tomasulu

canukstorm said:

cornchip said:

inplainview said:

Best non-biased review I’ve read here in a long time. For a couple hundred more you could get a ________________. I think Apple has lost their way here. While the integration into the Apple ecosystem is great, the price is simply a money grab and an insult to the Apple faithful. 

I feel as if I’ve read this exact sentence 1976 times. 

Apple. Losing their way since 1976™ 

Hyperbole much? He / She is obviously talking about the AirPods Max and not Apple as a company. Apple is not infallible. They have had product failures in their 40+ years as a company.

tmay said:

tomasulu said:

Despite claiming to have laser focus, Apple decided to make frivolous halo products like the $1000 monitor stands, $700 wheels, and $500 nano surface... while scrimping on key components. This so called rumor just reinforced what I suspect - Apple is now all about marketing and no longer customer satisfaction. 

You would be incorrect.

Apple doesn't have to compete on features alone because it has very little competition from Android OS device makers, all because of it customer satisfaction. Going back years, Apple has almost always been behind in screen size, cameras, arcane features, and lately, 5G. It has almost never been an actual marketing problem, and that's because the iPhone has such a long life cycle, and maintains a high trade in value, that most customers are not worried about whether Apple has the latest and greatest features that Android OS devices have; they can always wait for another release cycle or two for particular features.

Apple has undisputed reign in SoC's, and because Apple has such a tight integration with its OS variants and hardware, it can work off a very long roadmap of product development. Apple doesn't need to have the very same features at the very same time as Android OS device makers, and will add these as it makes sense in terms of value and ubiquity in the iPhone product line.

I would leave you with this analysis from Horace Dediu:

http://www.asymco.com

See top article

SpamSandwich said:

tomasulu said:

rattlhed said:

tomasulu said:

Apple used to have the best tech and components because they sell at a premium and customer experience is not sacrificed at the altar of profiteering. 

But like the Apple before jobs second return, im starting to have pangs of envy comparing its products against the competition. I think it’s safe to say that iPhones, at least on the hardware side, is falling further and further behind the likes of Samsung Xiaomi Huawei and OnePlus flagships. The Apple se is not even competing on the same weight class as Google pixel 4a. The ugly notch, thick bezel, small battery, average still cam with weak zoom, terrible selfie cam, Face ID that’s so inconvenient in our masked up world, average screen, etc. And now they want to nickel and dime its customers just to include 5g which was available for more than a year in some cheap android phones?! I think this is the year for me to finally make the switch to Android. 

I agree.  Although my plans won't be to switch to Android, I will be hanging on to my 11 Pro for this year's upgrade cycle if the leaks are true.  I do have phone envy, very strong phone envy with all the flagships coming out.  Gorgeous 120hz screens, pinhole cameras, edge to edge bezels, subsonic fingerprint readers (yes, I really miss fingerprint unlock) super quality cameras (though Apple's cameras are probably the best feature).  These flagships are making the iPhone look like tech from 4 years ago.  I love my Apple products but man I wish they would get off their ass and blow us away.  Why the hell can't they do 120hz?  A $2 Trillion company can't do that?  5G is the least important feature for the next cycle of phones in my opinion.  

Won’t be easy for me to switch, I am invested in iCloud, Ipad, MacBook, Apple watch and AirPods pro. But I will get an android as a spare phone and work to take myself off the Apple ecosystem over time. It’s at that point where you feel a company has gotten arrogant fat and lazy and takes its customers for granted. 

A decision made based on a shaky rumor? I don’t think so. You were going to get an Android phone anyway, weren’t you?