Users Return Expensive Apple Vision Pro Spatial Computing Glasses as Deadline Approaches
As if the comparison that Mark Zuckerberg made between the Vision Pro and his Meta Quest 3 had not been enough for Apple, in which for extremely convincing reasons he says that his glasses are better, today social networks were filled with messages from users saying that have returned their expensive $3,500 spatial computing glasses.
But why today? Well, because this Wednesday the 14-day period set by Apple to return a product and be eligible for a full refund is about to expire. The Apple Vision Pro went on sale on February 2, so the deadline to return them for enthusiastic users who debuted them on the day of their launch is this Friday, February 16.
The testimonials that we find in X using the keywords “returned apple vision pro” are varied, however, they all agree on one point: the Apple Vision Pro are extremely uncomfortable and quite heavy.
“I returned my Apple Vision Pro. I am convinced that spatial computing is the future, but right now they are too heavy to use for more than an hour. I also can’t justify a $4,000 price tag. I will return for version 2 or 3, when they are lighter,” reads one of the testimonials published in X.
Some other comments describe complaints linked to the technical capabilities of the viewer, such as a limited viewing angle or that the cameras have great difficulty detecting text on a cell phone.
Other complaints describe the absence of features that are almost impossible to think of in an Apple device, such as the lack of integration with other Apple devices: “I should be able to unlock my cell phone by looking at it or be able to see its screen in high resolution from my Vision Pro,” another user account.
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