What Timmy meant to say: "Apple is always focused on margins over products and people"
Umm, as for Portrait mode, while it is decent for a home user, it doesn't match what can be done with the professional rigs, the sooner Apple and other phone manufacturers realize that a point and shoot camera, especially on a phone will never be able to compete with professional photography equipment, the better off we all will be.
Now I am not saying it isn't good for what it is, but don't pretend that it can replace thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
As always, Cook says nothing.
If their priority would be products, they would not have had that many failed products (Mac Pro, latest Macbook Pro). You only started working on a new Mac PRo after many Pro users complained so much that Schiller had to come out and do an interview saying that Apple "still care" about their Pro users.
If their priority would be products, they would not have waited that long to upgrade the Mac mini, and the Mac Pro and the iMac.
If their priority would be people they would not have done what they did to the iPhone and cheated with the battery performance.
The only thing you care is not about innovation, products and users, but about making money with the iphones...
Sad...
I am a very long time Apple fan. I have been using their products for decades, way before they were cool or fashionable.
Not necessarily to give people exactly what they want. When Bounty takes sheets off a roll and charges the same price so they make more money and hope you don’t notice there are fewer sheets, is that selling what people want?Aren't all companies focused on selling products to people?
Didn't even read half and I can already say "Yeah right"
Examples:
- No Aux on HomePod.
- iPhone X price.
- Always opening store in Appstore on Mac even when you click on a notification which announces new software can be downloaded, hell you have to click twice on Updates if you click on it right after opening Appstore.
- Dongles
- ....
Dave you are not wrong and I agree with all you say.
However, it would be good if Apple were to be far less evasive when it comes to not paying their fair share of taxes.
Here in the EU, they are active in Ireland and Luxembourg and avoiding (legally I am sure!) their fair share of tax - that impacts everyone and stops us having money for our public services.
Ordinary folk over here cannot get away with what Apple gets away with and clearly that has an impact on their top and bottom lines.
Dave you are not wrong and I agree with all you say.
However, it would be good if Apple were to be far less evasive when it comes to not paying their fair share of taxes.
Here in the EU, they are active in Ireland and Luxembourg and avoiding (legally I am sure!) their fair share of tax - that impacts everyone and stops us having money for our public services.
Ordinary folk over here cannot get away with what Apple gets away with and clearly that has an impact on their top and bottom lines.
I would guess that we started much before other people did, but we took our time to get it right. Because we don't believe in using our customers as a laboratory. What we have that I think is unique is patience. We have patience to wait until something is great before we ship it.
I'm sure there will be a lot of negative post on this article but i still think Apple make great products, the iPhone X is easily the best iPhone yet (and the best smartphone on the market in my opinion) the iPad Pro is a great device that has evolved to become a more computer like device for a lot of people, the Apple Watch is easily the best smart watch on the market, the AirPods are great and the HomePod is a great sounding speaker that is worth the cost alone.
Ok i've posted my positive thoughts and agree with Tim Cook, it's now time for the negative ones to start flowing![]()
Dave you are not wrong and I agree with all you say.
However, it would be good if Apple were to be far less evasive when it comes to not paying their fair share of taxes.
Here in the EU, they are active in Ireland and Luxembourg and avoiding (legally I am sure!) their fair share of tax - that impacts everyone and stops us having money for our public services.
Ordinary folk over here cannot get away with what Apple gets away with and clearly that has an impact on their top and bottom lines.
Umm, as for Portrait mode, while it is decent for a home user, it doesn't match what can be done with the professional rigs, the sooner Apple and other phone manufacturers realize that a point and shoot camera, especially on a phone will never be able to compete with professional photography equipment, the better off we all will be.
Now I am not saying it isn't good for what it is, but don't pretend that it can replace thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
Shareholders demand sales rise year over year. Apple releases new products and software every year, ready or not, to meet this demand. Users over Wall Street, hmmmm. To be fair, the American way of doing business. In this light, Apple does a commendable job of giving their users more attention then most American companies do. Would not go so far as to say we users are number one.
If their priority would be people they would not have done what they did to the iPhone and cheated with the battery performance.
Ah yes, the kool-aide drinkers preemptively bashing the free thinkers. How droll.I'm sure there will be a lot of negative post on this article but i still think Apple make great products, the iPhone X is easily the best iPhone yet (and the best smartphone on the market in my opinion) the iPad Pro is a great device that has evolved to become a more computer like device for a lot of people, the Apple Watch is easily the best smart watch on the market, the AirPods are great and the HomePod is a great sounding speaker that is worth the cost alone.
Ok i've posted my positive thoughts and agree with Tim Cook, it's now time for the negative ones to start flowing![]()
Aren't all companies focused on selling products to people?
I think it's pretty obvious that he is referring to the controversy of only 2 months ago about iPhone performance being sneakily lowered to increase battery life in iPhones who's batteries were needing replaced, and how they never told the iPhone owners they were doing this, and how a (relatively) simple battery replacement would increase their iPhones performance significantly.They have not "cheated with the battery performance". What is that even supposed to mean?
Yes yes & you continue with your collection of potato chips that look like Tim Cook.
The "best" cause it's the latest is almost meaningless & since all iPhones run on the same platform the X's superiority is arguable. Which IPad Pro, 12.9?, 10.5? 9.7? all the above. The best thing they do is make the regular iPad look like bargain at 1/2 the price. If Apple cars about customers why after dropping the 2 most used ports (usb & hdmi) from their MacBooks they couldn't do the courtesy the put an adapter in the damn box. What's $5 to them wholesale is nickel & dimed after sale with a 20x markup.
It's not negative to call things out on its BS. When you want to pretend there's no problems it sends the wrong message that there's nothing to fix & Apple has plenty to fix.. ain't that right Federighi?
Ah yes, the kool-aide drinkers preemptively bashing the free thinkers. How droll.
Ah yes, the kool-aide drinkers preemptively bashing the free thinkers. How droll.