I find the title overly slanted for my tastes, and I don’t have any stake in the game. The article admits the headset weighs in between a quest 3 and a quest pro. Why are we comparing to “almost as much as an iPad Pro? Maybe it’s a standard reference for the macrumors audience? Kinda feels like the author is trying to bait outrage clicks but maybe it’s just awkward wording.
> Maybe it’s a standard reference for the macrumors audience?
I think it’s honestly this. Most MacRumors headlines are awkward and almost solely reference Apple products, even if there’s a better thing to compare, so their clickbait potential is usually incidental at best because everyone who reads it normally knows this is MacRumors and they’re on a strict applesauce-based diet.
There are a lot more people with iPads than Quests. I know exactly how much a 12.9’’ iPad Pro weighs (I’m holding one right now) and have zero idea how much a Quest weighs. I fail to see anything outrageous or baity about this. If you think a 12.9’’ iPad Pro is heavy (hence outrageous?) — it is not.
"Almost as much" gives me the impression that it is heavy, at least compared to the expectation of the writer. "Less than" would give me the impression that it is light. "about" would be neutral.
