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San Francisco DA: Apple Told Me The Next Two iPhone Models Preceded Tim Cook
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And the iPhones after that will be the collective baby of Ive, Mansfield and Federighi. I'm sure Cook's input will mostly be cost of production, manufacturability and comparative feature set.
April fool! lol
Sounds like Apple is feeling the disappointment of allot of customers under the new management. If you are listening Apple.. Don't give us the iphone 5S! Nobody was impressed with the design of the 5 nor are we looking to spend more money just for a better chip and camera lens. I am keeping my 4S and so are allot of people I know...
Sounds like Apple is feeling the disappointment of allot of customers under the new management. If you are listening Apple.. Don't give us the iphone 5S! Nobody was impressed with the design of the 5 nor are we looking to spend more money just for a better chip and camera lens. I am keeping my 4S and so are allot of people I know...
Considering that Steve Jobs practically created a market for tablets, a market that didn't exist until almost exactly three years ago, I would not worry too much about what Steve knew in 2011 and how he envisioned Apple's product pipeline up until 2015. The Apple roadmap should be both dynamic yet follow Steve's plans if anything.
And as for the article, this is "not-so-significant" news but important as to remind us that Steve Job's taste or vision for Apple and it's products is still alive today. Who knows, maybe some of his ideas did not mature into an actual product because it relied on cooperation from other partners. "iRadio", for example, required very careful deals to be made with major record labels. Only just recently it was reportedly "coming soon". Not to mention the "iTV/Apple TV"...
We have had the ability to block mobile phones for years!! The telco blocks the imei number and it becomes a paperweight.
I always thought the US was a leader in technology but Australia had 3G in about 2000, 7 years ahead of the US and now with preventing mobile theft. I am amazed.
I always thought the US was a leader in technology but Australia had 3G in about 2000, 7 years ahead of the US and now with preventing mobile theft. I am amazed.
Pretty much. Technology changes all the time and something that was laid out 4 years ago may no longer be relevant.
But hey keep the course even though a storm a blowing...
Yeah I elaborate. Something four years ago may not be relevant any more. If it's something mind blowing that hasn't been seen before then by all means bring it out but if it's a huh humm then I don't think it really needs to be explained
We are going to switch to to the GS4, the iPhone hardware and iOS are both stale...
Steve Jobs didn't own a crystal ball. I'm sure a basic roadmap was laid out, but I would hope that the current management would adapt those designs to changing market conditions and competition. If they just release whatever Steve wanted for the next 4 years and don't take anything else into consideration during product planning I would say they have some pretty weak management.
If you think about it, all this means is that Steve had 2 differently designed phone models that he personally approved.
Apple revamps the design every other year. Steve probably approved the 5 and 6 (as well as their 'S' iterations).
Apple revamps the design every other year. Steve probably approved the 5 and 6 (as well as their 'S' iterations).
Yes indeedy... Let's all continue to hang our hopes on the ideas of a deceased CEO. Makes perfect sense to me.
I wouldn't be surprised if the next two iterations are a refinement of what's gone before: More megapixels in the camera, more memory, faster processor, thinner(!), etc. I can see those being laid out years in advance in anticipation of mundane hardware component improvements.
IMHO, the really BIG innovations came out with the original iPhone: Slide to unlock, proximity switch to disable random touches from your ear, pinch to zoom, swipe scrolling and the most beautifully sensitive touch panel in the industry. It's hard to believe now, but they were all game-changing at the time: Nothing since has really matched them.
IMHO, the really BIG innovations came out with the original iPhone: Slide to unlock, proximity switch to disable random touches from your ear, pinch to zoom, swipe scrolling and the most beautifully sensitive touch panel in the industry. It's hard to believe now, but they were all game-changing at the time: Nothing since has really matched them.
I was going to post "aww, did you have to make it so obvious with the title?", but I guess it's not so obvious to some people...
Better yet: explosive SIM cards.
Better yet: explosive SIM cards.
I'm not hanging my hopes on anyone. I don't own Apple stock and consequently couldn't care less either way. Im just saying the entire product line in its current state and the next 1 or 2 revisions have all had input from Steve.
The decision to use a 4" screen on iP5...steve approved
The decision do to an iPad mini...steve approved
The iMacs and MBPr...steve approved.