Apple's Quality Control - Post Steve Jobs

[kazmac]

2010 was bad for me and then fine until this year

I hate to piss on your bonfire and everything but... that's never going to happen.

If people think that quality control was better under Job's reign, take a look at the iPhone 4. Antennagate was pretty big. So much so that people successfully sued Apple for it. But the list goes on as you go back. There have always been the occasional product that had a bit of a defect. It happens and quite often can be of no fault of Apple's, rather the hardware supplier.

Yes, I had a dud iMac g3 bondi blue back in 1999, but no other issues until 2010 was the single worst year I had with Apple computer quality control. That was until 6 weeks ago with the 3 dud iPad Airs/1 dud Retina Mini and OS X 9 and iOS 7 freezes, crashes etc.

I really hope Apple strives for better quality control wherever their products are made. Just seems like they're rushing a lot of product without testing first. I'd rather wait and have fewer/no glitches, than go through what I have with Mavericks again.

I love their product when it works. And I want to continue to use them. I've been reminded to wait on software and hardware upgrades with the 2013 issues I experienced.

 

[pagemaster]

Everything was so much better when Jobs was around. QC issues couldn't have anything to do with the vastly increased number of devices produced and, therefore, the increased opportunity for QC errors.

I think because Apple has basically become a successful Tablet/Phone company, the competition is tougher than ever and Apple has to find ways to cut costs. I personally think parts are becoming cheaper on some of the products, the iPad Air has a smaller battery now, what else did Apple cheap out on?

 

[NT1440]

I think because Apple has basically become a successful Tablet/Phone company, the competition is tougher than ever and Apple has to find ways to cut costs. I personally think parts are becoming cheaper on some of the products, the iPad Air has a smaller battery now, what else did Apple cheap out on?

Smaller battery = cheaper now?

Can't possibly think of any reason why a product that is supposed to be a pound moved to a smaller battery with greatly improved energy efficiency throughout the rest of the hardware?

 

[pagemaster]

Smaller battery = cheaper now?

Can't possibly think of any reason why a product that is supposed to be a pound moved to a smaller battery with greatly improved energy efficiency throughout the rest of the hardware?

To me, the iPad Air feels much cheaper. The new battery is powering the same screen from the iPad 4 so I would expect they cheapened something.

 

[NT1440]

To me, the iPad Air feels much cheaper. The new battery is powering the same screen from the iPad 4 so I would expect they cheapened something.

Except it's a completely different part. The digitizer is different. The screen is thinner.

Do you actually know what you are talking about?

 

[pagemaster]

Except it's a completely different part. The digitizer is different. The screen is thinner.

Do you actually know what you are talking about?

Feels cheap for a $500 plus product.

 

[NT1440]

Feels cheap for a $500 plus product.

I apologize, the panel is the same but the glass & digitizer is 20% thinner.

I haven't found another tablet that feels anywhere as well built as an iPad.

Does light = cheap to you? How do you consider the Kindle Fire HDX?

 

[quagmire]

To me, the iPad Air feels much cheaper. The new battery is powering the same screen from the iPad 4 so I would expect they cheapened something.

The iPad Air uses IGZO panels which requires half the LED's that was in the iPad 3/4 which reduced power consumption by quite a bit. Hence why it has a smaller battery.