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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

Apple’s Headset Strategy & Tesla’s EV Sales Windfall

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

The Motley Fool

Business, Investing

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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We discuss what Apple and Meta Platforms see as the future of tech hardware and whether or not Tesla’s latest delivery boon is a peak for the company. Later in the show, we play over/under before covering the stocks on our radar. Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Emily Flippen discuss: - Apple’s headset strategy - Tesla’s delivery numbers - Earnings trends to watch - Over/Under Companies discussed: Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), NVIDIA (NVDA) MercadoLibre (MELI), Delta (DAL). Host: Travis Hoium Guests: Lou Whiteman, Emily Flippen Engineer: Dan Boyd Disclosure: Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, “TMF”) do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We’re committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Our smart glass is the future of technology hardware. Molly Fool Money starts now. The Everybody needs money.

0:27.8

That's why they call it money.

0:32.1

The best things in life are free,

0:33.5

but you can give them to the birds and bees.

0:36.6

From Fool Global Headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money.

0:40.4

Welcome to Motley Full Money. I'm Travis Hoyam, joined by Lou Whiteman and Emily Flippin.

0:45.3

We're going to jump right in today. And the big topic I thought for this week was Apple, at least reportedly, kind of pulling back on their lighter Vision Pro headset. They're going to be

0:56.1

moving in the same direction. It looks like as Meta has with their Rayban glasses, kind of this

1:01.1

AR technology. Emily, what are your thoughts on sort of this whole space and where Meta and Apple

1:09.3

fits into it.

1:13.1

I'm incredibly disappointed by Apple here.

1:24.2

I mean, look, Apple invested a lot of time and resources into convincing all of us that the future was in these lightweight, daily wearable glasses that were the visionary of spatial computing.

1:26.8

And then a year later, just backtracks. And it's not clear to me if this is

1:28.7

like a desperate pull for them to say, oh, no, me too, when they see the innovation that meta is

1:34.3

doing in literally the metaverse, or if this is just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks.

1:39.5

But in my opinion, I just am so incredibly bearish on pivoting towards heavy-duty VR classes

1:47.0

when it seems like we have years and years of evidence coming out of meta, that consumers

1:51.4

just do not want this. It just, it seems like a space where they're throwing stuff at the wall

1:56.2

and we don't know exactly what's going to stick, but at least we know that kind of these lightweight things are going to stick a little bit.

2:03.0

So that seems like a little bit of the move in the right direction, Lou.

2:06.4

But it's still, it seems like this is a money losing proposition for the foreseeable future.

2:12.8

We should say that this is one report.

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