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It interesting how Apple has been able to stay ahead while often being a step or two behind from a technological standpoint (in some areas at least). I think it

It interesting how Apple has been able to stay ahead while often being a step or two behind from a technological standpoint (in some areas at least). I think it goes to show how important it is to have things work in a very seamless way.

gumby 4y ago
Many tech products are still sold on feature lists. Few people care any more. This great (short and funny) internal video from Microsoft was supposed to be a wake up call, but nothing really changed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k The fact that Apple doesn't really play that game seems to drive some people wild.
bobthepanda 4y ago
The real player in this space is Nintendo, which specifically uses commodity hardware in its devices to drive down costs and to my knowledge does not sell consoles at loss the way that MS or Sony do or have done in the past. As I once heard it described, Nintendo is fine to laugh about being a second-rate console all the way to the bank, because while MS and Sony fight out expensive battles to be people’s first consoles, the second console is usually Nintendo.
scotty79 4y ago
Ahead in what? Money they fleeced from US market? Core fanbase satisfaction? I don't think they were technologically ahead in anything in a decade or so. Unless you count inventing new charging ports and removing headphone jack or discovering that screen can have notches and customers still buy it.
- ulfw 4y ago
  unless you count the fast mobile chip year over year for the last decade, developed and designed in-house
  - scotty79 4y ago
    Are they leapfrogging their competition or just keeping pace with the first place going alternatively to Apple and Android chips every generation where simply the newest chip is the fastest?
    - ulfw 4y ago
      When was the last time a Qualcomm (let alone an Exynos or Kirin etc) was faster than the Ax of that year? I can't even remember. Any ideas?
      - scotty79 4y ago
        I don't know, but assuming the answer is never I got response to my original question. Apple is ahead in the amount of money they fleeced from US market, core fanbase satisfaction and CPU speeds. That's not nothing.
kergonath 4y ago
Apple has always been “behind” on some aspects and “ahead” on others. It boils down to the fact that they have their own priorities, which are different from what Android OEMs like to emphasise, which are also different from what people on Teh Interwebz like to go on about.
Krasnol 4y ago
> stay ahead while often being a step or two behind Yeah, good advertising can make even those sentences a valid statement.
- osigurdson 4y ago
  You dropped “from a technological standpoint” from the parent comment. Removing words from a sentence changes the meaning.

gumby 4y ago

Many tech products are still sold on feature lists. Few people care any more. This great (short and funny) internal video from Microsoft was supposed to be a wake up call, but nothing really changed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k The fact that Apple doesn't really play that game seems to drive some people wild.

bobthepanda 4y ago

The real player in this space is Nintendo, which specifically uses commodity hardware in its devices to drive down costs and to my knowledge does not sell consoles at loss the way that MS or Sony do or have done in the past. As I once heard it described, Nintendo is fine to laugh about being a second-rate console all the way to the bank, because while MS and Sony fight out expensive battles to be people’s first consoles, the second console is usually Nintendo.

scotty79 4y ago

Ahead in what? Money they fleeced from US market? Core fanbase satisfaction? I don't think they were technologically ahead in anything in a decade or so. Unless you count inventing new charging ports and removing headphone jack or discovering that screen can have notches and customers still buy it.

ulfw 4y ago
unless you count the fast mobile chip year over year for the last decade, developed and designed in-house
- scotty79 4y ago
  Are they leapfrogging their competition or just keeping pace with the first place going alternatively to Apple and Android chips every generation where simply the newest chip is the fastest?
  - ulfw 4y ago
    When was the last time a Qualcomm (let alone an Exynos or Kirin etc) was faster than the Ax of that year? I can't even remember. Any ideas?
    - scotty79 4y ago
      I don't know, but assuming the answer is never I got response to my original question. Apple is ahead in the amount of money they fleeced from US market, core fanbase satisfaction and CPU speeds. That's not nothing.

kergonath 4y ago

Apple has always been “behind” on some aspects and “ahead” on others. It boils down to the fact that they have their own priorities, which are different from what Android OEMs like to emphasise, which are also different from what people on Teh Interwebz like to go on about.

Krasnol 4y ago

> stay ahead while often being a step or two behind Yeah, good advertising can make even those sentences a valid statement.

osigurdson 4y ago
You dropped “from a technological standpoint” from the parent comment. Removing words from a sentence changes the meaning.