What you are saying is "current thinking." Touch ID isn't put there to save you couple seconds only. It'll act as Apple's way of creating an e-Wallet system in the future. That's the forward thinking part.
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What you are saying is "current thinking." Touch ID isn't put there to save you couple seconds only. It'll act as Apple's way of creating an e-Wallet system in the future. That's the forward thinking part.
Sadly they don't. People want it now and they want it all. Once product is rushed out and has issues same people moan of how its horrible. There is just no wining with them and they should be ignored.
As far as 64bit goes, agreed. Finger print scanner makes perfect sense, once payment system is integrated the scanner will be already tested on less essential areas such as unlocking your phone. It would be a big big mess if they released it with payment system and someone found an easy way to hack it. Now they will have at least a year of experience and some issues that might have raised be fixed before rolling out payment system.
We need patent reform, not for it to be done away with altogether. Companies need to be able to protect what they work on.
You clearly don't work in IT. The A7 processor is an amazing piece of hardware and TouchId is the first mobile fingerprint solution that actually works and adds to the experience. No one else was able to compete in that space and we still haven't seen a competitor release a comparable fingerprint security mechanism. Add in the improvements Apple has made to their camera sensor tech and the 5s is an impressive upgrade. I'm not sure what else you'd be expecting...
Google and Apple both have been great innovators, and both remain so.
The greatest innovation being tossed out for public attention (possibly before quiet abandonment) might currently be coming from Google. The greatest innovation behind the scenes? Hard to tell until/unless it emerges! Or until what has already emerged comes into its own, realizing things Apple has planned farther in advance than we know.
(And those who think new public releases poured out any faster under Steve Jobs have distorted memories indeed.)
The greatest innovation being tossed out for public attention (possibly before quiet abandonment) might currently be coming from Google. The greatest innovation behind the scenes? Hard to tell until/unless it emerges! Or until what has already emerged comes into its own, realizing things Apple has planned farther in advance than we know.
(And those who think new public releases poured out any faster under Steve Jobs have distorted memories indeed.)
Better until more recently. rMBP's have bad screen problems, iOS 7 crashes on new and old hardware like crazy - especially safari. The new iPads have horrible tab reload issues in safari, most likely due to low RAM.
I am not too terribly impressed with apple's product/iOS releases as of late.
I am not too terribly impressed with apple's product/iOS releases as of late.
What did you expect? A phone with an never-ending battery-life?
When would you say "Wow this is an innovative phone."?
By the way: "Forward thinking" -> TouchID, Mobile Payments.
I disagree-Apple's experience with the iPhone 5C indicates that people won't buy an inferior product when it is seen as a bad value. If the iPhone 5C replaced, say, the iPhone 4S, then I think it would've sold better, as people familiar with Apple's prices would've wondered why Apple cheapened the product further than normal.
Value buyers are still going to the 4S, which is obsolete in the Apple arsenal, and interested buyers are going for the 5S. The 5C has no place.
I know of only one person who has it, but several with 5, 5S, 4S and 4. Many of those phones (minus 5 and 4) have been purchased since the introduction of the 5C.
No matter how you slice it, Apple should've just knocked down the price of the 5, or the 5C more. It isn't like the 5C costs outrageously much more than the 4S, is it? (I'd imagine that the 4S might even be pricier to make because the materials-I don't see significant savings on A5 v. A6, but I do v. one factory for shell v. two panes of glass, but I'm not sure-I think Apple could probably save money by simply ditching A5 production by this point completely in favor of A6, which would probably lessen A6 prices due to scaling)
I'd expect something that benefits me. Also way to be a jerk...
"You OBVIOUSLY don't work in IT as shown by your VASTLY INFERIOR KNOWLEDGE"
Sorry for having an opinion, cupcake.
So a phone that doesn't benefit you is not an innovative phone? What if it's been a great benefit to others? Does that mean it's an innovative phone then? Or
None of that is invented by or is unique to Google.
Note that I'm wearing the relativity hat that's so popular here when discussing innovation.
It's a two variable equation: Innovation + Execution
Walter does not know Engineering.
The level of Manufacturing Engineering innovation from Apple is unparalleled.
Google can't remotely touch them.
That level of innovation makes for the entire Apple Ecosystem of Hardware to be best of breed in quality builds.
Nothing in software that Google has done is innovating above Apple.
Walter does not know Engineering.
The level of Manufacturing Engineering innovation from Apple is unparalleled.
Google can't remotely touch them.
That level of innovation makes for the entire Apple Ecosystem of Hardware to be best of breed in quality builds.
Nothing in software that Google has done is innovating above Apple.
I'm confused by your response to my post.
Fact: iPhone sales were below Apple's guidance because Apple produced too many 5c models & not enough 5S. Tim Cooks's own admission here, not my conjecture.
Fact: Tim Cook admitted last January he made a mistake announcing the 27" too far ahead of realistic availability.
Fact: The Mac Pro went on sale literally at the last possible moment but still isn't readily available.
Fact: By Tim Cook's own admission iPad mini w/ retina would be constrained during the peak of the holiday buying season. To his credit he handled sales in a sane manner but the constraint still cost sales.
These are all supply chain management & execution flaws.
Fact: By Tim Cook's own admission during the conference call earlier this week this quarters revenue guidance will be below expectations meaning no new big products.
So what exactly is your issue with what I wrote? I'm far from an Apple h8tr & I don't have unrealistic expectations either. But reality is what it is & Cook has been mediocre as CEO at best because of the above.
Apple were shafted by microsoft and they thought they had the iphone patented to it's back teeth but samsung found a way. Therefore I predict that Apple's next line of breakout products when they finally do arrive in however many years it takes, will have taken note of this. I predict that it may take some time for the next 'game changer' to materialise from Apple, (and it won't be the iwatch) but when it comes it will be bullet proof.
I don't understand why they keep claiming that the iPhone 5c is anything new and cheap for Apple. Other than the fact that it has a plastic color backing, they just did exactly what they do EVERY TIME they release a new phone. They have the previous model for 99 dollars with a new contract, in this case the Iphone 5 turned into the iPhone 5c. They did the same when they released the iPhone 5 and sold the 4s for $99.
Why do people keep pretending its some new ground?!
Why do people keep pretending its some new ground?!
How is it a race to the bottom if the 5c price still represented high-end. The 5c was nothing but a money grab. There are a number of phones that cost much less then the 5c and are just as good or better. The 5c would have been a success if it was priced accordingly. This is Apple being greedy and that's what they get.
Two points:
1. Some of you are confusing what's being meant by innovation at a product segment level versus innovation at a product feature level. What the analysts (and Walter Isaacson) are referring to is the former - the introduction of iPod, iPhone, iPad. To a lesser extent, something like the new Mac Pro that "innovates" the desktop/workstation. Product "feature" innovation like 64-bit and fingerprint swipe are *important* and *useful* features (or will lead to them), but that's not the kind of innovation that changes an industry like the aforementioned products... it's just inevitable evolutionary product improvement.
2. Some of you are confusing a slight miss-reading of product demand with Apple not understanding the market. The 5S may have outsold the 5C "2 to 1", but that still means a third of customers are choosing the 5C. Even if it was 4 to 1, that's still 20% of sales! No matter how illogical the decision may appear to you, there are a lot of people who shop for phones mostly on price. If Apple can still offer a great phone that appeals to at least a portion of those customers, that's a win for them.
1. Some of you are confusing what's being meant by innovation at a product segment level versus innovation at a product feature level. What the analysts (and Walter Isaacson) are referring to is the former - the introduction of iPod, iPhone, iPad. To a lesser extent, something like the new Mac Pro that "innovates" the desktop/workstation. Product "feature" innovation like 64-bit and fingerprint swipe are *important* and *useful* features (or will lead to them), but that's not the kind of innovation that changes an industry like the aforementioned products... it's just inevitable evolutionary product improvement.
2. Some of you are confusing a slight miss-reading of product demand with Apple not understanding the market. The 5S may have outsold the 5C "2 to 1", but that still means a third of customers are choosing the 5C. Even if it was 4 to 1, that's still 20% of sales! No matter how illogical the decision may appear to you, there are a lot of people who shop for phones mostly on price. If Apple can still offer a great phone that appeals to at least a portion of those customers, that's a win for them.
It's not the same. Apple never gave the 4s a plastic body. Apple would have been fine if they just stuck to the same format which in it self is getting old.
What do you know of Apple's internal business? Have you ever even been to an Apple office, let alone their HQ in Cupertino? Do you know what is going on behind the scenes?
Because if you don't, then how do you know that Apple's recent success is not directly attributable to Tim Cook's stewardship?
Even Steve Jobs can't measure up to "Steve Jobs". Steve Jobs was floundering with NeXT before being reunited with Apple. Then sprinkled with the revolutionary products released under SJ's second stint as CEO, there were:
- iphone 4 and antenna gate.
- mobileme
- ipod hifi
- hockey puck mouse
That's just off the top off my head. And let's not forget that during the initial releases of iphone and ipad, there were availability issues as well - even though SJ was in charge.
So yeah, if you consider a CEO leading his company to record revenues and profits (two years after its founder and visionary died) as failing and a disappointment, then you are indeed confused.