Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

How do you think Steve Jobs feels about the last 24 hours?

T

thermal

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Aug 3, 2009
294
370
Vancouver, Canada
Lots of technical difficulties with Apple's website, AT&T's websites, and lots of frustrated customers. Upside is iPhone 4 seems popular.

So overall, how do you think Steve Jobs feels about the last day or so?
 
He feels like this:

scrooge-mcduck-make-it-rain.jpg
 
I'm sure he's pleased pre-sales are blowing past Apple's estimates in hours not days.

As long as no one gets hurt a stampede is good PR -- even if it's messy.
 
Steve, even though he answers end-user emails, probably doesn't concern himself with operations too much.

He's got Tim Cook, and if Tim Cook wants to be heir to the throne he'll make sure everyone who wants an iPhone gets one. Steve knows this.

I imagine Steve's in a calm zen like state right now; and if thing's get really bad, I'm sure Steve will simply turn California to glass with his fiery rage.
 
I would hope he's angry.

But he won't be. If he was he wouldn't be disrespecting his customers so much by not clarifying what's going on with the white models at this point.

Phazer
 
I disagree.

Apple is his baby all the way.

He's not driven by money.

I'm damn sure he's not at all happy with the way this has gone down. It reflects poorly on Apple (even though much of the circus is to blame on AT&T).

Will we ever hear about it? Probably not.
 
I don't think these issues will affect future iPhone sales. I think we are at a turning point in tech history. With the iPhone 4 and iPad, we are at the starting of a shift from traditional computing to mobile based. Apple will be the new MS and google for the next 10 years. Hopefully, Apple will keep the momentum up. Also, let's hope google keeps pushing Android, which will keep pushing apple to innovate.
 
brinatech.com said:
Apple will be the new MS and google for the next 10 years. Hopefully, Apple will keep the momentum up. Also, let's hope google keeps pushing Android, which will keep pushing apple to innovate.
Click to expand...

Which pushes our pockets to the limit. ;)
 
Do you think the iPhone 4 sold more phones than the DROID or EVO yesterday? There's your answer....:apple:
 
I suspect he'll be looking at the last couple of days in a mature fashion and thinking 'okay, technical problems aren't good but considering demand is blowing away our best estimates were doing well to be handling what we are'. Shame more people don't think like that really...
 
Any publicity is good.

This just creates a higher demand for the product. People want to know what the fuss is about.

Apple has been known to have their products "sell out" so it creates a stir in the public and media. Nintendo did it for the Wii, too.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was all part of the plan.
 
Actually, I suspect that El Steve-o is patting himself on the back for creating a product with such high consumer demand that customers will put up with almost any kind of nonsense just to possess it.
 
If I were Steve Jobs, I would be sitting at some cafe in Europe relaxing. I would have been on the airplane Monday, telling everyone at Apple that I'll be back in a couple weeks.

I really doubt Steve Jobs has a lot to do with day-to-day operations. He's an idea guy. He knows the things he wants to make, and he gets people to make them for him.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back