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Apple Named World's Most Innovative Company Due to Focus on Hardware and Software Integration

I hate what Apple has become, but I sort of agree with the title they've been given. However, Apple is also equally the most closed company; planned obsolescence, non-removable batteries in ALL of their portable devices, outrageous prices for old tech, removal of headphone jack, new iPhone doesn't connect to new MacBook without a dongle, etc.

This is the kind of crap Apple needs to get serious flack for but for some reason they keep getting a pass.
 
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benroberts3 said:
There is no denying that Apple deserves this recognition. While iOS 11 and High Sierra have been riddled with bugs and promised features have been delayed for months no one does hardware and software integration better.

Android has become the Microsoft of mobile. Fragmented & virus prone.
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I deny it.
 
benroberts3 said:
Android has become the Microsoft of mobile. Fragmented & virus prone.
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I've had a rooted and flash HTC Glacier, HTC One S, Nexus 5 and now on a Sony XZ1 Compact. Both parents have had Android phones as well as half my friends (which would be inline with the market).

Not once have I ever heard of anyone getting a virus. As for fragmentation.... it's improved greatly, but I'll agree Google needs to do better... however iOS is a joke in many other ways as well (no file browser, laff).

Don't spread FUD.
 
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iDiots said:
I think the future is AI this should be going to Microsoft or Google for most innovative company
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Apple's contribution of differential privacy in Artificial Intelligence changed the way AI is thought about fundamentally. It is as great of a contribution as rethinking the building blocks of neural networks (actually in hindsight it is exactly that). Apple may have not created the world's greatest AI, or most skilled, but they have forever changed the way AI is developed, and challenged / proven wrong some of the greatest minds who said for decades that it couldn't be done.

Many do not understand the magnitude of what they have achieved, but I'm sure that our great-grandchildren with lives more integrated online will benefit from their innovation. For now, Apple just has to prove that an AI with differential privacy can truly grow as well or better than profiling with centralized data, currently they're failing on that front.

I'm looking forward to WWDC. :)
 
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R.P.G said:
Crypto trader;);)
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It's actually a marketing term, and was a stock market term long before crypto existed. The same as FOMO and others, they're marketing acronyms used by people who were already involved in the stock market (traders and analysts) as they would address things in the crypto market. Crypto guys started using the marketing / trading terminology by relation.

There are a few crypto original terms though, like HODL. ;)
 
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Apple sucks now, my phone battery rapidly dies everyday, the camera constantly freezes, my Apple TV remote always loses connection, there hasn’t been innovation or stability in years. And what a douchey looking pic. “Typed on IPad Pro”
 
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zahuh said:
I miss the SJ days when the gap between Apple (#1) and anyone else (#2) was much wider. But still grateful and excited every time there’s an Apple announcement!
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Yes, those days were unique because Apple had the high standards that consumers demanded, but consumers were so used to receiving "good enough". Now the industry has woken up, and are churning out very Apple-like devices in terms of simple, clean designs, and Apple no longer has that edge working for them.

I think Apple Park was a large distraction for Apple for many years, and now that it's operational, we'll see Apple realign itself. At least that's my desperate hope. For Apple to be ignoring devices like the Mac Pro and Mac mini for several years is inexcusable. Yet those aging devices still sell for *full* price!

Tim has done a great job, and I think the broader product lines is very difficult to manage, much harder than Steve Jobs had. I do think Apple's software and hardware teams are failing to test aggressively, release with known issues, and carelessly drop features without consulting the user base.

Sunnier days are ahead, and Apple better stay humble.
 
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zahuh said:
I miss the SJ days when the gap between Apple (#1) and anyone else (#2) was much wider. But still grateful and excited every time there’s an Apple announcement!
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Like you mean like in the days when half of tech analysts were always mentioning that while Apple was little more than a curiosity factor in the tech world, it was hard to count them out only because they had so much money in the bank? Or that the other half were saying that Apple should return all that money to its shareholders, throw in the towel, and sell off its assets to Microsoft, Sun, and IBM?

Yeah, those were the days. Apple did rise to its dominance during Steve Jobs, but the number of days in which Steve Jobs enjoyed being on top of the tech world was small. Most of his days were spent being called a critical success that had yet to find a mainstream audience or as the company that once dominated the education market in its glory days.

I'm neither a Tim fan nor a SJ hater. I just don't recognize those good ol' days that everyone seems to be pining for.
 
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cmwade77 said:
What have they done in the past 5 years that has actually been innovative? Even Facial ID is copied from preexisting technology.
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You've made some bold statements that Apple copies competitor products.

Why does no Android phone actually have a comparable Face ID if Apple simply "copied" it? Think about that for a moment.

Yes, 3D cameras existed, yes facial recognition existed, but only Apple was able to miniaturize that *and* deliver a fully-working implementation in a phone, that works seamlessly with existing features like Apple Pay. There's a ton of engineering under the hood that they did not "copy".
 
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Innovation? Explain this when incoming calls still interrupt anything you're doing.
 
I did a huge mistake and finally upgraded from Sierra to HS thinking that after couple of FPs it will be Ok. This was one of my biggest mistakes recently and now I'm struggling with multiple issues which are affecting my daily work (noisier fans, freezing citrix sessions on external display, occasional mail notifications not showing up etc.). I'm still thinking about reverting back, which is not a hassle free and quick task.. My colleague is Ok with HS, but this doens't mean anything to me. Apple is doing terrible job with MacOS. Practically zero innovations (I really don't take AFS as an innovation as it doesn't bring anything to me) and only more bugs introduced..
 
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It’s very sad to read on those forums some comments that keeps criticizing whatever move Apple can make. AirPods are great best of its league, iPad Pro is fab, HomePod delivers true unique sound with integration of Siri, Apple Watch has no true competitors, Apple TV is the only box I use for its ease
And yes we wish to see a mactouch, à true macpro, à phone without a notch and with our beloved touchID, a pencil wireless charger for my iPhone + etc ... but none of us are capable of doing so and a bunch of guys can ... respect
 
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benroberts3 said:
There is no denying that Apple deserves this recognition.
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You do know that it's not a real award, it's just an advert for Fast Company (whoever they are). A press release that names several random large companies as "winning" a bunch of random categories that they've made up. The idea is just to get Fast Company look like they're up there playing with major league companies.

And now Apple can say: "Look everyone, proof we're best at <insert random thing here>.". Netflix ditto, Amazon ditto. Spotify ditto. Etc. ditto.
And MacRumors say "Great! More stuff to publish on our advertising financed forums."

Wins all around.
 
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