Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional drop take a look at: Did the $3,500 headset survive the autumn?

The metal-and-glass Apple Vision Pro is almost $4,000, so for all that cash, it higher be strong sufficient to face up to a couple of bumps and a few drops, proper?

Tech YouTuber AppleTrack, also referred to as Sam Kohl, examined the Imaginative and prescient Professional’s sturdiness with a couple of sudden shocks. Did it stay intact? For essentially the most half.

Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional drop take a look at

The Vision Pro incorporates a mild seal that blocks mild from seeping by means of, permitting for complete immersion into the headset. Nevertheless, in response to Kohl, should you seize the Imaginative and prescient Professional by holding the sunshine seal, you danger dropping the headset as a result of its magnetic attachment is not robust sufficient.

If that occurs, wouldn’t it survive the autumn? Kohl dropped the Imaginative and prescient Professional from a top of about six toes. Regardless of the affect, the headset did not crack. A couple of scuffs, positive, however no notable fractures. Even the aluminum and downward-facing cameras remained intact.

R.I.P to the Imaginative and prescient Professional’s left speaker, although, as a result of it did not stand up to the drop.

With the headset on, Kohl additionally walked into partitions and jambs, testing to see whether or not the Imaginative and prescient Professional can deal with clumsy stumbles into obstacles. Apart from a scrape or two, the Imaginative and prescient Professional remained advantageous.

Excessive drop take a look at

Even after standing on prime of a sofa, giving extra top to the Imaginative and prescient Professional drop take a look at, the headset’s glass entrance did not crack. Thoughts you, that is after the Imaginative and prescient Professional had been bump-and-drop examined a number of occasions already.

It wasn’t till Kohl launched a second drop take a look at from his sofa, this time placing his arms as much as enhance the peak of the drop, that the Imaginative and prescient Professional’s entrance lastly shattered. Curiously, Kohl mentioned he was in a position to peel off this cracked glass layer, exposing a superbly polished plastic entrance.

And to Kohl’s shock, the sensors and the cameras had been left unscathed. Plus, the Imaginative and prescient Professional continued to work simply advantageous. Save for the damaged left speaker, the Imaginative and prescient Professional functioned with none points.