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Apple got tablets right, and created a whole new market with the iPad 12 years ago today
Yes, seems like that was the last time Apple surprised people with a product that was cheaper than anticipated. And up through the iPad Air2 you could get the base iPad at $499 and the prior years at $399 making for very reasonable pricing. Unfortunately Apple then decided to lengthen the upgrade cycle and move users to the iPadPro at a higher price point (yes I know the $329 iPad exists but its basically using 2 years old tech).anome said:I think there's a key piece of the puzzle missing from the article. A lot of pundits were convinced the iPad was going to cost over US$1000, or US$800 at a bare minimum. Some of this was pure speculation, some based on experience in developing similar devices. Partly, this was because the initial cost for the iPhone was so high. There was genuine surprise when they launched at US$500. It's yet another way everyone underestimated what Apple was doing with iPad, and was another setback for people trying to anticipate how to compete.
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Apple stock claws back to very nearly where it was before the revenue revision
Still far below its high. It may be back before Cooks letter but it had decline a lot before this.rogifan_new said:Yet it’s still in 4th place behind Microsoft, Amazon and Google.
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Apple lays off more than 200 employees from 'Project Titan' autonomous vehicle team
They should leave the Car to a real innovative company - Tesla. Producing the car would mean securing a substantial supply of batteries on the assumption that it would be electric. To break into the market place Apple would probably need some technological break throughs in Solid State battery and Self Driving technologies. Two important areas where Apple appears way behind. It's a little disappointing because I think that Apple has the talent to miniaturize LIDAR even if they are way behind Waymo in software. Not that I have the money to afford a $100,000 vanity project for Jony Ive.hucom2000 said:Maybe they finally accepted that building a car is a bit more complex... than glueing a pice of gorilla glass onto an aluminum case.
Or they realized that leading car manufacturers update their cars regularly... what do you mean, we can’t sell the 2020 model unchanged and for the same price until 2028??
LOL
Looks like Doug Field ran back to Apple too soon.
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After a year, the iMac Pro benefits from better performance, proving its value
Thanks, Great Post.melgross said:
Yeah, we know. But Apple has said nothing for months. This is unacceptable. For the consumer market, that may be fine, but not for the Pro market, where purchases are planned months in advance. I used to buy about 10 new top line Macs every year for my company, relegating the previous top 10 to secondary status, and moving down the line. We, like most other shops, were on a three year plan. Each level was brought down one step each year, until the forth year, when these oldest machines were either given to employees, or otherwise disposed of.Mike Wuerthele said:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/04/05/apple-modular-mac-pro-launch-coming-in-2019-new-pro-group-formed-to-guarantee-future-of-hardwaredougd said:And still no new Mac Pro. Apple sucks
Coming in 2019. It is 16 days into 2019.
apple has made it impossible to carry out any rational schedule. I know of a number of shops which are, or have finished, transitioning over to Windows, buying workstations. Will any of them come back? Maybe some, but Apple is doing irreparable damage to their credibility. At the very least, they needed to update the 2013 Mac Pro every year, but for reasons that are incomprehensible to us, decided not to.
i’m hoping that a good part of the delay is to include PCI 4, coming this year, and possibly Thunderbolt 4, which should be coming at some point. Remember that Intel stated that in a decade, Thunderbolt would be up to 100Gbs. We’re only at 40 now, and from people I speak to, we should expect the next jump to be to a minimum of 60. There are a number of other technologies I’d like to see. Since this will undoubtedly be a very expensive machine, it needs to at the bleeding edge. If it takes a bit more time for that, considering how long it’s already taking, I’m willing to wait, but they really need to say something more on what this will be.
I'm guessing Apple will wait for PCI 4 and Thunderbolt 4 because they talked about implementing new/advanced technology when they make the next MP IIRC. I think they want to make it and then not touch it for 5-7 years.
The Ironic thing is that this is the year with declining iPhone sales where they could really need revenue coming in from sales of a high end Mac Pro. I don't know the real number but it seemed that Mac sales revenue and market share was growing for the 7 years from 2005 to 2012 with regular updates of products close to each year. I would guess the it tripled during the recession. Now it seems like product updates are rarer and consequently growth is growing much slower. Ironic considering the economy began to recover by 2012. I'm sure they wish the new MP was ready now considering the contraction in the iPhone market.
I really believe that Apple could support 3 Pro desktops - 1. iMacPro, 2. Small desktop similar in size to the current MP, and 3. a bigger MacPro like the old cheese grater. Of course they should all be on different design and refresh cycles so each Year brings one new update each year from the Pro group. But I'm not holding my breathe for either of the last two.
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HomePod heads to Hong Kong & mainland China on Jan. 18
Evidently most of America thinks the homePod at $349 is too expensive because since before Thanksgiving Day there have been Sells for $250. Hopefully they release the HomePod at that price so that it stands a chance in China. You would have to pay me to be forced to use a product with Siri which I tend to avoid. Alexa is so much better. I can't wait for John Giannandrea to start changing things.slurpy said:
Utter and complete Horse-shit. Let me guess, you're comparing this to the Google Home mini and Amazon echo, right? Devices that are in no way, shape, or form comparable when it comes to sound quality.mindwaves said:Why in the world is it so expensive? Comparable devices are much, much cheaper, and are very premium as well, as well as including more and better features. Bogles my mind at how expensive some Apple products are. I would never buy such a product even if it was a lot cheaper though. I don't trust always on voice assistants, but if I had a gun pointed it me, I would choose this over any Alexa or Google Voice ones. But because it is so expensive, few people will be wanting to buy one, making Alexa (who basically came out of nowhere) the market leader.
The only comparable products are the Google Home Max, and higher end Sonos devices, and Homepod compares favorably to both in price AND sound quality.
