Favorite Apple Lie?

[jimsowden]

Well, maybe lie isn't the right word.

What's your favorite presented, iron clad thing Apple has said they'll deliver that turned out not to be true?

Walkie talkie on Apple Watch?
Open source FaceTime?
3GHz G5?
Maybe a good one, like the bumped specs on the first-gen MacBook Pro?

I'd love to hear some more!

 

[Sebct]

"Pro customers are important to Apple"

 

[baruchsienna]

“It just works”

 

[Nermal]

"Apple is committed to Blu-ray"

 

[AidenShaw]

Anything with "fastest" in it...

 

[Juicy Box]

That the 2014 Mac Mini is an upgrade from the 2012.

I guess you could put plus sized phones and induction charging in the list.

 

[vkd]

That they care about their customers. The fact is that their primary care is profit, any subsequent concomitant care ultimately leads to that end.

 

[Phil in ocala]

That they care about their customers. The fact is that their primary care is profit, any subsequent concomitant care ultimately leads to that end.

_______________________________________
High Sierra provides many improvements....<<have not seen one yet...except apple mail is all screwed up>>

 

[Juicy Box]

"Apple is committed to Blu-ray"

This is a good one.

That the 2014 Mac Mini is an upgrade from the 2012.

I guess you could put plus sized phones and induction charging in the list.

Link on Apple's stance against a big iPhone

"you can't get your hand around it"

Link on Apple's stance against wireless (inductive) charging

"Having to create another device you have to plug into the wall is actually, for most situations, more complicated"

 

[RecentlyConverted]

Tim Cook - Opening up IOS - https://www.macrumors.com/2013/05/2...e-to-open-up-apis-in-the-future-no-chatheads/

Steve Jobs - FaceTime Open Industry Standard (WWDC 2010)

 

[Regime2008]

It's magical

 

[AZhappyjack]

Phil Schiller: "Can't innovate, my @$$" - especially when said at the trashcan Man Pro announcement.

 

[jimsowden]

Nobody wants to watch video on a tiny iPod screen - the grandfather to the "nobody wants a big phone" lie

 

[Tech198]

"It just works"

 

[RecentlyConverted]

"It just works"

It was a mis-quote. It should have been - it works, just.

 

[MacsRgr8]

"we love games" (Steve Jobs introducing iMac in 1998, claiming the grfx card in the Mac would run the newest games...)

 

[rafark]

"iphone 8 brand new design"

 

[C DM]

"iphone 8 brand new design"

Trying to recall, where is that one from?

 

[Juicy Box]

Trying to recall, where is that one from?

It is missing the word "glass", but that could be taken from Apple's iPhone 8 press release.

 

[velocityg4]

I don't recall the specific quote. When Apple was developing Copland and Gershwin. They claimed all the PCI Macs would get their next generation OS. Then it was cancelled. Mac OS X was never made available for those models (pre G3). Although hacks allowed it to run on some of them. So, those Macs never got a next generation OS.

 

[kazmac]

"We price for the value of our products."

Any time Tim mentions something about the mac and the pipeline, most recently:

"We do plan for the Mac Mini to be an important part of our product line going forward."

I watch what Apple do (dissolve the Mac OS team, continue to sell aging Macs at higher prices, not upgrading the Mini or Pro until they got backlash and not test the heck out of the OS and hardware before it's released.)

 

[MacsRgr8]

I don't recall the specific quote. When Apple was developing Copland and Gershwin. They claimed all the PCI Macs would get their next generation OS. Then it was cancelled. Mac OS X was never made available for those models (pre G3). Although hacks allowed it to run on some of them. So, those Macs never got a next generation OS.

Indeed.... those were some weird, but oh so interesting times.
Copland never saw the light of day, but NeXTSTEP came along with Steve and Mac OS X Server (Rhapsody) was made available on the G3.
I remember I had Mac OS X 10.1.x running on a PowerMac 9600 350 MHz.

Then came the difficult PPC times... G4 FSB speed limit... G5 power syndrome, never made 3 GHz etc...

 

[cambookpro]

'MobileMe also provides a suite of elegant, ad-free web applications that deliver a desktop-like experience'

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2008/06/09Apple-Introduces-MobileMe-Internet-Service/

The number of duplicate calendar events and contacts, instances of push email not working, and times when it was just unavailable make this quote a bit farcical. In the words of Phil Schiller: 'elegant my ass'.

 

[Beeplance]

It is missing the word "glass", but that could be taken from Apple's iPhone 8 press release.

I find it insane how they can blatantly market the iPhone 8 in such a manner.

The only reason why the iPhone 8 has a glass design was because they wanted to add in wireless charging. It was a necessity rather than a feature on its own.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

I find it insane how they can blatantly market the iPhone 8 in such a manner.

The only reason why the iPhone 8 has a glass design was because they wanted to add in wireless charging. It was a necessity rather than a feature on its own.

You don't need glass to do wireless charging. I had wireless charging in my Lumia 820 5 years ago, it had a plastic back.