The first headset to run Android XR, Samsung’s Project Moohan, was rumored to be launching on September 29. We’re almost there now, but a new report from Korea today claims the launch has been pushed back to October 21.
If this is accurate, there will be an online launch event for the headset on that day. It will become available immediately after that. Samsung is allegedly targeting selling around 100,000 units, but the number will be adjusted after confirming the initial demand in the market, following the Moohan’s release.
If you’re wondering what the reason for the delay is, apparently it all has to do with “coordinating internal marketing strategies”, whatever that means. If you were thinking that this means the Moohan will get unveiled at the same event as the Galaxy Z TriFold, apparently not – the company’s first tri-fold smartphone will get a separate launch. That will take place in very late October, or in November.
In Korea, the Moohan is expected to cost around KRW 2 million, which means about $1,400. That would make it cheaper than Apple’s Vision Pro but significantly more expensive than Meta’s Quest 3. The Moohan’s display is said to reach a pixel density of about 3,800 ppi, higher than that of the Apple Vision Pro. Samsung’s headset uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 SoC, paired with 16GB of RAM.
Source (in Korean)
