So as far as I can tell by others and my own opinions, Apple seems to be content with what has sold well and doesn't seem to care about being innovative and daring at all anymore.
I'll be the first to say, if you don't have a mac, regardless of how much less you paid for a PC, then you have never had a mac or know anything at all about computers. So when it comes to desktops or notebooks Apple is not just the best choice, they are the only choice.
But when it comes to the IOS products it just seems like they don't realize how everyone else has caught up and even surpassed their products in every way. The only reason they are still the top seller of tablet and digital music devices (and not the top but a huge seller of phones) is only because they were the first to make a good, user-friendly, product. But with the way they refuse to allow users to expand memory and just won't listen to what we all keep screaming for, I guarantee they will ultimately lose their status and then with their higher prices for less product, Apple's bubble will burst and no one will stand in line for their "new" product, that is no different than the one they already own except it will probably be buggy for a few weeks.
Take the 5 for example, it doesnt have a bigger screen!!! It has a LONGER screen, but same width that was already much smaller than almost all other competition. Siri... yeah right, still haven't met a single person that uses it longer than two days. I love how all my products are Apple but both my brothers decided against the 5 and one got a samsung windows phone, the other the Galaxy 3. Both were cheaper, have more memory, look better, hva much larger screens, all the same apps plus many more useful standard apps and I must admit that I wish i hadn't bought the 5! It's the same phone I already had. Then IOS 6, come on. It's only purpose is to help Apple better identify and ultimately put a stop to anything hacking-wise that they lose money on. Jailbreak on IOS6 and you'll see what I mean! Then we have the "new iPad" which a year later is called the iPad 3!!?? I hope no one bought it that already had the 2! And if I was buying an iPad today, I'd definitely opt for the 2 and save money for the same product. I have played with them around friends, sane games, same internet loads, same pictures... everyone admits that there is no noticeable difference. Yet all those things we asked for didn't change.
But Apple really shows their true colors(two ways):
#1 in their ascending prices of each product just for adding memory which is actually the cheapest upgrade you can make on any CPU/MAC. They know you'll think the Ipad is 500 bucks but when you go to buy it of course you start to think about how 8Gigs won't even hold your music, much less videos and apps, so why not pay 100, 200 more dollars to double/triple that capacity?! Name one other product that charges you so much more for the cheapest possible upgrade? Well i played with a friends Galaxy tablet and i wish i woulda bought it. It was cheaper, upgradable in every way, and costs no extra to get a version of it that can get service from verizon. It also is able to connect to multiple peripherals without any costly accessories.
#2 And this one will ultimately cost them their dominance if they don't wise up soon: they refuse to give you any peripheral connectivity without forcing you to buy those stupid extra $30-50 connectors that make it so much more awkward when trying to charge and connect a few things such as a camera/TV/printer/hard drive or usb jump drive/ ethernet cable/ etc...
Do you agree/disagree. I hope I'm wrong cause I love Apple but i think they will eventually just be a mac company.
I'll be the first to say, if you don't have a mac, regardless of how much less you paid for a PC, then you have never had a mac or know anything at all about computers. So when it comes to desktops or notebooks Apple is not just the best choice, they are the only choice.
But when it comes to the IOS products it just seems like they don't realize how everyone else has caught up and even surpassed their products in every way. The only reason they are still the top seller of tablet and digital music devices (and not the top but a huge seller of phones) is only because they were the first to make a good, user-friendly, product. But with the way they refuse to allow users to expand memory and just won't listen to what we all keep screaming for, I guarantee they will ultimately lose their status and then with their higher prices for less product, Apple's bubble will burst and no one will stand in line for their "new" product, that is no different than the one they already own except it will probably be buggy for a few weeks.
Take the 5 for example, it doesnt have a bigger screen!!! It has a LONGER screen, but same width that was already much smaller than almost all other competition. Siri... yeah right, still haven't met a single person that uses it longer than two days. I love how all my products are Apple but both my brothers decided against the 5 and one got a samsung windows phone, the other the Galaxy 3. Both were cheaper, have more memory, look better, hva much larger screens, all the same apps plus many more useful standard apps and I must admit that I wish i hadn't bought the 5! It's the same phone I already had. Then IOS 6, come on. It's only purpose is to help Apple better identify and ultimately put a stop to anything hacking-wise that they lose money on. Jailbreak on IOS6 and you'll see what I mean! Then we have the "new iPad" which a year later is called the iPad 3!!?? I hope no one bought it that already had the 2! And if I was buying an iPad today, I'd definitely opt for the 2 and save money for the same product. I have played with them around friends, sane games, same internet loads, same pictures... everyone admits that there is no noticeable difference. Yet all those things we asked for didn't change.
But Apple really shows their true colors(two ways):
#1 in their ascending prices of each product just for adding memory which is actually the cheapest upgrade you can make on any CPU/MAC. They know you'll think the Ipad is 500 bucks but when you go to buy it of course you start to think about how 8Gigs won't even hold your music, much less videos and apps, so why not pay 100, 200 more dollars to double/triple that capacity?! Name one other product that charges you so much more for the cheapest possible upgrade? Well i played with a friends Galaxy tablet and i wish i woulda bought it. It was cheaper, upgradable in every way, and costs no extra to get a version of it that can get service from verizon. It also is able to connect to multiple peripherals without any costly accessories.
#2 And this one will ultimately cost them their dominance if they don't wise up soon: they refuse to give you any peripheral connectivity without forcing you to buy those stupid extra $30-50 connectors that make it so much more awkward when trying to charge and connect a few things such as a camera/TV/printer/hard drive or usb jump drive/ ethernet cable/ etc...
Do you agree/disagree. I hope I'm wrong cause I love Apple but i think they will eventually just be a mac company.
