Peas and rice.
Remember when Steve Jobs came back, one of the things he did was kill off a bloated and confused product line?
The iPhone comes in three models, the iPad (if this rumour is to be considered true) comes in five. Both use two different types of connector and the price difference between some iPad models is minimal, with the addition of the 8GB 5C, this is likely to be the case again.
Not to mention the frankly useless non-retina MacBook Pro
I think some serious pruning is needed.
I'd crop the iOS lineup down to the Retina iPad Mini and Air (renamed iPad), 5S and 5C (possibly branded as iPhone and iPhone C) and iPod Touch (going up to 128GB)
But that is just my personal opinion.
LostAndDamned, I really do agree with your post. The product lines are becoming almost 'too' robust , making it hard for some new adopters(and even some current users) to differentiate between what is old and what is current.
These are my proposed changes (some of which are in line with what LostAndDamned said
Let me know what y'all think
iPhone changes:
- iPhone
- iPhone C
- iPhone S
(currently iPhone 5/5c/5s, respectively, Discontinue the 4/4s)
Pad changes:
- iPad (drop the 'Air' from the name)
- iPad mini
- iPad max
(Notice the pattern? 3 models of each line)
MacBook changes:
- MacBook Pro 13/15/17* (I wish)
- MacBook Air 11/13/15* (again)
- MacBook 11*/13*/15* (yeh I said it, bring back the lower budget MacBook and give it some colors like the iPhone 5c)
Everything else.... Meh, who cares lol.
* does not exist 'yet'