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Quest headsets are commonly infer to bea departure leader . Analysts believe that Meta loses money with every unit sold . The scheme has been a big win for market share , as the societal spiritualist goliath is able-bodied to dramatically undercut contest like HTC Vive . It ’s thus far been less of a triumph for the company ’s bottom line . At itsMeta Connect 2024 keynoteWednesday , the company reveal an even cheap version of its mixed reality headset .
With a $ 300 start price , the Meta Quest 3S is a full $ 200 less expensive than the Quest 3 . Clearly Meta ’s scheme of flooding the market with devices is still in full effect with this one .
“ Quest 3S is the best headset for those newfangled to mixed reality and immersive experience and for those who might ’ve been waiting for a low - cost rise from Quest and Quest 2 , ” Meta notice in a blog position .
Whilethe Quest 2 and Quest Pro are formally being sunsetwith this news show , Quest 3 is adhere around with its own price drop . The 512 GB good example drops from $ 650 to $ 500 . Meta will also be pack the fresh Batman : Arkham Shadow deed and three months of subscription to Quest+ with all purchase of a Quest 3 or 3S.
Meta has , by nature , made some cut to force the Modern model ’s start price down to $ 300 . That includes quite a bit less storage at 128 GiB , though if that ’s not enough , you’re able to get the 256 GB manikin for $ 100 more . The 3S also sports a downgrade exhibit . In fact , it ’s the same 1832×1920 resolution exhibit found in the Quest 2 ; this is , no doubt , the single largest cost - edit out touchstone , down from the Quest 3 ’s 2064×2208 .
The athletic field of view is also the same as with the Quest 2 , at 96H/90V , versus the 3 ’s 110H/96V. The 3S is a Hans C. J. Gram low-cal than the 3 and 9 grams heavy than the 2 . The role model also has the best average barrage fire living , despite run around a small battery than the one in the 3 .
judge the spec summing up , Meta could just as easily have named the new headset the Quest 2.5 . That say , the 3S run around 8 GB of RAM like the Quest 3 , along with the same Snapdragon XR Gen 2 chip .
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The Meta Quest 3S is up for preorder Wednesday . It protrude ship October 15 .
