Has Apple lost its way?

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Ultrashroomz on 26 January 2016

Apple hasn't watched enough Kill La Kill.

In all seriousness, after looking at their more recent products like the Apple Pencil, and their ugly looking iPhone battery case, I think Apple definitely is starting to lose their sense of direction, not that it matters though, most general consumers will buy up Apple products regardless.

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AEGRO on 26 January 2016

Ultrashroomz said:
Apple hasn't watched enough Kill La Kill.

In all seriousness, after looking at their more recent products like the Apple Pencil, and their ugly looking iPhone battery case, I think Apple definitely is starting to lose their sense of direction, not that it matters though, most general consumers will buy up Apple products regardless.

Its true. And that is so sad.

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Eddie_Raja on 26 January 2016

Absolutely. IMO the iPhone 6 copying Samsung's big-phone design signaled when they stopped being the trend setter's.

In fact I would say the same about their new Macbooks. They are just too small when it comes to screen size. The Macbook Air is now a useless product.

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Shiken on 26 January 2016

Not an apple fan anyway so I don't really care.

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AlfredoTurkey on 26 January 2016

Considering they're about to transition into a car manufacture, I'd say unequivocally.... yes. No one knows what Jobs would have done with the company but it's hard to believe he'd be pushing to make cars right now lol.

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Soundwave on 26 January 2016

Eddie_Raja said:
Absolutely. IMO the iPhone 6 copying Samsung's big-phone design signaled when they stopped being the trend setter's.

In fact I would say the same about their new Macbooks. They are just too small when it comes to screen size. The Macbook Air is now a useless product.

Forcing people to use small phones when some people like big phones is simply logical business sense.

The iMac, Macbook, iPad, etc. don't come in one screen size, I can choose based on my needs which screen size works for me. What's wrong with giving people who buy a phone that option?

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AlfredoTurkey on 26 January 2016

fatslob-:O said:
Nah, Apple was never an innovator in my eyes ...

It was always their solid support and software ecosystem that kept them afloat when it came smartphones ...

In fact they spend very little on R&D relative to their size when it comes to being one of the leading technology companies ...

Before iPod, MP3 was niche and CD was king. After? MP3 king and CD dead. Before the iPhone, flip phones were king. After iPhone, smart phones were king and flip phones dead. Before the iPad, PC was king. Afer the iPad, tablets were king and PC is dying.

You may not think they were innovative, but that is the definition of innovative. They changed the world.

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Soundwave on 26 January 2016

AlfredoTurkey said:

fatslob-:O said:
Nah, Apple was never an innovator in my eyes ...

It was always their solid support and software ecosystem that kept them afloat when it came smartphones ...

In fact they spend very little on R&D relative to their size when it comes to being one of the leading technology companies ...

Before iPod, MP3 was niche and CD was king. After? MP3 king and CD dead. Before iPhone, flip phone was king. After iPhone, smart phones were king and flip phones dead. Before iPad, PC was king. Afer iPad, tablets were king and PC is dying.

You may not think they were innovative, but that is the definition of innovative. They changed the world.

No question they changed the world. This is Pope's inaguration photo, 2005 vs 2013: