I wonder what Samsung, Microsoft and Sony did to improve so much?
Let me give you an example:
I know a lot of people that always talked about how great the iPhone was. They never talked anything bad about the iPhone. After iOS7, they told me their first bad comments about Apple.
See? iOS7 made they speak for the first time something bad about Apple.
The lagging supply of new products is honestly killing their image. I can't recall seeing as many complaint threads (across the web not just here) about people waiting for new phones, ipads, and even some newly released computers within the past year.
Really? Cause I read on a couple Win sites the other day that MS is rushing Win 9 to market next year because of the Win 8 Debacle.
HP just sent me an e-mail advertising "Windows 7back by popular demand" on 1/19/14. Being the largest PC Vendor in the world, that says lots about the perception of Windows 8.
When Vista came out there were no "XP Machines back by popular demand" or when Win 7 came out there were no "Vista machines back by popular demand".
I wonder what Samsung, Microsoft and Sony did to improve so much?
The lagging supply of new products is honestly killing their image. I can't recall seeing as many complaint threads (across the web not just here) about people waiting for new phones, ipads, and even some newly released computers within the past year.
It's because of iOS7.
Maybe if:
1) The UI appealed to more people (the sterile extra flat design turns some people off - Google Android managed to produce a more exciting flat design)
2) The OS performed as well as the predecessor (although this is fixed in 7.1)
Not to mention how badly the iPad's software was/is performing (which is most of their market). They launched iOS for iPad while it still felt like a beta. Hell, my iPhone 5S still runs iOS7 like it's a beta. Crashes every once in a while and I still see bugs daily. Not happy buying the latest specs and still having the software run poorly.
On a side note, my local apple store smells like a Zoo everytime I go in there. The first time it happened I thought maybe some baby just peed everywhere. I've been in there 8+ times since (over the course of 2 years) and it smells the same every time. Disgusting
So, let us continue to strive to find deep significance in every MacRumors article. Every so often, one of us may get lucky.
I wasn't listing problems that occurred to everyone, those are my own personal experiences listed. I didn't have the "antenna" gate, although I had the later release, Verizon in February.iPhone 4 Flawless? Remember how everyone got free cases?![]()
Again, sorry if I am not clear, I am only stating my own experiences with Apple. I understand that there are various other issues, but a lot of times Apple isn't to blame, but their supplier. Yellow tinting can be related to Samsung, as ghosting to LG.You forgot 2012, 2013/1, 2013/2 uneven yellowing issues. Also, 15" 2011-Macbooks failing because of GPU overheating. Apple support is not really great when you don't have an Apple Store nearby. Dell, on the other hand, provides support at home no matter where you live. In short, in general big companies provide good support options, better than the others depending on the situation.
Glad this thread has held true to common MR protocol:
-Article praising Apple as the best: GO APPLE!!!!
-Article suggesting Apple being beat by competition: question the accuracy of the statistics.
Glad this thread has held true to common MR protocol:
-Article praising Apple as the best: GO APPLE!!!!
-Article suggesting Apple being beat by competition: question the accuracy of the statistics.
Apple is going to need to start pulling out all the stops if they want to keep their customer base happy. Releasing stuff like iOS 7 which was so not ready for prime time is a huge black mark on a company that was all about stuff "just working".
...didn't do anything. Between this survey and the one before it accounted more morons than previously. Thus letting us know that no matter how many silly people you may think there are, there's always a few more out there.
Me for instance. Every morning there's an issue with my phone. It's Apples problem I have no power to turn it on!![]()
Apple needs dronesCompare this to Amazon, who doesn't have a physical presence but goes out of its way to make customers happy, and it makes sense that they are leading this survey.
Two words: Jony Ive.
No, it's not a personality failing unless you consider his penchant for hiding user interface elements like "won't show you a scrollbar unless you first try to scroll" and making text too small to read (and that can't be enlarged - see Contacts detail) and/or with so little contrast that it blends into the background. I don't have that issue with Android devices.
Consumers blame Apple for the problems they have with their devices, when 95% (a trumped up percentage) of a user's problems arise from incomplete/incorrect product/technical knowledge. Don't blame Apple; make an effort to learn.