Clearly, I don't think this is an *actual* beta product. Hence my phrasing. Good gosh.
My larger point is obviously that it will be refined, over time, to something more people can afford. That, and multiple Apple insiders, who have been proven right time and again, have been saying that a more consumer-friendly version is around the corder, come 2025-ish, that will no doubt build on what is learned via this iteration, in terms of the software that will be developed over the next couple of years, seeing what use-cases become the most popular, etc. No different than there are MacBooks and MacBook Pros, iPads and iPad Pros, and iPhones and iPhone Pros, there's a reason they named this version "Pro," indicating that a more affordable, non-Pro version is coming. And then, just like every other Apple product, as the years go by, the Pro features will ultimately become standard in the non-Pro version, as the Pro version keeps getting better and better (and smaller and smaller)
That said, report after report has noted that Apple is taking somewhat of a different approach with this product, and considers it more of an "experiment" than many of its past products (note: I don't mean "experiment" literally either). This thing has been delayed over and over, trying to fit the battery in the headset itself, to no avail, trying to make it thinner, to no avail, etc. So they finally just said "f/ck it" (again, not literally) and released this iteration, knowing full well the battery will eventually fit inside the headset, there will eventually be thinner versions down the road, etc.
