So they took the call to take the hit and as someone else so eloquently put it, spend some of the "goodwill" they had in the bank by releasing a shoddy product. But it was better to take the hit now, rather than potentially fall further behind or release a poor product once mapping had already become the killer feature for most users. This fiasco is bad for Apple, but it's not ciritcal. The shear number of sales seems to indicate that this is not a massive problem for most users.
I believe apple will now be working 100% to catch up with google. I don't believe this though will result in any significant increase in their app within the next 9 to 12 months. We as the users are caught in the middle. In the long run this should be a good thing, as goggle will hopefully have a strong competitor. In the short and mid term we have to suffer with a critically flawed mapping app.
iTunes has just offered me iOS6 for my 3GS. I've said no for the time being. Think I'll be waiting until they sort this mess out!
Hardly as easy as an in app reporting tool, you can use drop pin and the like.
I agree it should off been tested more, a lot of these things could off been sorted out easily enough with a few testers from each city.
What I don't get is apple map uses yelp, but there's plenty of business on yelp, which don't show up on apple maps. That's what I don't get.
To our customers,
At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better.
We launched Maps initially with the first version of iOS. As time progressed, we wanted to provide our customers with even better Maps including features such as turn-by-turn directions, voice integration, Flyover and vector-based maps. In order to do this, we had to create a new version of Maps from the ground up.
There are already more than 100 million iOS devices using the new Apple Maps, with more and more joining us every day. In just over a week, iOS users with the new Maps have already searched for nearly half a billion locations. The more our customers use our Maps the better it will get and we greatly appreciate all of the feedback we have received from you.
While we’re improving Maps, you can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps by going to their websites and creating an icon on your home screen to their web app.
Everything we do at Apple is aimed at making our products the best in the world. We know that you expect that from us, and we will keep working non-stop until Maps lives up to the same incredibly high standard.
Tim Cook
Apple’s CEO
I very much doubt it. There's an install file for each device so I'd be surprised if one was produced for the iPhone 5 seeing as it shipped with iOS6.This may have already been answered, but is it possible to install iOS 5 on the iPhone 5?
I very much doubt it. There's an install file for each device so I'd be surprised if one was produced for the iPhone 5 seeing as it shipped with iOS6.