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Did Apple mislead people?
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hardly different? More like hardly the same. Do you really think designing the physical appearance is the only time consuming or difficult part of creating a device? They improved EVERYTHING. Got an A5 in there (which was likely causing heat issues at first) while still improving battery life, engineered a BRAND NEW CAMERA and processing algorithms to improve said camera even more, built Siri into what we saw today (IMO this was probably a big reason for the delay). AND they did this amid a parts shortage after the japan crisis (most of the components for an iPhone come from Japan).
Apple may not have given me everything I wanted, but what they did today was still impressive, and I'm not surprised it took 16 months.
"Our" money was given to Apple in exchange for a product. A single product. Not a promise of a future product being released exactly 1 year later that didn't look the same. Stop acting so entitled...youre not
The 4S wasn't misleading, just really stupid on Apple's part to keep 3.5" with no larger option.
Do you genuinely feel that Apple mislead you? Even though they didn't promise or even hint at anything?
Every year it was released, the state of the industry was different. Expectations are also based on auxiliary knowledge.
When the 3G came out it was like 10 years ahead of its time. Now the 4S is like 8 months behind its time.
Yes, the whole world is salty. The redesign was the correct thing to do, but they couldn't/didnt deliver.
Did you really need to cuss about that just there?
Exactly. Remember how they made it clear they were only introducing iOS 5 at WWDC?
Something like that would have been the responsible thing to do and THEY KNEW what we were all expecting.
Um, like I said, they have practically unlimited funds. They have all the money, and all the people to make anything they can dream up. They could have done everything they did and more.
THE PROBLEM IS THE IPHONE 4 IS ALREADY INSTANT RESPONSE
Improving the speed of something already almost perfect speed, sucks.
The 3G was slow and there was no competition at the time. A 3GS made sense.
They know what they did. Will they explain themselves to the masses? Where was Johnny Ive?
If they are gonna stop making cool products, at least pay off the national debt....
Apple didn't mislead anyone directly. But by waiting a year and a half to upgrade the iPhone, and releasing just a minor rev of the iPhone 4, well, lets be honest, they kind of did this to themselves.
Nobody is saying they misled people directly. But in a roundabout way of implied expectations and patterns.
IF you look at the OP its a simple 1-liner: "do you FEEL misled"
Why is everyone acting like the question is: "Did apple make an announcement implying a redesigned 5 and then not deliver on it??"
Thats NOT the question.
Some people act like apple owes an explanation for the last 16 or so months where they didn't provide any updates about hardware. The problem is, Apple has never stated that they were going to provide a new phone every 12 months. They have historically yes, but that doesn't put the on a schedule to do so, and if you expect and will be pissed at Apple that they won't follow the schedule that YOU want/believe they should, then you're setting yourself up for failure.
If you look at the competition then there's no comparison. Android may have close specs, but Android still is laggy and isn't as smooth as the iPhone 3GS (Let alone iPhone 4/4S). Or are any Android phones as sturdy and as well built as the iPhone.
Don't get me wrong, I would gladly jump ship from iOS and go to Android any day of the week, I'm not an Apple fan boy, I just want a good solid phone, and in my opinion any phone with Android has yet to deliver that.
If you look at the competition then there's no comparison. Android may have close specs, but Android still is laggy and isn't as smooth as the iPhone 3GS (Let alone iPhone 4/4S). Or are any Android phones as sturdy and as well built as the iPhone.
Don't get me wrong, I would gladly jump ship from iOS and go to Android any day of the week, I'm not an Apple fan boy, I just want a good solid phone, and in my opinion any phone with Android has yet to deliver that.
Key point here - Apple drives rumours by bringing out great products previously. Rumours only speculate on what we think Apple are 'reasonably' capable of producing based on their track record.
Not producing any kind of hardware redesign was quite a shock to most people.
By going by the update pattern didn't we get just what they did last time? 3 to 3Gs and now 4 to 4s. So shouldn't have we expected this?
Finally, I thought I was the only one that relied on my friend's Facebook statuses to form my opinion on large financial purchases and the future of technology. Glad to see there are others on Macrumors!
Exactly. Nothing was promised, just a bunch of rumors. I was disappointed but what can you expect, we might be expecting something bigger and better come WWDC 2012.
No misleading done at all IMO. They follow a very organized system where it is tied to the contracts people sign to have their phones. Let the iPhone 4 owners enjoy their 4, let the 3GS owners enjoy an upgraded 4 with some nice solid upgrades, and let the 4 owners get a completely new design when their time comes.
No matter what the 4S is going to sell like crazy while people are still buying the 4. 15 people at my office bought the 4 and are completely amazed at quality after having their droids/other brands.
No matter what the 4S is going to sell like crazy while people are still buying the 4. 15 people at my office bought the 4 and are completely amazed at quality after having their droids/other brands.
I think your sense of entitlement is getting in the way of the function of your cerebral cortex.
It's now very clear that apple has a 2 year release cycle. iPhone 3g/gs iPhone 4/s Nothing different here. Trouble is, why did you
A: Expect a new device
B: Expect Apple to provide you with an explanation when you didn't get a new device?
mis·lead [mis-leed] verb, -led, -lead·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
2.
to lead into error of conduct, thought, or judgment.
Apple didn't lead anyone, and so they could not have mislead anyone, regardless of how people feel. People mislead themselves.
verb (used with object)
1.
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
2.
to lead into error of conduct, thought, or judgment.
Apple didn't lead anyone, and so they could not have mislead anyone, regardless of how people feel. People mislead themselves.