Apple CEO Tim Cook on New Products: 'We Have Our Head Down and Are Working'

[Black Belt]

Instead of having your head down you should be climbing up people’s a**es like Jobs because your product lines are very delayed - like the Apple TV and the Mac Mini.
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When Tim says apple has products in the pipeline they must mean the Alaskan pipeline because that’s how long it’s taking for new products to get here

Exactly! Jobs would not put up with it

 

[Naraxus]

I'm sure they are. I mean what's the CEO supposed to say? "We ain't got **** for new products?"

 

[mistasopz]

Weird expression. Having your head down means you don't know what's going on. In business, like hockey, it means you're about to get rocked.

 

[Williesleg]

Yay Timmy Apple! New watch bands again!

Now that I'm off Apple altogether it's fun to come back here and see what's up.

 

[Cycom]

“We have our heads down in a massive pile of cash.”

 

[jlseattle]

NEW iMAC is over due! Get on it apple! I have the cash and need an new iMac!

 

[44267547]

When Tim says apple has products in the pipeline they must mean the Alaskan pipeline because that’s how long it’s taking for new products to get here

Even so, what’s wrong with having a product executed right the first time, even if that means it takes longer? Apple is notorious for always releasing products that may seemingly take longer, but they proven how many times over what makes their product so unique To the user experience when they invest more time/R&D into something, versus rush something out to the masses‘ that may not have been ready for a public release.

The Apple Watch is a good example of that, they were never the first to have a smart watch on the market, and yet when it was finally released in 2015, [even when all the other competitors had their watches released], Apple owns the competition alone in the wearable market. Case-in-point really.

 

[LovingTeddy]

Yeah, a few complaints with 1.5B active devices really tell the story, not the 99% customer satifaction rate for iPhone, 96% for Mac, and 95% for iPad.

Anything with 99% satisfaction rate is automatically lying in my book.
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Even so, what’s wrong with having a product executed right the first time, even if that means it takes longer? Apple is notorious for always releasing products that may seemingly take longer, but they proven how many times over what makes their product so unique To the user experience when they invest more time/R&D into something, versus rush something out to the masses‘ that may not have been ready for a public release.

The Apple Watch is a good example of that, they were never the first to have a smart watch on the market, and yet when it was finally released in 2015, [even when all the other competitors had their watches released], Apple owns the competition alone in the wearable market. Case-in-point really.

Wearable market is still a niche market. 5 years in, everybody have iPhone. 5 years in, Apple Watch is still not as prevalent as iPhone.

 

[WilliamDu]

Has anyone asked him about software QC for his EXISTING products?
Like when are they going to clean up Catalina and make it safe for iTunes libraries and artworks?
How about Mail in IOS and iPadOS?

 

[henry72]

What about getting ECG on the Apple watch approved in Australia?

I could not believe NZ got it before Aus...

I am still waiting for the Apple News, HomePod, Siri on Apple TV and most importantly an Apple Store in NZ (sigh)...

 

[thewhitehart]

I just hope they get the Mail app and iCloud syncing services working reliably again on iDevices.

I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but I can’t get excited about new features when the products consistently fail at basic functionality.

A rock-solid iOS/iPadOS 14 would be really exciting for me.

 

[Tech198]

how do these businesses and supply chains escape when you see other more profitable business like sports take a massive loss and other big companies?

Just because you have multiple areas to manufacture and/or assemble doesn't mean your immune either

 

[Abazigal]

How long has he been saying THAT??? We have great products in the pipeline. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Spec bumps galore.

Tim Cook is obviously not going to leak the products Apple is working on. This is as much as you are going to get out of him.

 

[4jasontv]

Weird expression. Having your head down means you don't know what's going on. In business, like hockey, it means you're about to get rocked.

It means focused and working hard.

 

[I7guy]

Yay Timmy Apple! New watch bands again!

Now that I'm off Apple altogether it's fun to come back here and see what's up.

Well the sound bite is serendipity for Apple. Most recent quarter indicates people are buying. In addition to watch bands, Tim Apple has released some new products. Rumors (If accurate) indicate the iPhone 12 is going to be a great release. Anything else? Oh yeah. Apple has donated extensively in terms of time, people, money, materials to help out with the situation.

Aren’t you glad you came back to see what’s up?

 

[throAU]

Wow. If that’s not trolling, what is? Come back in 2021 and remind everybody you said this and put a link to the product. I’ll apologize and solute you.

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[BGPL]

"we have our head down and are working"

On??? Lobbying? Adding another lens?

They're just words and I hope others see that. Tim is the silver-tongue wordsmith that Steve never had to be.

 

[44267547]

Tim is the silver-tongue wordsmith that Steve never had to be.

..I guess if you’re going to compare Tim to Steve, then I guess it’s fair to say that Tim has carried Apple heights Steve never did.

 

[Slippery Gimp]

As for current products, when asked if customers were favoring lower cost products, Cook said that he hasn't seen that. Apple has had strong customer response to the iPhone SE, its most affordable iPhone, but he said that those customers wanted a smaller form factor with the latest technology or are coming from Android as opposed to "buying down

There’s one iPhone SE thread in particular in the forum that has quite a number of people who are trading in, or have already traded in their iPhone 11/Pro/Pro Max devices for the smaller, cheaper SE. I’d say it definitely does happen.

 

[The Game 161]

There’s one iPhone SE thread in particular in the forum that has quite a number of people who are trading in, or have already traded in their iPhone 11/Pro/Pro Max devices for the smaller, cheaper SE. I’d say it definitely does happen.

Madness but up to the individual i guess. Could be money related who knows.

 

[otternonsense]

AirPods was a great product in the pipeline. And then AirPods Pro was a better product in the pipeline.

Until it was ruined by a firmware update that hasn't been fixed in months.
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When Tim says apple has products in the pipeline they must mean the Alaskan pipeline because that’s how long it’s taking for new products to get here

Been saying that for a while. The pipeline is a pipedream
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"we have our head down and are working"

On??? Lobbying? Adding another lens?

They're just words and I hope others see that. Tim is the silver-tongue wordsmith that Steve never had to be.

Stock buybacks and Memoji snot bubble physics.

 

[bobob]

By the way, mature man wearing high end watch, not Apple Watch.

A mature man doesn't need to identify himself as a mature man.

 

[iJustines]

Tim Cook is not being honest and that's why the product is dull and uninspiring. There's no doubt that it is an unfortunate thing to humanity and extremely bad for the future of mankind.

 

[Marty80]

I think it’s about time we see these amazing new products.

 

[I7guy]

Until it was ruined by a firmware update that hasn't been fixed in months.
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Been saying that for a while. The pipeline is a pipedream
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Stock buybacks and Memoji snot bubble physics.

Tim Cook is not being honest and that's why the product is dull and uninspiring. There's no doubt that it is an unfortunate thing to humanity and extremely bad for the future of mankind.

Kind of cool....Can’t fluff off $51b in revenue, with some disingenuous internet comments.