As many each inside and out of doors the world of tech already know, now you can pre-order Apple’s mixed-reality headset, the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. It is also hardly information that the brand new headset can be fairly dear at $3,499.
Nevertheless, what is information—or what’s caught the eye of quite a lot of tech reviewers and shoppers—is that in accordance with numerous experiences, together with 9to5Mac, Apple is sharing how a lot the Imaginative and prescient Professional can be to restore if it occurs to interrupt…and it seems it may well price you a bundle if it breaks!
And, simply in case you had been questioning, it isn’t made out of one thing indestructible, just like the fictional metallic alloy, Adamantium (used to create Captain America’s defend, additionally fictional). Nope! Based on MacRumors, the headset includes “an aluminum body that homes a single piece of laminated glass for the entrance of the machine.” And that piece of laminated glass can break.
Have prolonged warranties for tech gear gotten out of hand?
If the glass does occur to interrupt, you might be going through some fairly excessive restore payments if you do not have AppleCare Plus, Apple’s prolonged guarantee program for its units, (which is able to price you $499 for 2 years or 24.99 per 30 days). In reality, you may see examples of how a lot it can save you on the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional Restore & Service webpage. For the time being, the web page lists solely two possibility for “service sort”: “Cracked cowl glass” and “Different harm.”
Within the first occasion, in case you’ve cracked the quilt glass and also you need to get the headset repaired, it should price you $799, if you do not have AppleCare Plus, however simply $299 in case you do have the plan. (However keep in mind, you are additionally paying $499 for the plan). Moreover, in case you’ve chosen the very imprecise possibility, “Different harm,” you will see that it’ll price you $2,399 with out AppleCare Plus, however once more, simply $299 in case you personal the plan (which, once more, prices $499).
So, though there does appear to be some profit to proudly owning AppleCare Plus, some shoppers would possibly really feel like Apple would not actually care in regards to the shopper, notably since Apple is asking that she or he spend much more cash after having simply shelled out $3,499 to purchase the unit. One would possibly ask: Is Apple sending shoppers mixed-signals by asking them to purchase such a really dear mixed-reality headset, after which suggesting they should purchase Apple’s prolonged guarantee plan…the so-called “AppleCare Plus”?
I assume I am going to simply wait and see if Apple introduces an “AppleCare DoublePlusGood” plan.
