sebj, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith Did see this post on the topic: https://www.threads.net/@snazzyq/post/C2vXYdmyxB7/

jazaval, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith because it’s probably not just a battery but other critical components offloaded from the headset.

christianselig, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith Voltage is the key thing, it’s at 12V instead of 3.7V, so it's the equivalent of a more "standard" 10,000 mAh external battery that they measure at 3.7V

stroughtonsmith, 4 months ago

@christianselig still means a third party solution could 2x or 3x it!

christianselig, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith Yeah I'm pretty stoked about that, even 10 hours of video would be theoretically possible if you just daisy chain a big ol’ external pack to the existing

clarko, 4 months ago

@christianselig @stroughtonsmith 12 volt battery, you say

christianselig, 4 months ago

@clarko @stroughtonsmith Those are going to have a renaissance now baby

stroughtonsmith, 4 months ago

@christianselig @clarko I think the original Macintosh Portable had a lead-acid battery…

eierund, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith some of the design choices are soooooo weird. Did they bring Ive back? ;)

I think we may see a drastic visual departure for v2.

simsaens, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith wow really? It's quite physically large for that capacity. I just searched around and 10,000 mAh packs are easily just as small https://charger.nitecore.com/product/carbo10000

stroughtonsmith, 4 months ago

If this is true, a third-party battery pack could easily give this all-day battery life. A third-party headband could integrate a battery pack like this right on your head.

Good thing Apple put a proprietary connector on the battery cable 😅

pvanb, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith Give the EU time…

maddox, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith I think it's going to depend on the voltage of the battery, which is probably higher than what a phone or iPad would use.

The internet has been telling us that mAH was a terrible metric to use for years.

maddox, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith This Anker battery (10k mAH @30w charging) daisy chained is almost certainly a better idea than the $199 extra battery that can't even hot swap.

https://www.anker.com/products/a1259-built-in-cable-power-bank-10000mah

Drarok, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith can the battery charge and pass through power to the headset at the same time, or once it’s flat do you have to power down and swap the headset to a power supply? Not sure if the battery cable is permanent, either…?

adamsimmersive, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith Maybe they kept the battery pocket-sized so that possible future Visions with internal batteries aren’t seen as having a big battery life drop. (Pockets are convenient too.)

I think the locking cable is because accidental power loss could cause data loss and symptoms. (It’s not greed, since it makes extra Apple batteries less tempting than existing cheap packs.) For those wishing Apple Vision Pro had a backup battery to allow hot swapping, the pocket battery IS the backup.

pmcg, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith I guess years ago for MagSafe 1 and 2, third parties would buy just the power adapters, cut off the captive MagSafe end, and make their own … whatever … with it.

Maybe that will happen again eventually, but it's shamefully expensive and wasteful.

It's so nice to realize that MagSafe 3 for new MacBooks has regular USB-C on the other end.

vanitalo, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith Someone will make a daisy chained battery vest… get a week of continuous use from your  Vision Pro 😜🤯

rosyna, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith Apple Vision to V-Mount adapter?

maddox, 4 months ago

@stroughtonsmith it’s so bizarre. It’s also enormous to be that small. I have 10k batteries that are smaller and cost $40.

Why is it $199?

stooovie, 4 months ago

@maddox @stroughtonsmith You know why...