Apple ‘isn’t very optimistic’ that it has an iPhone-level hit on its hands.
WWDC 2023 was announced on Tuesday, and the expectation is that Apple will use the event to unveil its long-rumored AR/VR headset. However, there seems to be some trepidation within Apple about the viability of the headset as a platform—so much so that there’s a possibility it may not be announced at WWDC after all.
According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Twitter, Apple has decided to push the assembly schedule for the headset a couple of months to the latter part of the third quarter of this year. This delay could cause Apple to skip the headset’s expected WWDC unveiling.
Kuo, who has a history of reporting pre-release information that’s more reliable than others, also reports that Apple cut back its shipment forecast to 200,000 to 300,000 units, which is lower than the “market consensus” of 500,000.
