Originally Posted by
BlueDevil2K
The iPhone was actually not that great of a move forward in technology...the first model was 2G only, AT&T only (remember, the iPhone didn't come to Verizon for 3 years!), had no app store, etc. The biggest innovation wasn't even financing...it was multi-touch. The user interface that seems so obvious now (pinch to zoom) was essentially pioneered on the iPhone, and it changed people's perception of phones/PDAs entirely. When the original iPhone came out, I was using a Palm Treo with a stylus. I can't imagine using a stylus on a phone today.
In terms of the pricing, it's no accident that this was released with the "Pro" label. iPhone today starts at $429, while iPhone Pro starts at $999. iPad starts at $329 vs. iPad Pro at $799. Even AirPods start at $129 vs. AirPods Pro at $249. Expect the eventual "Apple Vision" to be targeted to start at a similar price ratio (say $1499 vs. today's $3499 for the Pro). That's still expensive and will be a challenge, but this first part isn't supposed to sell in volume. As was pointed out above, $3500 is what this kind of technology costs today.