Bart Yee on Apple 3.0 New Year's eve predictions and purchases - 'Just checked again on Jan. 2, 2026. Woot have original Tensor G2 chipped 512GB models of the original 2023 Google Pixel Fold left in open box form from Verizon, selling for $425, so price has dropped, IMO, being blown out at a huge 78% discount to its original price of $1920 for the 512GB model. Apparently brand new 2023 Tensor G2 Folds w/256GB, unlocked, are now at $519, again a huge discount of 71% off its original $1799 price. I doubt these prices cover even 1/2 of the BOM costs, so IMO Google is selling or blowing out remaining inventory at a huge loss, probably at even lower costs to these websites to liquidate. That’s the classic problem for Android makers, even Google Pixels, little to no pricing power or stability. If an Android buyer was willing to wait long enough, prices will drop heavily as demand drops, people lose interest, and newer generations of the same model appear. Former “premium” models lose selling value even faster than their residual value, essentially creating a giant vacuum sucking sound to margins and revenues, or become just so much of a write off for Google. And even then, trouble selling them, here now 2.5 years later. No wonder some of the comments mention that it doesn’t matter if support is less than 5 years, they’ll be upgrading again within a few years. This doesn’t breed brand loyalty nor confidence in long term reliability like for Apple products.'
on AppleInsider calls BS on the FT's Apple Vision Pro sales numbers - 'Rodney, 900,000 screen units is consistent with Sony’s stated total annual production capacity. Each Vision Pro requires 2 Vision Pro screens, reducing the total number of Vision Pro’s produced annually to 450,000 units, AND SELLING THEM ALL AT $3,500 EACH. Until production exceeds 900,000 individual units annually there is no need to lower Vision Pro pricing. Sony’s inability to increase production capacity has led to Apple contracting with Chinese firms BOE and Seeya for Vision Pro screens.'
on AppleInsider calls BS on the FT's Apple Vision Pro sales numbers - 'For those on Apple 3.0 who don’t have experience with a Vision Pro, it may be helpful to take a brief look at a page on Reddit where users post their responses to some of the immersive videos and other apps that are available for the Vision Pro. It’s difficult to read some of the comments and not get a good sense of the great enthusiasm so many people have about Apple’s “flop” product. https(colon)//www.reddit(dot)com/r/VisionPro/'
on Markets are closed. Enjoy the day off. - 'In just over eight hours the opening bell rings on the first trading day of 2026! Index futures are green heading into the overnight hours. With the US markets closed for the holiday Apple is up overnight $1.18 at $273.04. Conditions are looking good as we commence 2026 trading!'
on AppleInsider calls BS on the FT's Apple Vision Pro sales numbers - 'I realize here that I torqued up my math (mostly a dyslexic transliteration) from $157 million (correct) to $175 million (fat fingers or something). Still, as suggested in this article, not a dismal failure.'
on AppleInsider calls BS on the FT's Apple Vision Pro sales numbers - '“ My take: I wonder about Hilliard’s (unsourced) 1 million active users. That’s twice as many users as units sold.” It was reported that Apple sold 450k units in 2024. If they sold 45k in December 2025, he’s probably assuming that Apple sold about the same number in 2025 as in 2024, maybe slightly more. 900k-950k total for 2 years would be around 1M'
on FT: Apple has sharply cut Vision Pro production and promotion - '@Rodney According to the AppleInsider article Apple moved production to Vietnam, they didn’t cease production. Lazy reporting.'
on The trillions spent on new computing infrastructure suddenly makes sense to me - 'I thought protein folding was doubling over the ham slices in my sandwich.'
on FT: Apple has sharply cut Vision Pro production and promotion - 'Tommo says I told ya so… lol! Nothing to see here folks!'
on Apple 3.0 New Year's eve predictions and purchases - 'Woot has had a large number of Google Folds for less than $600 for the past week. Seems like they’re not hot sellers, even at that price.'
on FT: Apple has sharply cut Vision Pro production and promotion - 'My Final Cut Pro workflow is tremendously enhanced when I use my MBP with my AVP set as an ultrawide display. The length of my video stretched out beyond my left & right temples, and the virtual display’s tall depth, so I can have windows for my Suno Music Ai window (for custom music) and Photos window (image/recording content), in my dining room without having to buy more displays is fantastic! Soon to be replaced next week with my new Mac Mini M4 Pro (waiting for me to pick up at the San Antonio Store) that I will use with my new iPad Pro and also my AVP for its display. I am thinking of staying with this v1.0 AVP a few more years until a new Pro model, but several generations forward, comes out. I see no need to buy more or upgrade to newer monitor’s beyond the displays that I already have as long as I have an AVP.'
