I don't think Tim Cook is the right person for an Apple innovational rebound. If you want someone to produce strong financial results and please shareholders? Tim Cook is your guy. If you want someone who can pioneer an iPhone rebound, revitalize Siri, not demonstrate yesteryear Apple hubris, and be bold? Then Tim Cook isn't your guy.
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You have a processor capable of powering a laptop, but you have the OS that has UI elements since iOS 7 and the functionality of generations old Android software. Why, why, why?
I'm not sure what you're talking about! Today's Macs and iPhones are the envy of the industry from an industrial design standpoint. Just look at how competitors use Apple as their measuring stick! The problem is not that Apple isn't innovating anymore... the gap between Apple and the alternatives has narrowed drastically, to the point that Apple is no longer standing out from the crowd.
Does Apple need to work harder? Yes, but I also believe they are. They have several long-game strategies happening, such as working on migrating macOS to their A-series processors. There's no way that can happen overnight, in a year, or even two years. It's a major project! Meanwhile, they continue to produce industry-leading hardware on several fronts.
I just wish they had a broader balance of price points. A $1000 Mac mini (in Canada) is not my idea of an affordable computer, which you still need to add keyboard, mouse and screen to. I think they are hoping most people already have those other components ready to plug in. It's a major misfire, though, to price the new mini so high, regardless of how much engineering and technology is packed into it. It's likely far more powerful than many people need, which suggests that Apple missed the mark.
I'm loving my XR, but I do hope Apple has the wisdom to scale its tech down to the SE size. That would be brilliant!
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well if you slow down your customers iphones on purpose and trick them into upgrading - if thats your business ethics you can shift the obvious. you can hide it by charging higher prices ... thats the explanation why peak iphone has been shifted now for years - but now its finally here - bumm!
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in my opinion YOU and many other customers need to wake up, and become disloyal to one of the most unethical brands nowadays. apple is lying and betraying in the name - not love - but pure greed of their management - dont call the shareholders - they are not forcing the management to such a shameless behaviour!
Keep believing your mystical fairy tales. Remember, there's two sides to every coin, so there is the _possibility_ that everything you believe is completely false, and you are choosing to believe it because it makes you feel better. Belief is a powerful thing. I choose to believe Apple had its customers' best interests at heart, but miscalculated how the changes would be received and interpreted. I don't believe they had any malicious intentions. Proof exists to support that, too, but not to support your theories.
