cincytee

I've never been one to say, "If Steve were still here,..." but I look at the clunky camera bump on the back of this, and I wonder if it would have passed his notoriously rigourous minimalist aesthetic. Would there be a more subtle solution if the designers had been more pressed? That said, the function of the hardware and the ease of use appear to be pretty strong.

lkrupp said:

aknabi said:

wood1208 said:

Apple gets it but some people don't get it. The days of small screen size phone like 4" are long gone. So called SE2 will be smaller screen than current 5.5"+ iphones but nothing like SE iPhone.

That's like saying roadsters are long gone... the smallest car that's needed to be built is a crossover SUV  

Apple has no incentive to satisfy your craving. Why should they? But hey, blather on brother.

It's not blather, it's a Whovian declaration that "we are here." You're right that it doesn't mean there are enough Whos in Whoville to justify a specific product from Apple, but that doesn't invalidate the preference for a smaller form.

Considering the amount of software Apple creates -- can't really say sell in most cases -- I've always thought the organization was rather scattershot. I hope the rebirth of Claris also marks a rebirth of focused Mac (and iOS and iPad OS and watchOS and tvOS) software. There's a market for well-designed consumer and prosumer business software, and it seems as though a single software operation ought to be able to deliver it more effectively and with more consistent look and feel. It can still be an Apple subsidiary so that the products can be offered for free to Apple product buyers, but it may be more creative as its own entity. As another ClarisWorks fan -- it had all the features I needed, organized well for users, and in a small memory footprint -- I hope this could lead to the iWork applications' return to the Claris family, too.

gatorguy said:

FWIW I've still not ever seen an Apple Watch in the wild either... 

The early generations I saw only rarely. These days, I see them all over the place, and on people who otherwise would not appear to be trendsetters. They're fast becoming a mainstream consumer product.

Tommyboy711 said:

Companies with integrity are coming back - Microsoft ....

You had my attention until right ... here.