He would've lit them up. Same for the AirPower team, and integrated CarPlay team.
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dude be careful you’re gonna get ALL the people who think Steve didn’t care about money crawling outta the woodwork 🤣
on a more nuanced note—way too many of yall fantasize about a utopian Apple run by Steve…I recall a time when the everyday person saw Apple as a ridiculously overpriced company across the board, all their products either made for rich college kids or for actual creative professionals. the fact that iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, AirPods, and many MacBook models sell the numbers they do these days is an amazing feat, only helped by the sheer advantage Apple Silicon gives them. would Steve really be rolling in his grave watching the company he created become “self-sufficient” in a way by designing/engineering perhaps the most important component for all of its devices (its silicon)? something tells me no.
MJ was the GOAT. Hoping Caitlin Clark rejuvenates basketball, especially women's basketball.
I miss Steve. He was definitely a showman. I heard that he was very difficult to work with, but it also can off as pushing people to do and be better. Look at all the revolutionary products Apple came out with under Steve: the original iMac, iPod, iPhone, Mac OS X, etc. I don't see any truly "Wow!" products under Tim. Yes, Tim made Apple a multi-trillion dollar company, but I don't remember seeing any truly revolutionary products. To be fair, with my memory, I might've forgotten.
Yes, I know, Apple Silicon, Swift, etc., but I don't call that a "Wow!" factor to most consumers.
I forgot how young he was. I am turning 56 this month and can't imagine leaving so early in life with a family behind. RIP Steve! I miss him often. He was such a charismatic guy and his keynotes were always legendary.
13 years already? He was an amazing guy, and paired up with Woz they were "it"!
You don't see as many "truly revolutionary" products because it's a more mature, iterative, technological space. Nobody else has any fantastic "wow" ideas either.
Jobs and Cook were/are different people with different skill sets.
Apple silicon is a monumental achievement, but you could legitimately blame all the old guard Apple guys now in departmental management for their lack of innovation, because it's their job to foster new concepts and products, and to hire the right people to fulfill that goal.
Greatly missed!
Remembering the small phones, smaller than iPhone mini too.
Steve could do great phones, and cared about customers.
Tim can only do money to the shareholders.
Remembering the small phones, smaller than iPhone mini too.
Steve could do great phones, and cared about customers.
Tim can only do money to the shareholders.
Scott Forstall would be Apple CEO by now if Steve were here.
As an innovator, I looked up to him and he was the reason I got into tech. It’s a shame he was taken from us so soon. RIP Steve
Steve was a great presenter. Charisma, sense of humor and belief in the product were what sold it, even the shortcomings and mistakes. Today, we lack that, we grumble about Apple, I grumble about Apple, but people used to grumble too! There's simply no one today who will come out and say that I'm holding my phone wrong.
Tim doesn't have even an ounce of Jobs' charisma, but we can't deny his good management. He had one blunder (Air Power) and one complete overshoot of market expectations (Apple Vision Pro). Quite well.
In addition, he pushed the Apple Watch on the right track and rocked the headphone segment - let's not forget how common and relatively cheap Apple devices have become. If it weren't for Tim, I would probably still be saving up for the platinum edition of the Apple Watch on sale. Tim coped perfectly with the MBP - I'm writing this post on the M1 Pro, I had Ive's MBP and I loved it (the TouchBar was perfect, but the keys wore out from looking at it). Here the difference in quality speaks in favor of the M1 Pro and it is Tim's merit.
And as for the lack of technological fireworks. We are close to the wall in development. 3 nm process! Going down to 2 or 1 nm will not change much. Today, the M1 is still a sufficient processor, similar to the A13, A12Z. Those romantic times are gone, when the increase in performance opened up some new possibilities and was really noticeable. Ok, we still have AI ahead of us, but I'm afraid that no standalone processor can handle it. PPI in screens, better cameras? They are already great, they will be even better. These are changes that will be visible, but will not be crucial. There are still foldable screens, but it is a great technological trick and does not solve any problem, nor cause new ones. A cool gimmick, excellent technology, can delight, but not translate into real scenarios.
I think Stef would be happy with Apple and the shares. Because he was not an altruist, although he may not have received a salary, he did reap the profits.
Tim doesn't have even an ounce of Jobs' charisma, but we can't deny his good management. He had one blunder (Air Power) and one complete overshoot of market expectations (Apple Vision Pro). Quite well.
In addition, he pushed the Apple Watch on the right track and rocked the headphone segment - let's not forget how common and relatively cheap Apple devices have become. If it weren't for Tim, I would probably still be saving up for the platinum edition of the Apple Watch on sale. Tim coped perfectly with the MBP - I'm writing this post on the M1 Pro, I had Ive's MBP and I loved it (the TouchBar was perfect, but the keys wore out from looking at it). Here the difference in quality speaks in favor of the M1 Pro and it is Tim's merit.
And as for the lack of technological fireworks. We are close to the wall in development. 3 nm process! Going down to 2 or 1 nm will not change much. Today, the M1 is still a sufficient processor, similar to the A13, A12Z. Those romantic times are gone, when the increase in performance opened up some new possibilities and was really noticeable. Ok, we still have AI ahead of us, but I'm afraid that no standalone processor can handle it. PPI in screens, better cameras? They are already great, they will be even better. These are changes that will be visible, but will not be crucial. There are still foldable screens, but it is a great technological trick and does not solve any problem, nor cause new ones. A cool gimmick, excellent technology, can delight, but not translate into real scenarios.
I think Stef would be happy with Apple and the shares. Because he was not an altruist, although he may not have received a salary, he did reap the profits.
dude be careful you’re gonna get ALL the people who think Steve didn’t care about money crawling outta the woodwork 🤣
on a more nuanced note—way too many of yall fantasize about a utopian Apple run by Steve…I recall a time when the everyday person saw Apple as a ridiculously overpriced company across the board, all their products either made for rich college kids or for actual creative professionals. the fact that iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, AirPods, and many MacBook models sell the numbers they do these days is an amazing feat, only helped by the sheer advantage Apple Silicon gives them. would Steve really be rolling in his grave watching the company he created become “self-sufficient” in a way by designing/engineering perhaps the most important component for all of its devices (its silicon)? something tells me no.
Yes, but my post wasn't just about financials. A lot more people, and a greater share, are buying and using various Apple products today than in 2011. Even if Steve didn't care as much about the dollars and cents, he likely would've been very pleased by the sales/usage/popularity including expanding the company into other lines like smartwatches.
Apple sold over three times more iPhones in 2023 than they did in 2011. They also have a greater share of the smartphone market today than they did in 2011. For a post-Jobs company that supposedly doesn't care as much about customers, they've done one heck of a job selling phones and gaining market share since 2011.
The reality is that most consumers today don't want small phones. The top selling phones are large phones with screen sizes 6.1" or larger.
Nah. Someone fitted a MagSafe attachment to his coffin. The big belt buckle is holding him steady.
Steve Jobs is my business hero. He saved Apple from falling off the edge of the planet when he came back in 1997 and then turned it into the most worth company in the world....something no other has done. I cried when he died, and during his memorial when Coldplay was performing. I'm tearing up as I type this. 😢 Really miss the guy. There was no greater visionary or showman than Steve Jobs.❤️❤️❤️
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after the iPhone 6, it went downhill
We really miss Steve’s leadership of Apple product
Also, if you get cancer or have other major medical issues, go with modern Western medicine folks
Also, if you get cancer or have other major medical issues, go with modern Western medicine folks
As much as I liked my 6 Plus, I really liked my 8 Plus which I kept for 5 years. It was my favorite phone until I upgraded to the 13PM which is now my all time favorite. So what went downhill after the 6? Because last I knew, Apple is the most worth company in the world with a 3.54 Trillion $$ market cap. Doesn't seem to me like anything went downhill. On the contrary....seems like they've aced the king of the hill game.
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😄 Even if MJ himself came back and played in the WNBA no one is going to watch it.
Still waiting to see Apple implement Steve's solution for the television mentioned in his biography. It sure as heck ain't the current AppleTV.
I'm not sure that's true, though. Does that also mean the 5C was “High five for Cook” or something?never thought about what kinda double-meaning “4S” had for people who worked closely with him…damn.
Did the s in iphone 4s stand for Steve Jobs?
The "s" in the iPhone 4S stands for Siri, the personal assistant that was first exclusive to that model. However, some customers joked that the "s" stood for Steve" when the iPhone 4s was released after his death.
Jobs was initially diagnosed with a treatable form of pan cancer in 2003, yet he waited 9 months after diagnosis to try BS alternative therapies, ultimately pursuing surgery in 2004. Frankly I would have opted for surgery at the surgeon's first opening... "I'll fast tonight, let's do this tomorrow."
We'll never really know if that 9 month delay is what gave his cancer the time to manifest into a much more malignant form that would eventually take him in 2011... or had he gotten quick surgery in 2003, might he still be here today? Perhaps he would have survived until 2014, or 2019? Or passed of covid? The 5 year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is pretty much 0... so that rare type he had, plus a liver transplant, gave him ~7 years.
End of the day... nobody will ever know for sure, and these docs in their article arrived at the same conclusion.
Me or most people? Surgery asap. But then, we weren't Steve Jobs. Brains are wired differently.