"Right and just" - so that's why it costs £80 for a 64gb phone over a 16gb phone and no option to expand storage through a memory card slot, or why you get bugged every day by your phone to "upgrade your iCloud storage", don't be in any doubt that apple products are priced to maximise profit, warranty policy is designed to make you upgrade to the latest products and although their products generally work well the consumer experience is not great. This has been exacerbated since Cook took over and the innovation has stood still since Jobs stood down. Yes there is the new iteration of the new processor and they have added a minor tweak, but nothing radical in years. I'm an iPhone and iPad user, but I wouldn't buy another Mac and my next phone will not be an iPhone.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'We Want to Change the World Through Our Products'
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OH NOOOO>>>..lol game changer....hahaI'm hoping Trump picks Cook for VP. At least Apple would have a chance then.
I'm hoping Trump picks Cook for VP. At least Apple would have a chance then.
Tim happens to be a world class supply chain manager and accountant and Apple should keep him - just not as it's CEO.
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TC may have been the best supply chain manager on the planet. Not impressive as CEO the position he currently holds, unfortunately.
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Thank you for posting that clip. It's always so good to see Steve. No, I can't imagine Cook doing this. I don't think he has grasp on technology. He seems to be oblivious of customer experience. Wish it was different.
Thank you again for the video. I enjoyed it.
It really does show. He has zero presence or enthusiasm about anything, he tries but fails dismally. He's beige. Just compare that to any of Steve's presentations where he's genuinely excited about what he's talking about.
11:51 is very important. I'm calling out on Tim. HEY TIM, you can't just ship JUNK products. You better watch this 20 times and practice what your mentor, Steve, preached. Again...what are you gonna do with soldering on every mac products at this moment.
Bingo. Well said.
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Suck it up buddy. Not Apple haters at all, just passionate Apple consumers who recognize that this company is slipping a little. Don't believe me, look at the sales figures.
I never said anything of the sort, just stating a fact, you have assumed that in your head. And considering the post of mine you quoted, you must feel special and rich and powerful just because you have an iPhone.
If people buy them, they are by definition products customers want.
I can pretty much guarantee that Apple will not make any product that you will like for a price you think is fair. So my advice to you is to abandon ship as fast as possible.
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I would pay more money to have a 0p webcam. I will take light weight and thinness over a high quality webcam all the time.
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What is still worrying, are that you are still here. Apple will probably not produce any products you like in the next few years. So why not abandon ship and use all the time you spend here to find alternatives_
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So why are you continuing using Apple products if they do not work properly for you?
Nothing to see here. Same rehearsed lines different year, different interview. Desperate comes to mind.
To everyone who insists that those of use who are taking issue with what Cook says have unrealistic expectations about "innovation," it's not just that. A number of people here have rightly pointed out that upgrades the phone have been incremental at best. I don't care THAT much about that, though I do think those users have a point. But it's more than that - much more.
It's:
1. Software that doesn't work well or is buggy - various features on iOS and El Cap
2. Services that don't work well (Music, which routinely screws up playlists for me; Maps, various iCloud issues)
3. Software that seems to be dying on vine (any iWork software)
4. Killing Aperture
5. Laptops that don't feature the latest processors or GPUs (or even close), but are still expensive.
6. Only one desktop computer that features an actual desktop GPU - and is three years old. A Mac mini that has gone backwards.
7. Still charging a premium price for a monitor that hasn't been updated in 5-6 years
8. The obsession with thinness - form follows function - except at Apple, where the reverse is true
9. Absolutely mystifying UI decisions which are amateurish at best (difficult to read color combos in iOS come to mind).
10. The iPad Pro 9.7 versus iPad Air2 and forcing people to buy the "Pro" if they want 128Gb (and charging for upgrades that previously wouldn't have cost more)
None of the above is directly about innovation. Innovations is important, yes. But that's not the main thing for me at this point. Apple used to lead. Now they aren't even keeping up in so many ways.
I'm weary of Cook's rhetoric. This is a company I used to care about. I don't even recommend Apple anymore. If people want to buy Apple fine. If they don't, whatever. I'm sticking with Apple for now, but that's almost as much about software I own than any great love of Apple...
Sorry for the rant. This was a little longer than I planned. And I'm NOT saying what matters to you should matter to me.
It's:
1. Software that doesn't work well or is buggy - various features on iOS and El Cap
2. Services that don't work well (Music, which routinely screws up playlists for me; Maps, various iCloud issues)
3. Software that seems to be dying on vine (any iWork software)
4. Killing Aperture
5. Laptops that don't feature the latest processors or GPUs (or even close), but are still expensive.
6. Only one desktop computer that features an actual desktop GPU - and is three years old. A Mac mini that has gone backwards.
7. Still charging a premium price for a monitor that hasn't been updated in 5-6 years
8. The obsession with thinness - form follows function - except at Apple, where the reverse is true
9. Absolutely mystifying UI decisions which are amateurish at best (difficult to read color combos in iOS come to mind).
10. The iPad Pro 9.7 versus iPad Air2 and forcing people to buy the "Pro" if they want 128Gb (and charging for upgrades that previously wouldn't have cost more)
None of the above is directly about innovation. Innovations is important, yes. But that's not the main thing for me at this point. Apple used to lead. Now they aren't even keeping up in so many ways.
I'm weary of Cook's rhetoric. This is a company I used to care about. I don't even recommend Apple anymore. If people want to buy Apple fine. If they don't, whatever. I'm sticking with Apple for now, but that's almost as much about software I own than any great love of Apple...
Sorry for the rant. This was a little longer than I planned. And I'm NOT saying what matters to you should matter to me.
After the the last keynote involving watch bands, I have to say that a little part of me died during that presentation. I've always been a giddy fanboy, but now his words are ringing a little empty. I hope Tim really means it.
How does this make any sense at all...I must be living in the freaking twilight zone for anyone to say this with any seriousness
if Tim and folks want to change the world, start getting back into quality control with software and hardware. The beautiful outside should compliment an equally beautiful inside.
This is a stupid design for usability. They are doing that to push people to buy the trackpad.You forgot the revolutionary mouse you cannot use whilst it's charging:
The pendulum that Jobs kept in motion is finally coming to a stop, and the world is realizing that Tim Cook is just another man, lacking the creative ingenuity of Apple's former leader. He's trying to take the attention off the lack of innovation and put it on the government and "change". And make no mistake, Apple is 100% devoted to profit and earnings per share, and cares very little for anything else. These things that come out of Cook's mouth just panders to the weak minded who believe Apple is really about changing the world and making it a better place. Cook wants one thing, sales and growth.
Steve was an incredible inventor and entrepreneur, but extremely narcissistic. Cook has done a great job making him out to be a great man instead of an a*hole genius that was impossible to work with.
Steve was an incredible inventor and entrepreneur, but extremely narcissistic. Cook has done a great job making him out to be a great man instead of an a*hole genius that was impossible to work with.
I agree completely. It's got to the point where Apple is producing product that is LESS reliable than the competition! That's just ridiculous. Paying all that extra for an Apple product is getting increasingly hard to justify.
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I obviously can't speak for everyone on Macrumours, but I know personally I feel betrayed by Apple. The company simply isn't the same as it used to be. I'm a HUGE fan of the older Apple products; though they weren't perfect, they were substantially better than the competition, and I didn't have a problem paying a premium price. Apple's recent products, however, are nothing more than expensive junk, held together by glue, stripped of most of a lot of their functionality, but retaining a premium casing. The Mac Mini is a classic example of this; it looks the same, but it is a gutted product. Given Apple's deceptive and greed driven behaviour, people have a right to feel angry at them.
For me the last straw was when I got absolutely appalling treatment as a content provider. I had two stories on Apple iBooks that were pulled for no reason, and the behaviour of Apple over it was truly disgusting. It started with one short title being pulled, and them demanding I take a second look at my book concept to make it more functional and longer. When I asked for what the meant by this, they wouldn't answer, but instead kept giving me free phone numbers in overseas countries that I can't phone due to my location (I live in New Zealand). Then, when I told them I would be writing to Apple in complaint, their response was to pull my other story from iBooks. The policy was clearly shown as totally arbitrary, when I did further investigations and found that there were many books on iBooks that were shorter than my own, and far less well put together. I'm professionally trained in the publishing industry, part of it, and know exactly what I'm doing. The two titles were an experiment to test the viability of publishing on iBooks, one I will say was a total waste of time from a sales point of view.
What this revealed to me is that there is a massive difference between Apple's carefully constructed image, and the reality of how they are as a company. In essence, their image is a lie. The New Apple are a ruthless, unpleasant, greed driven company, who only view their customers as suckers that will buy gutted overpriced products. The really sad thing is that in a large number of ways they are right, most people will never see through the image to the horrible company underneath.
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I can honestly say that all my mac laptops, from powerbooks to Mac Airs have all been fantastic. There have been frustrations such has one button mouses and lack of HDMI, but these draw backs always were minimal as Apple always had it's A-game on. These small annoyances were nothing compared the rest of the benefits.
Under Tim, I just don't see Apple as a star anymore. He talks about Apple having fierce loyalty, and tellings shareholders customers will blindly return. It's almost like he takes for granted what Steve left him. I think if we aren't negative, all we will get from Apple is more watch bands, rose gold and crappy version of siri.
I think being critical is good, as it also helped keep Apple innovating under Steve. Yes Steve hated the one button mouse, but man these multi touch track pads are fantastic. Just a great feature, same with the magsafe port. Anyways, I think you are seeing more and more negativity as people are losing hope. Personally, I think i'll jump ship in Sept if Apple doesn't knock my socks off, because some of these Android phones are.
P.s. I liked your insight! It's good to also remember the good things Apple does.
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I guess you never had a boss you considered impossible to work with , though at the same time they pushed you to deliver beyond expectations. This is the boss, that if you submitted crap, let you know about it, and boy did he , you would find yourself doing the impossible, to meet an unrealistic objective.....but hey....those Apple products we considered amazing did not materialise cause Steve was all hugs and support ! They had to meet this unrealistic expectations...tough boss.
If you do your research you will find many people would find him impossible to work with. Dont mistake his total crap ability as person manager with being a visionary and getting people to deliver great products.
That's part of the frustration... Every other big name in the business produces utter garbage. Apple was the only light in a dark universe, and now they are fading with no quality alternative to turn to.
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True, they have never moved quickly, but there's a difference between refining top of the line products and refining products that are years past their expiration date. Apple's doing a lot less with a lot more these days.
I'll get off your lawn now...