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Apple is a victim of its own success and its marketing of that success. Google doesn't try to make every product they announce seem like the greatest innovatio

Apple is a victim of its own success and its marketing of that success. Google doesn't try to make every product they announce seem like the greatest innovation since the wheel lost its corners. Apple does. They release a video of Jonny Ive talking about how Apple had to "rethink everything" to produce their latest gadget or idea. This causes the average consumer to be far less forgiving of Apple's mistakes or shortfalls. I love my Apple products but they are not flawless and there are many other products on the market that do many things better or just as well as my Apple products do them. I am not delusional.

dakrisht 14y ago
I love Jony Ive but I'm getting sick and tired of those videos, the same shit over and over again. I agree with your comments - Apple is definitely a victim of its own success. Recently, Apple products have not been as innovative as before (mainly just refreshed and updated product after product) and while I love Apple products, they're just running out of steam. iPhone 5S in June? What on earth are they going to update it with? An A6X and Siri 2.0? They're out of ideas.
- dave1619 14y ago
  If your product brings in $50+ billion in revenue, I'm sure you'll think of some new feature for the next iPhone.
- rahoulb 14y ago
  But this is the same plan Apple has followed for over ten years - the plan that's taken them from "Apple is dying" to "Apple is the 800lb gorilla". Compare an iPod Classic to the original iPod - it's just an iteration on the same design. Compare a MacBook Pro to a TiPowerBook - it's just an iteration on the same design. Compare an iPhone 5 to an iPhone 1 - it's just an iteration on the same design. Apple's innovation comes when they enter a new market (and the innovation is in packaging existing features together in a way that makes you wonder why no-one did it that way before). They don't really do major revisions of existing product lines - not since they scrapped the plastic Macs. EDIT: just thought of the exception: the small iPods (Nano and Shuffle) - they don't really seem to know what to do with those.
randomdata 14y ago
To be fair, the actual Maps application is a vast improvement over the previous revision. If Google would have been able to provide the data to fit into the new interface, I think we'd all be raving about it.
mikeash 14y ago
Agreed. In particular, the new Maps was sold as being nothing short of fantastic when they introduced it at WWDC. At no point did they say anything like, "This is going to be a 1.0 release in a really tough area, so there are bound to be some rough spots. I hope the good parts make up for it, and we're improving the data all the time." It was basically just a long parade of "Apple Maps is Best Maps!" Well, no surprise that people get a bit upset when it turns out to not be the greatest.

dakrisht 14y ago

I love Jony Ive but I'm getting sick and tired of those videos, the same shit over and over again. I agree with your comments - Apple is definitely a victim of its own success. Recently, Apple products have not been as innovative as before (mainly just refreshed and updated product after product) and while I love Apple products, they're just running out of steam. iPhone 5S in June? What on earth are they going to update it with? An A6X and Siri 2.0? They're out of ideas.

dave1619 14y ago
If your product brings in $50+ billion in revenue, I'm sure you'll think of some new feature for the next iPhone.
rahoulb 14y ago
But this is the same plan Apple has followed for over ten years - the plan that's taken them from "Apple is dying" to "Apple is the 800lb gorilla". Compare an iPod Classic to the original iPod - it's just an iteration on the same design. Compare a MacBook Pro to a TiPowerBook - it's just an iteration on the same design. Compare an iPhone 5 to an iPhone 1 - it's just an iteration on the same design. Apple's innovation comes when they enter a new market (and the innovation is in packaging existing features together in a way that makes you wonder why no-one did it that way before). They don't really do major revisions of existing product lines - not since they scrapped the plastic Macs. EDIT: just thought of the exception: the small iPods (Nano and Shuffle) - they don't really seem to know what to do with those.

randomdata 14y ago

To be fair, the actual Maps application is a vast improvement over the previous revision. If Google would have been able to provide the data to fit into the new interface, I think we'd all be raving about it.

mikeash 14y ago

Agreed. In particular, the new Maps was sold as being nothing short of fantastic when they introduced it at WWDC. At no point did they say anything like, "This is going to be a 1.0 release in a really tough area, so there are bound to be some rough spots. I hope the good parts make up for it, and we're improving the data all the time." It was basically just a long parade of "Apple Maps is Best Maps!" Well, no surprise that people get a bit upset when it turns out to not be the greatest.