is set to introduce an upgraded Vision Pro headset featuring the yet-to-be-announced M5 chip in 2025, as reported by supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Also Read: Apple MacBook Pro models with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips, Thunderbolt 5 support announced Apple Vision Pro 2 will be released in the second half of 2025, according to @mingchikuo 🥽 The major upgrade will be a new M5 chip that supports Apple Intelligence. pic.
twitter.com/PN9rBbqADI — AppleTrack (@appltrack) September 27, 2024 The existing Vision Pro model is powered by the M2 chip, which was launched in 2022. Kuo did not specify whether the forthcoming Vision Pro will incorporate any additional features or modifications compared to the current version that was released earlier this year.
In addition, Kuo noted that the production of a more affordable variant of the Vision Pro has been postponed until "beyond 2027." The current Vision Pro is priced at $3,499 in the United States, a cost that has undoubtedly restricted its market reach. Apple CEO Tim Cook remarked in a recent interview, "At $3,500, it's not a mass-market product.
Right now, it's an early-adopter product. People who want to have tomorrow's technology today—that's who it's for. Fortunately, there's enough people who are in that camp that it's exciting.
" Bloomberg's Mark Gurman also discussed Apple's future strategies for its Vision product line in his latest Power On newsletter. Similar to Kuo, Gurman indicated that Apple is planning a "chip upgrade" for the Vision Pro, although he did not confirm if this will occur in 2025. He also mentioned that Apple is actively working on a more affordable version of the Vision Pro headset, which will feature "scaled-down technologies," but he did not provide a timeline for its release.
Furthermore, Gurman stated that Apple is "seriously considering" a glasses-like device that would connect to the iPhone. "I also continue to hear that Apple is seriously considering a device that offloads the computing components to an iPhone and serves as an accessory for watching movies," he explained. Finally got a Vision Pro, and now I can test all the prototypes that I made for VisionOS last year 🥳 My overall impression of Vision Pro: a piece of art.
The user experience is very smooth and solid. Developing for VisionOS is a pure joy. No glitches and bugs so far.
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pic.twitter.com/NPQ8Yu7DmT — Oleg Frolov (@Volorf) July 16, 2024 "That's something that would be roughly akin to the glasses offered by companies like Xreal.
The benefit for Apple is that it would reinforce the iPhone as the center of its product ecosystem and offer something that could be a much more popular option than the $3,500 Vision Pro." Also Read: Tickets for inaugural Baseball United Arab Classic released; tournament set for November 7th -10th.
