So I upgraded from the iphone 4 to the 5. It turned out to be complete piece of junk. The battery life was horrendous for me, and going by the all the complaints on Apple's forum, I wasn't the only one by a longshot. So for the first time in years, I actually thought about switching away from iPhone, and guess what? I did it.
I got the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and it's incredible in every way. I don't even think about missing my iphone.
And in terms of Apple's other offerings:
I think the resign of iTunes is horrendous and virtually unusable. I think Spotify is totally going to decimate this whole "buying songs" business model that Apple latched on to.
I think the lack of real innovation since Steve Jobs is deeply concerning.
I think iCloud is a joke and virtually useless.
I think that the most useful product in the entire line is the MacBook Air, but virtually nobody actually realizes this.
I think that the gradual shift of turning Mac OS into a big IOS appliance device is a bad move.
I think this whole "Native App" thing is going to be an industry joke in 5 years, to be replaced by better functioning web apps built with HTML5 and beyond, that require no constant updates. Also, finding useful apps on the App Store is virtually impossible.
And to make matters worse, there was a news report last week that kids no longer think that Apple is cool because they are getting hand-me-down products from their parents.
In a nutshell, I think Apple is the new Blackberry of the tech industry. I know they have a pile of cash, but the writing is on the wall and it's only a matter of time before the inevitable fall from grace.
Historically speaking, I'm usually a few years ahead with predictions of this nature. This one will likely be no different but I can tell you with a high degree of certainty that the 15 minutes of fame is coming to an end for this company.