When it comes to visual quality, you get what you pay for
The repair experts at iFixit have just released the second part of their Apple Vision Pro teardown (along with an accompanying blog post). It’s revealed a bunch of fascinating facts about Apple’s high-end device just days after iFixit’s first investigation tore into the device – and most intriguingly, the demolition process has revealed a major reason why the headset is quite so eye-wateringly expensive.
Before the Vision Pro launched, leaked reports claimed it would come with a 4K resolution for each eye, promising incredible visual clarity unmatched by any rival device. At the time of release, Apple said the headset’s resolution was higher than that of a 4K TV, although the company didn’t actually say the Vision Pro crossed the 4K threshold itself, which is a 3840×2160 resolution.
So, does the Vision Pro live up to Apple’s 4K promise? Well, according to iFixit the teardown, each eyepiece in the Vision Pro comes with a sky-high pixel resolution of 3660×3200 (a figure we estimated back in June 2023).
That’s not quite 4K due to the lower horizontal resolution, but it equates to a pixels-per-inch (ppi) rating of 3,386 – way beyond anything Apple’s rivals can put together.
