said by Riamen:said by onebadmofo:said by Riamen:One area that the iPhone leads in is the use of a 64-bit processor and OS. After almost a year on the market it's still the only 64-bit phone.
Think of that. If that's one area that they lead in, once all others bring out a 64bit version, they'll no longer lead in anything.
What makes you think Apple is standing still? They caught the industry flatfooted last year when they introduced a 64-bit phone. Android won't catch up until next year, by then Apple will have had a two year head start.
There are a lot of things I think Apple does better than anyone else and lead in, from ease of use, integration, app quality, etc. They're the only company out there that controls the whole stack. From hardware to software to services. Microsoft and Google don't come close in this regard.
Sorry I meant in the phone market. I know their computers and OS are far superior to MS.
I don't think they're standing still. It seems like they're just sitting on their hands and taking the lazy way out, hoping the name just keeps selling the product.
They changed how phones are, point blank. No other phone out there had a touch screen at the time. And if some did, it was in no way as sophisticated or responsive as Apple's. Back then I got the 3G and everyone thought is was so "futuristic" with a touch screen and thought 200 bucks was a lot for a phone. Which back then it was, since most phones were 60 to 80 bucks. And there were a lot of people who thought touch screens would go away and preferred the physical keyboard as to touch.
But apparently Jobs said screw it, and guess what, people bought it. Companies copied it. Competition grew. And now the competition is pretty much nipping at the heels of Apple. Yes Apple has the build quality that isn't match by the competition (not that I know of anyway) And that is something that will probably always sway me into buying the next iPhone. But they DO have to think more like Jobs did. Ya know, with that "fuck it" attitude. they should have came out with the bigger screen first. they should have came out with the watch first.
Don't let the competition beat you to your own idea. Don't copy the competition. Make the competition copy you.
Without Jobs, it seems they don't know how to do this. They seem scared to make the leaps Jobs used to do.