This quality drop is a key weakness IMO. Jobs was the master of doing a few things really well. You could see he was so personally vested in products. And peopl

This quality drop is a key weakness IMO. Jobs was the master of doing a few things really well. You could see he was so personally vested in products. And people loved apple products as they always worked well. It was a safe choice in the tech world. That approach seems gone. I sometimes wonder if this stems from the cult of Jony Ive after the vacuum Jobs left, where design seems to trump all else for Apple these days. On top of which I hear Apples got an increasing ratio of career men whose passion is advancement not technology. On the flip side the innovation cycle under Jobs was roughly 4 years per 'wow'. Many people expect something every year which isn't realistic. The watch did not fire this cycle but maybe the next product will. If it does they only really missed one product release cycle since 1998. Not bad, though the first not under Jobs watchful gaze may say something.