AAPL - Tim Cook - Not very innovative

[NoBias]

And Apple made money on it because Tim Cook was a genius at managing the supply chain. You know Apple (a retail store) has negative working capital! In their last filing they only had 2bn in inventories against 210bn in sales.

Further Apple has a grip on its supply chain unlike any other company which has allowed them them innovate and commercialize jobs products.

Cook may not have the vision of Jobs but he is the reason Apple grew to be what it is today.

Thank you for the clarification... That makes a lot of sense, I stand corrected...

(regardless of the reason, I didn't enter the Apple ecosystem primarily due to the captive marketing, I saw it for what it was very early on) I prefer open source, hence, Android...

Kudo's to Jobs, Cook, Apple engineers and developers, regardless of my personal feelings, they executed their plan flawlessly....

 

[kmiklas]

The camera improvements are great, but realistically, any serious photographer is going to have a "real" camera. The iPhone is good for casual use, or if in a pinch, but doesn't hold a candle to a Canon, Nikon, or the like.

The innovation that I was hoping for was an integrated solar charger.

 

[d08]

The innovation that I was hoping for was an integrated solar charger.

Exactly. Instead Apple offers a headphones that you need to recharge very often. Wires are cumbersome but also offer the best connectivity and quality.
I guess the last somewhat innovative enhancement recently was the fingerprint reader for the phone?

 

[kmiklas]

Exactly. Instead Apple offers a headphones that you need to recharge very often. Wires are cumbersome but also offer the best connectivity and quality.
I guess the last somewhat innovative enhancement recently was the fingerprint reader for the phone?

My concern with the headphones is a practical one: losing them. If my historical treatment of wired headphones is any indication, I can see myself losing one of these in the first three months. At $159 a pair, it's a bit of an expensive loss.

We all know how easy it is to lose little trinkets like this. Think cuff links, earrings, etc.

The wired earphones are relatively cheap at $29/pair, and there's lots of decent-sounding 3rd party brands out there.

 

[felixbocharov]

I take my words about Cook back, the presentation was a disaster. I felt ashamed for the folks who had to deliver the speech 'cause it was so lame. iPhone 7 literally showed nothing new.

 

[felixbocharov]

The camera improvements are great, but realistically, any serious photographer is going to have a "real" camera. The iPhone is good for casual use, or if in a pinch, but doesn't hold a candle to a Canon, Nikon, or the like.

The innovation that I was hoping for was an integrated solar charger.

Yeah Solar Charger would be a game changer, no one will buy iPhone because of the camera.

 

[kmiklas]

This update seems to much ado about the camera. I'm not understanding their target market. Are they trying to photographically compete with standard cameras, and turn the iPhone into something that a pro would shoot with?

Look at the ratings on some of the more popular cameras at the link below. iPhone isn't even in the same ballpark as, say, a Nikon with a Zeiss lens:
https://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Ratings

Also, the iPhone camera doesn't have a lens cap, and so it tends to get fingerprints and other smudges on it when I grab it. I realize that a pro would probably be more careful... but still, it makes me wonder what market they're targeting with this move. In my experience, most iPhone pics are selfies and quick, non-pro shots intended for FB, Instagram, and the like. More serious photographers have a camera bag, often with specialized lenses, each of which costs like $1500 and up.

I think of the iPhone as a "fun" camera. Check out this comparison:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-vs-dslr,review-3386.html

 

[i960]

Also, the iPhone camera doesn't have a lens cap, and so it tends to get fingerprints and other smudges on it when I grab it. I realize that a pro would probably be more careful

Lens don't really work that way BTW:
http://kurtmunger.com/dirty_lens_articleid35.html https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2008/10/front-element-scratches/

 

[kmiklas]

Lens don't really work that way BTW:
http://kurtmunger.com/dirty_lens_articleid35.html https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2008/10/front-element-scratches/

I don't know about this. I find it hard to believe that a smudged lens doesn't affect picture quality.

Perhaps in certain lighting conditions, or in a dingy bar, it might add to the effect. In my experience, there's a weird whitish glow throughout the pic when the lens is dirty.

 

[SunTrader]

I said this LONG before Cramer ever did.
Just for the record.

Rick Munarriz is not Zandy. He can write whatever the F he wants to. If he were that good, he would not be writing over there.

Same can be said, in spades, about Cramsky.