Don’t buy an Apple Vision Pro headset without this crucial accessory

Pre-ordering a brand new Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional however really feel like skimping on the AppleCare+ protection?

Assume once more!

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The oldsters over at AppleInsider have been digging via Apple’s web site and got here throughout the service and restore web page for the brand new Imaginative and prescient Professional headset, and the price for even a display screen substitute is eye-watering.

Two restore prices are listed. The primary is for a cracked cowl glass, and the estimated restore value right here is $799. The opposite itemizing is for “different harm,” and the estimated restore invoice here’s a jaw-dropping $2,399 — keep in mind that a brand new Imaginative and prescient Professional ranges from $3,499 to $3,899, relying on the storage, in order that estimate is a giant fraction of the entire value of a brand new unit.

With AppleCare+, the prices are decreased to $299 for every incident, however you must consider that AppleCare+ is itself going so as to add $499 to the entire value of your Imaginative and prescient Professional.

What this implies is that the price of your first restore is $798.

The Imaginative and prescient Professional is prone to be a nightmare to restore your self, with restore specialists iFixit going so far as to say that not solely will it not be repairable, however probably not even openable given all of the screws, glue, and calibration that shall be wanted following any restore.

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“Given Apple’s reluctance to share calibration software program exterior their formal restore networks, it would not bode effectively for would-be residence repairers. Within the worst case, even simply taking the unit aside and placing it again collectively once more may very well be sufficient to render it unusable, despite the fact that each half remains to be purposeful,” writes Charlie Sorrel on the iFixit weblog. 

I additionally do not anticipate this product to be a part of Apple’s self-repair program any time quickly.

Along with AppleCare+, I would even be getting a case for this. I am unsure how sturdy Apple’s $199 journey case is prone to be, but it surely’s higher than nothing to guard your Imaginative and prescient Professional from being sat on or dropped when it isn’t in your face. For a inexpensive different, attempt Spigen’s $90 Klasden Pouch case, which even has a devoted slot to retailer an Apple AirTag.