They are nowhere NEAR being Samsung. Not even close. The main product line itself IS simple - you just have more SKUs because you have choices for wireless, color, and capacity. Most people don't think of each SKU as an individual model, they think of it more as customizing the one they want.
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After March Event more SKUs or Fewer?
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They are nowhere NEAR being Samsung. Not even close. The main product line itself IS simple - you just have more SKUs because you have choices for wireless, color, and capacity. Most people don't think of each SKU as an individual model, they think of it more as customizing the one they want.
They are not as bad a Samsung but they are moving in that direction. They don't need 3 different sized iPhones (probably moving to 4 soon), 3 different ipads (also may be 4 soon), or 4 different variations of a 13.3 inch MacBook (Air, old retina pro, new pro with no touch bar or new pro with touch bar).
Again it's not as bad as some manufacturers, but it is not moving in the right direction. It used to be 1 iPhone, 2 iPads, and 3 MacBooks. Another bad thing about having all of these models is the resale value of Apple products has tanked. Sure there are other factors but it hasn't helped things.
Yeah I really thought it was going to be next week, but now 21st is the earliest it can be now
Yeah I really thought it was going to be next week, but now 21st is the earliest it can be now
Im really looking forward to upgrading my Air 2 so ASAP would be nice lol
I'm giving them till that made up date of April 4, I want a 10.?" IPP. If no event by 4/4, I'm throwing my sucker in the sand and just may buy a Surface Pro 4.
You'd buy a Surface Pro 4 despite there supposedly being an event in April where they're set to introduce the SP5?
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Why not? The line up really is not complicated. I actually think the three different iPad sizes are quite appropriate - small, medium, large. Same with the iPhone. I will wait and see what the fourth model is all about before passing judgement - it may have a very good reason for existing or it may be superfluous (it may also be an interim model - a 'this is the future, now' MacBook Air sort of thing - we'll see).
As far as MacBooks... I think the Air may be on it's way out. Just a feeling, but given the MacBook and the thinness of the Pros, the Airs may be gone soon.
Yep - back when Apple was saying everybody had the same preference in screen size. I remember people saying "nobody is going to buy the iPhone Plus" - yet it proved to be very popular. Same thing with the outcry to bring back the smaller phones, hence the SE.
Giving people choices is not a bad thing. There's little to no confusion between models. Nobody is saying "what's the difference between a Galaxy J3, Galaxy E, Galaxy S7, and Galaxy S7 Edge?' with Apple products.
The ONLY gap, in my mind, is that all the devices for sale should be of the same category - namely make the Mini a Pro (add speakers and give it Apple Pencil support).
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Seems kind of tantrum-like.
The overlap seems to be getting worse, and I agree, Apple needs a simpler approach.
I'd hold off, MS may update to the Surface Pro 5 in April
They seem to be trying lots of things with iPad to see what sticks. As someone on The Talk Show pointed out, they have an iPad at nearly every price between $300 and over $1000.
I would imagine more SKUs unless they've hit upon some which they believe are working - then they will begin to remove them.