Don't get me wrong, I love Apple products, but I'm not one of these freaks that thinks the sun shines out of their ****. I own an iPad 2, an iPhone 4S and a late 2011 13" MBP. Apple to me have always appeared to be an innovative company, coming out with genius new ideas and pushing the boundary of current technology with neat features. Which has got me thinking a little bit.
I saw this article which sums a lot of my thoughts up.
http://www.businessinsider.com/apples-problem-with-services-2012-10
It seems to me that all Apple are currently doing is re-releasing products with minimal changes apart from new hardware. Let's be honest, iOS hasn't changed all that much since iOS4 which brought multitasking, and perhaps iMessage which is useful to use from my Mac I admit, but I still prefer whatsapp and find it more reliable, plus there are other messaging applications that allow you to SMS from your PC/Mac. Siri came with iOS5 and to be honest, I don't know anyone that uses it. I know it has its uses, for example when driving, but it's not exactly the only voice activation software around. And now the latest release of iOS 6 with monumental amount of fail which has resulted in the Apple CEO publicly apologising. Let's not forget that it was Apple's decision to not move forward with Google maps.
I really hope Apple do something fast, because right now, they're appearing rather average and not exactly innovating much. For the first time in 3 or so years I'm contemplating switching to Android, and a lot of my friends are in the same boat, some already having made the move and wishing they'd done it sooner.
I'm just wondering what people's thoughts are on this. To me, it's as simple as this: Apple are not delivering as I would expect them to.
I saw this article which sums a lot of my thoughts up.
http://www.businessinsider.com/apples-problem-with-services-2012-10
It seems to me that all Apple are currently doing is re-releasing products with minimal changes apart from new hardware. Let's be honest, iOS hasn't changed all that much since iOS4 which brought multitasking, and perhaps iMessage which is useful to use from my Mac I admit, but I still prefer whatsapp and find it more reliable, plus there are other messaging applications that allow you to SMS from your PC/Mac. Siri came with iOS5 and to be honest, I don't know anyone that uses it. I know it has its uses, for example when driving, but it's not exactly the only voice activation software around. And now the latest release of iOS 6 with monumental amount of fail which has resulted in the Apple CEO publicly apologising. Let's not forget that it was Apple's decision to not move forward with Google maps.
I really hope Apple do something fast, because right now, they're appearing rather average and not exactly innovating much. For the first time in 3 or so years I'm contemplating switching to Android, and a lot of my friends are in the same boat, some already having made the move and wishing they'd done it sooner.
I'm just wondering what people's thoughts are on this. To me, it's as simple as this: Apple are not delivering as I would expect them to.
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