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The interesting question is what has Jony Ive been up to? The Apple Watch needed a design reboot (and the Edition is practically dead) and now supposedly so doe

The interesting question is what has Jony Ive been up to? The Apple Watch needed a design reboot (and the Edition is practically dead) and now supposedly so does the Apple Car (at his behest[1]). A third iteration of the iPhone design and no new Macs designs (yet). He/Cook seized power from Forstall but there's been little outright success/breakthroughs to show since then [1] http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/01/25/apples-project-titan-at-crossroads-team-in-hiring-freeze-source-says http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/01/25/apples-project-tit...

Q6T46nT668w6i3m 10y ago
Management, maybe
AppleCarThrowAw 10y ago
From what I've heard (and take this with a pyramid of salt because it's an anonomous internet comment) Jony Ive is essentially on a sabbatical and hasn't been seen on Apple's campus since before Summer. If I had to guess, he wants to leave Apple, but is staying on either until some unspecified product reveal or because he has to wait-out stock options or something.
- applecarcont 10y ago
  He wasn't at the Fall iPhone event iirc...
  - ibero 10y ago
    he was. you can see him chatting with Stephen Fry in the background of this product shot. http://imgur.com/a/f8lt9 http://imgur.com/a/f8lt9
- hiringmanager 10y ago
  Apple Kremlinology is a hobby of mine. I have seen a lot of little data points that support your hypothesis. Ive has a house in London, his family is in England. He brought in a major designer recently-a friend that was played off as a partner, but might well have been him naming his replacement. He does not appear in any keynotes, but does appear in videos- or used to. This is in decline as well. (which is good because he was getting stale. "we stripped it down to the essential of what is a [timepice/phone/car] and once you remove what's unnecessary blah blah". I believe that a creative type like him has trouble operating under the demands of a corporation like Apple at that level, and that he did so for so long because his collaboration with Jobs was very intense and personal, and that this is not something he can have with Cook. Under Cook he is supposed to be the one who replaces Jobs in that role (while Cook is an execution guy.) I believe he is participating and staying around only so long as necessary to get things ready for him to leave. He's earned a retirement and some time to follow interesting design work that is not relevant to Apple's business.

Q6T46nT668w6i3m 10y ago

Management, maybe

AppleCarThrowAw 10y ago

From what I've heard (and take this with a pyramid of salt because it's an anonomous internet comment) Jony Ive is essentially on a sabbatical and hasn't been seen on Apple's campus since before Summer. If I had to guess, he wants to leave Apple, but is staying on either until some unspecified product reveal or because he has to wait-out stock options or something.

applecarcont 10y ago
He wasn't at the Fall iPhone event iirc...
- ibero 10y ago
  he was. you can see him chatting with Stephen Fry in the background of this product shot. http://imgur.com/a/f8lt9 http://imgur.com/a/f8lt9
hiringmanager 10y ago
Apple Kremlinology is a hobby of mine. I have seen a lot of little data points that support your hypothesis. Ive has a house in London, his family is in England. He brought in a major designer recently-a friend that was played off as a partner, but might well have been him naming his replacement. He does not appear in any keynotes, but does appear in videos- or used to. This is in decline as well. (which is good because he was getting stale. "we stripped it down to the essential of what is a [timepice/phone/car] and once you remove what's unnecessary blah blah". I believe that a creative type like him has trouble operating under the demands of a corporation like Apple at that level, and that he did so for so long because his collaboration with Jobs was very intense and personal, and that this is not something he can have with Cook. Under Cook he is supposed to be the one who replaces Jobs in that role (while Cook is an execution guy.) I believe he is participating and staying around only so long as necessary to get things ready for him to leave. He's earned a retirement and some time to follow interesting design work that is not relevant to Apple's business.