I want to see Apple make an A/V receiver.
Heck I want to see Apple make a house. Some people will mindlessly move and "upgrade" every two years because iHouse 5S came out.
So much drama over the 3.5mm audio connector, but it brings up an interesting point
So Apple advances the industry by developing things your average person hasn't even thought of yet? It is true, that your average person hasn't thought about replacing their perfectly fine headphones with 3.5mm jacks.
Right, so Apple didn't make an iPod that was a better mp3 player, iMac that was a better desktop, iPhone that was a better smart phone, or iPad that was a giant iPhone?
Sometimes I wonder what you and Artdeco are smoking? Whatever it is I am sure it is apple flavored.
As for the comic, I'm reminded of that overused Henry Ford quote (not sure he even said it, but still): if I asked my customers what they wanted, they'd say "a faster horse." Apple definitely makes some mistakes with its designs, but it at least doesn't focus group its hardware to death like some of its rivals. A good tech company develops things your average person hasn't even thought of yet -- you don't advance the industry by asking people who just want refinements on what they already know.
Apparently you don't do air travel, nor care about sound quality.Meh, I've used BT almost exclusively to get audio out of my phone for years, not going to miss a port I don't use. If the BT was more stable on the Android phones, I'd use them as my daily driver.
So Apple advances the industry by developing things your average person hasn't even thought of yet? It is true, that your average person hasn't thought about replacing their perfectly fine headphones with 3.5mm jacks.
Right, so Apple didn't make an iPod that was a better mp3 player, iMac that was a better desktop, iPhone that was a better smart phone, or iPad that was a giant iPhone?
Sometimes I wonder what you and Artdeco are smoking? Whatever it is I am sure it is apple flavored.
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Besides, you're oversimplifying things. It's not just about broad categories, it's about developments within those categories. Take the iPhone as an example. When people were imagining what an Apple smartphone would look like, most people pictured it as an unholy mix of an iPod with the dominant smartphone design of the time (i.e. the BlackBerry look). They couldn't imagine that Apple would go with a full touchscreen using interface concepts that most people had never heard of before then, like multi-touch.
See what I mean? .......
If Apple had simply hewed to what people were expecting, it'd have made yet another phone with a hardware keyboard and a tiny display.
You mean nobody envisioned a full touch screen phone with grid icons of application? OMG witchcraft!!! witchcraft!!!
Yeah but if Apple wouldn't have bent to market pressure early in the product's life the current iPhone wouldn't have copy and paste, it wouldn't have replaceable keyboards or browsers, heck it might not even have an App Store. It sure as hell wouldn't have a phablet model.
Point being it isn't all or nothing. Having a clear vision and executing that vision is important and that is where Ford's comment comes in. But he also (maybe) said "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black." Point being that eventually listening to customers is how you transition from having an amazing product to having a mature product line.
You mean nobody envisioned a full touch screen phone with grid icons of application? OMG witchcraft!!! witchcraft!!!