Apple has quietly reduced the price of the Studio Display XDR when configured with the VESA mount adapter, dropping it from $3,299 to $2,899 – a $400 cut. The nano-texture VESA version has also dropped from $3,599 to $3,199.
Apple has also reworked the purchasing pattern on its website, making the stand choice the first step in the configuration process instead of the glass selection.
When the Studio Display XDR launched last month, both stand options cost the same $3,299. That felt unfair to a lot of people, since the VESA mount adapter is just a flat metal plate that lets you attach the display to a monitor arm or wall mount, whereas the alternative stand is both height- and tilt-adjustable.
VESA mount options are normally priced lower than the fancier stand versions on most displays (including Apple's own Pro Display XDR, for which the VESA option was always cheaper). The price change for the Studio Display XDR is therefore more in line with how these things are typically priced.
The standard Studio Display has not received a similar adjustment – both the tilt-adjustable stand and VESA mount configurations of the non-XDR model remain priced at $1,599 – but the cheaper tilt-adjustable stand is usually considered price-equivalent to the VESA mount.
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I was thinking this is a strange April fools joke to go with...but no. Glad I didn't pull the trigger on that $100 amazon discount yesterday on the vesa mount XDR.
Why would you be refunded? You purchased it when it was that price, oh well.
They obviously are under no obligation to do so -- but it's a smart move to not make the most loyal customers who are buying the most premium products feel disrespected, and clearly Apple can absorb the cost.
Recall, they also gave a partial discount to the earliest adopters of the original iPhone when they dropped the price not long after launch. I think they reduced the price $200 and gave $100 back in store credit to people who jumped in on day one (myself included). It's just smart business -- if you can afford it, which they can.
Which other screens are $1400 and offer the same quality of image? Factor in brightness, color accuracy, resolution, PPI, refresh rates, camera, speakers, frame quality, Thunderbolt ports, etc. If those are not important, then, sure, it's price is too high for the value. If those are important for your job, then the price is likely a fair value.
If you don't think it's worth the value you receive, don't buy it. I'm not going to buy it.
