One thing I notice about the 80s is that people were much more willing to pay top dollar for first, very limited versions of products. $4000 in todays money is almost the same as Apple Vision Pro, for a product that has very limited usability.
May be it was easier to market only for rich people who wish to show off then? Since the fall of Vertu no tech companies seem to address specifically this segment. Or may be people just were more optimistic about tech?
Is that true, though? Etak had to license their tech and court a buyer shortly after going to market. Meanwhile, Apple has sold over 200k Vision Pro headsets.
> One thing I notice about the 80s is that people were much more willing to pay top dollar for first, very limited versions of products.
I'd rather think that there is more money frivolously spent today; in the S.F. Bay Area, much more.
> May be it was easier to market only for rich people who wish to show off then?
I'm quite perplexed about how your perception can be so very different from mine. How many people own a Tesla in your neighborhood?
This device however, I would have thought, would have been marketed chiefly to professionals. Traveling salesmen, doctors (who then still made house calls), service technicians etc. .
May be it was easier to market only for rich people who wish to show off then? Since the fall of Vertu no tech companies seem to address specifically this segment. Or may be people just were more optimistic about tech?