Samsung Gear VR backordered at Samsung.com, but you can still grab one from AT&T
Yesterday Samsung and AT&T surprised everyone by officially putting the Samsung Gear VR Innovators’ Edition up for sale. The virtual reality headset clocks in at $200 and is meant for developers and enthusiasts to help get the early content shaped for what Samsung hopes to be a unique option and a new lucrative product category for wearables.
Fast forward to today, and Samsung’s stock is already depleted over at Samsung.com. Trying to order the device will spit out a warning that the device is backordered, though you’re still able to go through with the checkout and have the device shipped out to you when they’re available again (estimated to be about 4 weeks right now). A better course of action? Just head to AT&T as their inventory still seems to be chock full of these without a wait to be had.
It’s pretty interesting that Samsung is already out of stock on their end. Aside from the fact that this first release is meant for enthusiasts and developers to check out mobile-powered virtual reality in the early going, the fact that you need a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to use it puts it out of reach for many people.
High interest in the product certainly does bode well for Samsung, though it could be just as likely that they sent most of their units off to AT&T as the carrier is Samsung’s exclusive launch partner for the Gear VR. Whatever the case may be, $200 for a virtual reality headset isn’t that much to ask to be on the cutting edge of this new category of tech (just as long as you already have a Note 4 to go along with it). Head to AT&T’s site if you’re looking to snap one up.