🔗 Apple reportedly suspends work on Vision Pro 2

📰 As The Information reports, Apple has suspended work on the second-generation Vision Pro headset to singularly focus on a cheaper model.

🧊 Rumour has it that fewer and fewer of the company's engineers have been involved in the development of its flagship second-generation mixed reality helmet in recent months, and now the Vision Pro 2 project has been completely frozen for the sake of developing a cheaper counterpart.

💵 Previously, it was assumed that the Vision Pro 2 should be sold along with a more affordable model, but it seems that Apple's immediate plans now include releasing only a version with a price of about $1500 (remember, the Vision Pro starts at $3500).

⚖️ At the same time, according to the source, Apple is still struggling to find solutions when developing the "budget" variant, which would allow to significantly reduce the price, but at the same time do not significantly degrade the user experience, as well as reduce the weight of the device.

📆 Maybe later the development of a flagship model will resume, but this does not seem to be in the immediate plans.

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🇪🇺 Apple Intelligence won’t launch in EU in 2024 due to antitrust regulation

・Apple will not roll out its Apple Intelligence AI product and three other new features to the European Union when it releases them later in 2024, the company said, due to privacy concerns stemming from the Digital Markets Act.

・The DMA requires that services be interoperable across platforms, to promote competition and stymie the “gatekeeper” effect that some large companies, including Apple, have.

・In a statement to Financial Times, Apple said that there will be a delay as it works to figure out how to make the new functionality compatible with the European Union's competition rules.

Due to the regulatory uncertainties brought about by the Digital Markets Act, we do not believe that we will be able to roll out three of these [new] features - iPhone Mirroring, SharePlay Screen Sharing enhancements, and Apple Intelligence - to our EU users this year.

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🔗 Apple not to stop working on Vision Pro 2, but to focus on a second simpler prototype available

📰 Contrary to rumors from The Information, which reported this week that Apple has halted work on the Vision Pro 2 – Mark Gurman on Bloomberg has different data.

🔗 According to him, work on the new version has not stopped, but has been scaled back for now. The next-generation Pro version is less of a priority right now. But the prototype of the model under the number "N109" is already inside the company. According to an insider – the new version is very similar to the current model, but includes a faster processor and improvements to the external cameras. The company has been looking for ways to make the next version lighter and more user-friendly, but it will still take more time. According to the latest reports, the "N109" project won't be released until the end of 2026 at the earliest.

🥽 Now the focus of the development team on a simpler version – the prototype number "N107", which presumably will be called Apple Vision. That is, it's a junior version that the company is considering making dependent on a connection to a Mac or iPhone. This will allow Apple to save on chips (there may be only one instead of two) and on components necessary for greater autonomy of the device. The "N107" prototype has no EyeSight display and simpler internal screens. Otherwise, it will be the same device format with all the software features. So the company wants to make a device roughly priced like the iPhone Pro version.

🕶 Gurman also said that Apple is still working on an augmented reality-only version of the glasses. By design, these would be lightweight everyday glasses that users could wear like regular sunglasses or medical glasses. But for now, it's still technically feasible to realize at the level the company envisions - even more expensive than the Vision Pro.

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