Apple After Steve Jobs

Change as Innovation: How do you know?

People saying that Apple didn’t innovate with the iPhone 5 are so clueless. They look at iPhone 5 pictures dans say: meh? They have to hold it an feel it before making any judgement. 

If Samsung is so “rapidly innovating” maybe it is because their original smartphones were so crappy and in need of major improvements. Who knows.

When does a device change is seen as an innovation instead of just a mere improvement? Where do you draw the line? 

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On real innovations

Here is a great piece that I wish I could have written myself.

What is innovation? Adding a stylus to a tablet. What is innovation again? Creating a software trick so that a few apps can be executed in a split screen mode. What is innovation again, please? Creating a plethora of devices in many different sizes. What is real innovation? Spending pile of cash shouting out loud about the next big thing. All of this is innovation.

Again, go and follow the link to find out what others are saying about innovation.

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What have you done for me lately?

Spot on article “

The Market Wants Apple to Unveil a Time Machine” by Dan Pallotta. 

If you want a brilliant lesson in focus and discipline, watch Tim Cook right now. Some investors are dissatisfied with Apple. I think it’s more a case of their being dissatisfied with their own lives and expecting that Apple’s next product will fix everything. The constant refrain is that Apple has not introduced a disruptive product since Steve Jobs passed away. It’s as if they want Apple to unveil a happiness device and they won’t be happy until it does.

Most people winning about Apple’s latest performance just don’t have a clue of what they are talking about. Period. It takes a few steps back to get the whole pictures. 

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“Why do we expect a “revolutionary” new phone every year or two? Is the 2012 BMW “revolutionary” compared with the 2011 versions? When’s the last time someone came out with a PC that was substantially different from its predecessors? It’s mostly been incremental upgrades, with maybe a big jump every 5-10 years or so (like the first iPhone came out). In what industry do we expect such quick innovation cycles?”

Found in TheVerge’s Apple Core Forum. Topic: Our hopes for iOS 7

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On Apple's few myths

1. Without Jobs, Apple doesn’t know how to think outside the box.

How can someone think that a company like Apple relies on a single man like Steve Jobs in order to innovate? Writing things like that shows how much one cannot really understand how Apple works. 

2. Apple’s innovation days are numbered.

Yep. Just like everyone’s life. Simple truth. But, who really care right now? Apple is still pushing really hard for hardware innovations. It shows. Just look at the iPhone 5 or the new iMac. 

3. Apple wants to control everything — still.

Yes and no. They can control their agenda. They won’t let anyone dictate what is important or isn’t. So yes, they want full control. Yes the iOS ecosystem is a curated one. The iBookstore is also a curated one. This is part of Apple’s DNA to offer a cohesive, integrated user experience. In order to achieve that, you have to control quite a few things. But hey, look at the rumors for the past year about the iPhone 5. They lost control of the supply chain for sure. 

4. Apple doesn’t truly care about working conditions at the plants in Asia that produce its products.

Apple care as much as the general population do. If we really wanted to care, those jobs would be in the US. Not in China. And you know why. 

5. Apple’s growth isn’t sustainable.

Yep. Doesn’t take an economist to confirm that.

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