kidrock2199

When Steve Jobs died, I HOPED Apple would continue to be great. I wanted it to so bad. But had a feeling it wouldn’t. I knew the moment Scott Forstall was let go that Apple was already changing. I know he wasn’t well liked there, but he knew his shit. Why do you think Steve kept him around? Like a lot of businesses in America, the higher up people don’t know the first thing about their companies products. They’re only there cause they’re good and making the bottom line appealing.

I know of companies that completely went under from being on top because “this guys got great ideas and will continue to grow the business.” “Don’t worry, nothings changing.” My ass. Shit ALWAYS changes for the worse after a new boss comes in. I never stay at companies long after a boss or CEO shift. I left 3 businesses the moment a new boss was brought in and after hearing from colleagues later, it was the right move EVERY time. They said EVERYTHING  changed and were miserable.

Tim’s a great numbers man. But has no interest in the way the products are designed. You need an artist at the top. THEN a numbers guy in the #2 spot to keep the company humming along on all cylinders. Steve picked the wrong guy (again) Tim should’ve stayed in the #2 spot. They’ve lost a ton of talent since Steve died. The ones who willingly left, I know their pain. 

Xed said:

That would've been tragic had he been in the US and on AT&T.

Actually, it depends on where you are. I've had them all since 1996. Down here in south Florida, you can't beat AT&T's/Cricket's service. Back when the iPhone was still new, I couldn't understand why so many people were complaining about then-Cingular's service and requesting it to be available on Verizon's network. Verizon was crap! Everyone I knew with iPhones were very happy with their service. More recently, my wife for a time had a Verizon iPhone that her work gave her and she hated the service. So apparently, they're STILL crap. That HD Voice from AT&T is really amazing! The person on the other end sounds like they're right next to you and I never lose a signal.

This is cool. So how do we know if we have this and how do we set it up? I travel a lot for work and this would come in very handy. 

I wouldn’t do it. I like owning things rather than renting, leasing or borrowing. I HATE owing money to anyone and always pay off loans early. I don’t mind at all paying $1,500 for a top line iPhone or $2,600 for a laptop and use it for several years before selling it or trading up to a new one. I’m still on the 11 Pro Max, a late 2015 MBA and an early 2011 iMac! My iPad Air 2 was slowing down big time and running out of space so I bought the 4th gen Air when it came out. I’m actually a month or so away from purchasing a new 24” iMac cause I love that green! 🤗 And it’ll be a fully specked out model since I’ll probably be keeping that for another 10 years. 

spock1234 said:

kidrock2199 said:

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

What happened to liquid metal? Wasn't that supposed to be very light and very strong?

Apple can’t use it. That technology is owned by Cyberdyne Systems. 

Perhaps Apple could have Siri negotiate a deal with SkyNet! 🤣

Or just acquire them all together! A terminator with an M1 Ultra chip and next generation neural engines 😱