Presentation of Apple Vision Pro, despite the long-awaited Yes, it ended up being a surprise that both the company and especially its CEO Tim Cook wanted to apply. And it’s that Apple turned the concept of the viewer well as we knew it, until they took it to a new level and created what they call a space computer, and it’s different from what we’ve seen before, precisely because of that. this reason because it is actually a computer (of course with its quirks) that you carry. In other words, Apple called it a space computer, but calling it a wearable computer would be even more descriptive.

Be that as it may, even if it cannot be proved, to better understand the time that the company devotes to its developmentWell, we’re talking about an incredibly complex device for which we can imagine the manufacturing process must be an unprecedented challenge, both for the Apple Vision Pro in its basic configuration and for the additional elements that we hope will come from you. , and that will add to its already high price, which will start at $3,499.

Its price has been the element that has raised the most doubts so far. when trying to forecast the sales that will occur. So we found the most optimistic estimates, such as those of Goldman Sachs, which predicts five million units in 2024, to extremely conservative values, such as the 150.00 units predicted by Wedbush. Morgan Stanley was talking about 850,000, which is the number closest to Apple’s own forecasts, which it expects to sell one million units over the next year, according to the leak.

However, it now looks like the predictions will have to be reset very, very low, with the exception of Wedbush. And it is as we can read in Ars Technica, various problems during the Apple Vision Pro manufacturing process substantially reduce overall production capacity. How much? Well, according to sources close to Apple and Luxshare, the sole manufacturer that will carry out the assembly process, the total production capacity is expected to be less than 400,000 units.

On the other hand, two suppliers of some of the components used in the assembly of the Apple Vision Pro would say that Apple ordered supplies to produce 130,000 to 150,000 units. However, the article does not specify whether the two providers would supply the same elements to Luxshare or, on the contrary, they differ. And the point is that in the first case we would be talking about 280,000 units, but in the second case the ceiling would be set at the lowest number, i.e. 130,000 Apple Vision Pro produced for the entire year 2024. .

According to cited sources the manufacturing process is proving to be particularly complex, and Apple is not particularly happy with the work of its suppliers. We must keep in mind that we are talking about a very complex device and that this is the first time it has entered the mass production process, so disagreements are to be expected. And on the other hand, suppliers will have to pay close attention to the quality of the supplied components, which is a point where the quality of the two mini LED screens is at stake.