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Tim Cook Teases Apple Car: 'It's Going to Be Christmas Eve for a While'
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On the original article on Business Insider they clearly say it was a response to a question about Apple Car:
"Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a great response when asked about the long-rumored Apple Car at the company's annual shareholder's meeting in Cupertino, California, on Friday."
I don't own cars anymore. Living in the city, cars have become impractical. I prefer to ride the public transportation, use lyft, car2go, etc. I hope they are not solving the old problems and instead focus on the new. If they built a car that was auto driving and could be used like lyft or car2go, that seems like it would be way more exciting.
I honestly do not see the point of this, unless it's solar-powered, self-driving, uses Siri for destination choice independent from language and accent (not sure about Apple Maps but the way my English version of Google Maps pronounces Dutch street names is HILARIOUS... and makes it near impossible to find the place) and, basically, beats thousands of companies who have been making cars for decades – at first attempt.
The thinnest car ever won't do this time. It's not a smartwatch market that's like three years old either. When iPhone came out, it was different from every smartphone on the planet. How exactly is iCar going to be different from every car on the planet? (Other than more expensive, of course.)
The thinnest car ever won't do this time. It's not a smartwatch market that's like three years old either. When iPhone came out, it was different from every smartphone on the planet. How exactly is iCar going to be different from every car on the planet? (Other than more expensive, of course.)
Well for one thing - it's only going to have 3 wheels - because you don't NEED 4 wheels. Also - to get the wheels on and off it will take a proprietary tire iron.
If I lived in the city (depending on the city), I would be right there with you. I lived/worked in San Francisco a while back, and I wouldn't want to drive there. I spent a lot of time working in NYC, and no way would I drive there. But in a city like Dallas, you need a car just to get to public transportation.
It was a joke, based on the names of their devices. Microsoft makes Surface tablet PCs, Apple makes (for the time being anyway) the MacBook Air and iPad Air. Samsung makes a range of phones and tablets called Galaxy.
I intended to imply that Microsoft would make a car which travels on the surface, Apple would make a flying car, and Samsung would make a spaceship.
Reality played no part in my jest.
Would a smiley have helped comprehension? I'm never quite sure; I grew up reading books which got their point across without emoticons, yet were still able to make me laugh, cry, think, yearn. Perhaps my prose is less expressive than I believed?
It certainly has been! My favourite part of today was getting a text that said "thank you for volunteering, but you will not be required for overtime this weekend". For the first time this year, I'm going to have two whole days off!
Or you could, I don't know, sort of say what you meant.
Asking someone to decipher your inner monologue is asking a heck of a lot. I'll give it a shot./reads kevinkyoo's quote
/reads it again
/makes notes
/reads quote one more time
/changes some of my notes
*light bulb*
Sooooo... basically you want an updated 17" Macbook Pro.
Apple's not yet sharing how their car will be different. Or even if it will be different. But I'm pretty sure that what most are imagining will be as close to the actual product as this was to the iPhone:
Or this iPod slider with OS X wallpaper:
And who can forget all those crazy iWatch concepts that looked like an iPhone wrapped around your wrist?
Enjoy the iCar concepts, and yuk it up about how foolish Apple is to think people will buy an iPhone on wheels that gets thinner every year and requires you to buy an adapter to drive it on the freeway. Just understand that it comes from the imagination of someone who probably doesn't work for Apple.
I wish MR would stop commenting on the "loud motor noises" from the Sunnyvale location. If Apple is designing an electric car (why wouldn't it?), the electric motors on EVs are nearly silent and wouldn't elicit complaints from residents. The loud motor noises were likely backup generator tests/maintenance, or some Apple guys working on/showing off their gas-powered cars after hours at the facility.
Honestly, there are only a handful that posts to this site that could afford an Apple Car let alone a Tesla. Most are on the "secondary peak" of Apple's demographics that will bitch and moan about anything they can't have or have but it doesn't work as expected.
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I'm sure Sir Jony is right in the middle of this and will take a lot of credit. There are several maverick car designers out there that refuse a salary and bill hourly beyond top attorney rates.
I'm sure few of these have their hands into this project. If anything, a few of the sharpest eyes in the business will get inside the concept garage and see what is under the tarp. Most of these guys do a lot of concept car work and have frequent flier miles to burn.
I worry the car will be too thin and not enough battery life.