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I can't see myself being excited about the iPhoneX in 5 generations or the iPad XIV because they will essentially be nothing new. I do believe that Apple is wo

I can't see myself being excited about the iPhoneX in 5 generations or the iPad XIV because they will essentially be nothing new. I do believe that Apple is working on products that are 3-7 years out that are more in-line hopefully with the Google Glass Project. Hopefully some Apple innovation is happening... The concern is that without Apple's founder at the helm the product will continue to fall into the squeal death spiral with the iPhoneX coming out in 2020.

slantyyz 14y ago
I don't know that future iterations of the iWhatever need to excite me though. As a middle aged user, I don't use the advanced or cool features of the iPhone or iPad. Most of my time is spent doing relatively unexciting stuff like Safari, e-mail, calendar, weather, maps and the phone app. Right now, the only thing that really drives me to upgrade my iDevices is when the OS gets too fat and things get slow or crashy, which seems to translate to 3 years.
- mandeepj 14y ago
  "Most of my time is spent doing relatively unexciting stuff like Safari, e-mail, calendar, weather, maps and the phone app." Please tell me what is the exciting stuff then :-) iphone was launched and sold on the basis of these so called unexciting stuff and this is how apple disrupted phone market. I hope I did not get your sarcasm, if it was :-)
  - slantyyz 14y ago
    The exciting stuff? Augmented reality, location based anything, multiplayer gaming, Bump, filtered photography, CPU intensive stuff like iPhoto, iMovie, etc. >> iphone was launched and sold on the basis of these so called unexciting stuff and this is how apple disrupted phone market. Well, that's not so much the case today. Today, it's all about showing off all the wizzy apps in the app store.
runako 14y ago
>> more in-line hopefully with the Google Glass Project I'll go out on a limb and say that Apple is indeed working on products that are 3-7 years out, but that they will not be in-line with the Google Glass Project. Instead, they will be: - available for purchase soon after announcement - address mass market needs/wants - something a salesperson at Bebe would use - likely to be composed of small tweaks to popular products in the marketplace. Taken together, those tweaks will make the products feel revolutionary. Google Glass is none of those, but this is pretty much the template for Apple's resurgence over the last 10+ years.
- startupfounder 14y ago
  It seems like we are moving towards increasingly mobile, technologically seamless, lighter, cheaper, more powerful, less obtrusive technology. Apple did this a few times, Apple II, iPod, iPhone, iPad. I think many people would rather buy a "Glass Project" like product from a product company than an advertising company. VR has been around for quite some time and this has to be something apple is looking at. Google is looking at it in a more academic light, It would be the ultimate Apple product, i, no pod, no touch, no pad, just "i".

slantyyz 14y ago

I don't know that future iterations of the iWhatever need to excite me though. As a middle aged user, I don't use the advanced or cool features of the iPhone or iPad. Most of my time is spent doing relatively unexciting stuff like Safari, e-mail, calendar, weather, maps and the phone app. Right now, the only thing that really drives me to upgrade my iDevices is when the OS gets too fat and things get slow or crashy, which seems to translate to 3 years.

mandeepj 14y ago
"Most of my time is spent doing relatively unexciting stuff like Safari, e-mail, calendar, weather, maps and the phone app." Please tell me what is the exciting stuff then :-) iphone was launched and sold on the basis of these so called unexciting stuff and this is how apple disrupted phone market. I hope I did not get your sarcasm, if it was :-)
- slantyyz 14y ago
  The exciting stuff? Augmented reality, location based anything, multiplayer gaming, Bump, filtered photography, CPU intensive stuff like iPhoto, iMovie, etc. >> iphone was launched and sold on the basis of these so called unexciting stuff and this is how apple disrupted phone market. Well, that's not so much the case today. Today, it's all about showing off all the wizzy apps in the app store.

runako 14y ago

>> more in-line hopefully with the Google Glass Project I'll go out on a limb and say that Apple is indeed working on products that are 3-7 years out, but that they will not be in-line with the Google Glass Project. Instead, they will be: - available for purchase soon after announcement - address mass market needs/wants - something a salesperson at Bebe would use - likely to be composed of small tweaks to popular products in the marketplace. Taken together, those tweaks will make the products feel revolutionary. Google Glass is none of those, but this is pretty much the template for Apple's resurgence over the last 10+ years.

startupfounder 14y ago
It seems like we are moving towards increasingly mobile, technologically seamless, lighter, cheaper, more powerful, less obtrusive technology. Apple did this a few times, Apple II, iPod, iPhone, iPad. I think many people would rather buy a "Glass Project" like product from a product company than an advertising company. VR has been around for quite some time and this has to be something apple is looking at. Google is looking at it in a more academic light, It would be the ultimate Apple product, i, no pod, no touch, no pad, just "i".