Lol, prove your wild opinion wrong??
I don't think you understand how opinions work, sir.
The only thing "wrong" with your opinion is that you haughtily present it falsely, arrogantly, and combatively as fact.
You said I was wrong. If you believe what I said was opinion then you would know opinion is neither right or wrong. it's just how someone feels about a subject. But I didn't state my opinion there. I stated fact, hence you are free to prove the statements I said wrong. Zero opinion was given there by me in what I said.
If you believe what I said was opinion and not fact, feel free to prove where what I said was incorrect or had any feelings or personal bias behind it. I don't see any but maybe you do.
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You have a faulty premise here, the number of SKU's in the 90's didn't kill Apple, it was rather the product line not fitting the market at the time that was the problem. At this time Apple only has two tablet models, it isn't hard to see beyond that and frankly three or four models won't confuse shoppers on bit.
SKUs only become excessive when they don't have clear distinctions between each product.
It was both what you said and what I said plus other factors that was the culprit in the 90's. Just adding more SKU's now for the sake of simply a larger product line is a very bad idea. As you said each product released needs a clear market and purpose. And we disagree about the 3-4 tablets from Apple. I'd rather see a very few products done very well rather then more done average. Apple is not beyond having a quality slip. No one is perfect.
Well those are my opinions based on thew facts from the 90's.
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It's a completely different situation than the multi-SKU confusion that was the 90's. With the iPad, you have three very well defined choices. Little, Medium, Big. The Big version will likely be a good bit more expensive, and have more options (I'm hoping for a stylus digitizer, myself). It's not exactly a confusing setup for customers.
This is opposed to the 90's, when Apple, like Dell and HP now, had about 15 different laptops and desktops, and each one of those consisted of 50 very slightly different variations of the same product. That's never a good thing to do. Even I, when I know almost exactly what I want, have trouble shopping for computers through the Dell website. I couldn't imagine what it's like for someone coming in only wanting a "computer".
So no, a new size of iPad and iPhone won't lead to any customer confusion. The choices between the three would be clear and precise.
Why do we need a 3rd iPad size? A good bit more expensive is entering MBA and possibly MBP territory. Also the weight and less portability would outweigh the options an even larger screen would give. Plus there is the screen resolution size. if you keep the same resolution as the Air you'd have less PPI. And that might be on the low end of retina. If you upped the resolution the it'd have to be scaled proportionally or dev issues would arise.
I personally see more cons than pros for a giant iPad. But Apple can spend it's billions however it wants. I will still point when I think Apple has a bad idea. Sure it's only my opinion, but it's worth just as much as everyone else on this forum. Only Apple employees writing with their Apple hat on has a more worthy opinion and since Apple employees are not allowed to do this, we can say everyone here has an equal opinion.
And my opinion is a giant iPad is a bad idea.
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Because choice is always a bad thing
They have the cash to do it. Who cares? You'll still buy it.
I care. I don't Apple pissing away their billions with bad ideas. I'd prefer Apple stay as profitable as they are now or be even more profitable (with the same excellent products and post purchase support they have now).
And many others would care too.
Also I will not buy it. Others might but if I do not like a product I vote with my wallet. One person vs millions of purchasers means nothing but it makes me feel food I have the power and not the company.
experiences keep me purchasing