Why Apple’s VR headset won’t be next iPhone

December 27, 2022

Steve Jobs always said if anyone was going to make his company's products obsolete, he wanted it to be Apple.

Apple is developing an extremely cool VR headset that may be announced early in 2023.

It'll bristle with sensors, be powered by an extremely powerful chip, and have three high-res displays, one of which will be external.

But this VR headset will not be an iPhone killer -- at first. Our top post explains why.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

The AR/VR headset likely coming from Apple in 2023 will not be the company’s next smash hit. It will have fans, just not huge numbers of them. But this first headset will be an important stepping stone toward an Apple device that will change the world.

This is important news for Apple, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company makes the CPUs for Mac, iPhone, iPad, etc. Apple is expected to use 3nm processors in products launching in 2023, making the devices faster and more efficient.

Apple has a gift for those without an Apple TV+ subscription: The first seasons of five popular shows are now available for anyone to watch at no charge. Spend your Christmas vacation time enjoying some Ted Lasso or Prehistoric Planet, or any of the many other free episodes.

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There’s bad news for those ready for a folding iPad. Apple is not working on a small folding tablet to replace the iPad mini, according to a reliable source of inside info. Still, a new version of the iPad mini with a faster processor is on the way.

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On December 27, 2010, Apple confirmed that it had sold 1 million units of the upgraded set-top streamer. Apple's celebration of the milestone doubled as a vicious jab at Roku.

As soon as the second-gen AirPods Pro launched, I ordered them. I got them into the shipping queue so fast, in fact, I skipped any option that looked like it might take extra time or add expense. What I didn't realize at the time is that whatever you have etched on the case shows up on your devices wherever your earbuds are indicated, like when you pair them. Now I wish I'd monogrammed mine because it's so much easier to identify your own personal AirPods.

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"People say you have to have a lot of passion for what you’re doing, and it’s totally true. The reason is because it’s so hard that if you don’t, any rational person would give up. It’s really hard." — Steve Jobs, D5 conference, 2007

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