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Tesla Design Chief on Apple Products: 'There's Nothing to Look Forward To'
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You know your in a Macrumors forum when this post gets 9 dislikes and 1 angry. Get a sense of humor y'all!
You heard of course that the model letters choose by Musk make the word SEXY. Ford challenged the use of E trademark so they had to change it to 3, so its only S3XY now.
I think if someone studied how long Apple generates profits from each remodel, each new kind of chip they use (that they just speedbump for years), each display technology and how long it takes for these technologies to trickle down to the entire line, one could correctly guess how long it will take for Apple to redesign and update their products. This company makes plans and roadmaps that last 5-10 years. They make contracts that allow them to build iterations of their devices using tech produced from these contracts. They can't reinvent the wheel anymore. They make display contracts, battery contracts, chip contracts and so on. This allows them to make products cheaper to produce (while increasing the price) but it also means they are tied to this tech for several years. So that means every iMac coming out this year will retain the same look for a guaranteed X number of years. Its not going back to the days when the iMac G3 turned into the 4 and then the iMac G5 and then the aluminum in a short number of years. What they do is how its going to be for many years. What they do with the Apple CPU's is already planned, they will not alter plans because a competitor beats them early. All they can do is skip a generation to keep up but even that is expensive to do and most likely will not happen. Apple is in a position where it does not need to shake things up to get attention. They are stuck in a postion where they have to guarantee what they make will make profits and keep the stock price high. Steve Jobs wasnt consumed with that like Tim Cook is. They are not small enough to be nimble about what they sell. So all we have to look forward to is a slow evolution into faster, thinner computers that make Apple more profits per unit. What surprises me is how little they do with software, other than figure out ways to lock it down.
After the Christmas update made my Model 3 look like ****** android. I have nothing to look forward to on Tesla updates.
That really was a hilarious line, especially when you consider the Model S design is coming up on 10 years.
That don't burn up when hit by a minor solar geomagnetic storm like 40 Starlink satellites just did. His comment embodies the smugness that oozes from Tesla, and some owners ?. One of my favorite Southpark episodes was about smug pollution in the Bay Area and Hybrids.
The only logical explanation for such a nonsensical and arrogant comment is that the guy is 1) afraid of competition from Apple in the electric vehicle space, 2) frustrated that Apple has poached his employees, 3) both #1 and #2.
Literally those 40 satellites and that Roadster sent up years ago are space junk.
You never see companies on top punching down. So the fact he said anything at all says a lot about where he wishes he was.
if you are the dude that somehow thought 175 cm guys are too high for model T back seats, then please, leave apple design alone ffs
Many posters here are loyal Mac users. Tesla happens to be an awful corporate citizen and their designs are pedestrian. And, by the way, it's condescending to tell people to not get offended.
I mean, he's not wrong, even if it might be the kettle calling the pot black. The most interesting change in design that Apple has revealed in the past five or so years might be the MacBook Pro reverting to a more utilitarian design.
They didn't take orders for it and then not ship it.
Tesla Model S 2012 1st Gen:
Tesla Model S 2022 3rd Gen:
Big changes over a decade right?.....
Tesla Model S 2022 3rd Gen:
Big changes over a decade right?.....
Sounds like jealousy to me. And does he really believe that any Tesla on the road has an inspiring design? I think the Y looks decent, but it’s basically a larger 3 — so a “continuation” and “slight refinement” to use his terms.
Airpods? They are a great product, but their design is practically identical to earpods with the wires cut off. Not a bad thing, but definitely not new.
They have a point - I just got an iPhone 13 - aside from 5G, and an unnoticeable difference in the screens, I needn't have bothered as it's basically the same phone about 10% faster and with a camera whose results I think is actually a slight downgrade (less DOF making it harder to just point and shoot), nothing else has really changed. I could have kept the 11 for another year or two at least.
That said, there's a bit of "pot kettle black" syndrome. Yay another EV that I can't afford in the same boring nondescript saloon design.
That said, there's a bit of "pot kettle black" syndrome. Yay another EV that I can't afford in the same boring nondescript saloon design.
It seams that Apple knows quite a bit more about what the public wants and will actually pay money for that the arm chair CEOs on this site. They have killed it every year for as long as you can to back. Maybe twice they missed. They have 1.8 Billion Users who agree with what they are building.