I should spend $700 on a new tablet and a new phone every three months yeah that makes perfect sense
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: It 'Means More to Us to Get it Right' Than to Be First
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I should spend $700 on a new tablet and a new phone every three months yeah that makes perfect sense
are you implying apple products are only better than 4 years old products of other companies?
While Apple's hardware is important, the software is far more important. The announcements Apple will make at WWDC- iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 will have the most impact of any announcement Apple makes this year. It is the features of iOS 8 that will make the iPhone 6 compelling and that will allow developers to make great stuff for it.
Any new product lines that Apple releases this fall, while significant in the long run, will have minimal short-term impact. Sales will start modestly, as they do for all new lines, and the products will be roundly trashed by critics and the people on this board as overpriced, overhyped, not innovative enough, and no better than xyz company that nobody's ever heard of. Of course once people try them out in the Apple stores or see their friends' devices things will change...
For this year, WWDC is what you should be looking forward to.
That's the definition of technological progress, isn't it? A new, superior method makes the old way of doing things downright kludgy. Just try using an older blackberry device to do the most basic things we now take for granted... surfing the web, zooming in and out of pics, finding locations, etc. That's what Touch ID did for unlocking smartphones.
The 5C sold extremely well compared to other phones get your facts straight before you post.
In case you were wondering what I was talking about. You know, to understand things.
I'm sorry, but Tim Cook is a lier. Back in 2013, Tim Cook specifically said that Apple will be introducing new products and product categories "across 2014." That quote should've meant that Apple has prepaid a set of new products that they were ready to introduce throughout 2014. However, here we are, in the second quarter of the year, and nothing new from Apple. Today's comment seems to be a confirmation that they still aren't ready to show us the new stuff by WWDC in June.
Seems like 2014 will be the exact same strategy for Apple as the years before; release every product you have within a month or two.
Seems like 2014 will be the exact same strategy for Apple as the years before; release every product you have within a month or two.
You make a good point, but you should adjust your word choice. Investors do think like Tim Cook. The problem is, there are very few investors these days. Wall Street was taken over some time ago by speculators- people who make their money not off the long-term payoffs of innovation but rather over short-term changes in sentiment. They need announcements to drive these changes in sentiment. Spending years developing a great company is mind boggling to them and far outside their skill set causing them to lose interest and give up.
Yet Apple did take this a step further than just a software package and included hardware to store encrypted data. Samsung's solution is also encrypted but it is certainly not silo'd off.
You are aware that Maps, iOS7 and the iPhone 5c were most likely started under Steve Jobs, yes?
This is true for all but the iPad, they did not wait for the market to mature, the completely rejuvenated it from next to nothing.
And when he finally launches all of these products, if they sell and are great, what will you be known as?
If you think he's a liar show your quotes. What he actually said as I recall was there would be new products in late 2013 (which there were) and into 2014. He has only promised a new category for some vague point in 2014.
I'd love to see one of their cards. Imagine, if you will...
:front cover:
Picture of Tim Cook with that "heeeeeee" smile. The caption reads:
"We hear you're waiting for the next new thing..."
:inside card:
Blank page, with the caption:
"Don't worry, we've got some exciting new product categories lined up for you, and more surprises in the fall".
They'd sell in droves, man. DROVES!
What is with the criticsms with iOS7? I have personally found it much more usable and visually appealing than prior versions of iOS. Knock on wood, but on my iPhone 5 it works great with all it's handy features. I had trouble connecting to my work's WiFi while using iOS 6, but since upgrading to iOS 7 it connects automatically. I love the way one can close 2 apps at a time, switch apps quickly and quickly access the camera, BT, wifi, and even the calculator. Little things but handy. Is there room for improvement? Definitely, but I find the current OS a big improvement.
Now if only they would take their time and carefully craft well-executed (and bug-free) software for iOS and OS X. I'm tired of every release being beta, and bugs are only found out by the actual users, and Apple takes their time to (a) acknowledge the bug (b) fix it (c) release the fix.
