Ondrej Holzman On Tuesday, the new keynote iPhones 6 a 6 Plus featured Phil Schiller, payment service Apple Pay took charge of Eddy Cue. A privilege to show the world Apple Watch CEO Tim Cook kept to himself - and he was bursting with enthusiasm. After the presentation, he admitted that this was the moment he had been waiting for for many years.
"If there was a lot of emotion in my voice today, it was because we've all been waiting a long time for this day," he said Tim Cook after the keynote for USA TODAY. "The people at this company are doing the best work of their lives, the best work Apple has ever done."
[do action=”citation”]We have all been waiting for this day for a long time.[/do]
For three years in the position of executive director - a position he took over from Steve Jobs - he had to endure constant pressure and the words of critics who questioned his ability to lead such a giant company towards further success. On Tuesday, Tim Cook showed that Apple is in full force and ready to face the competition with three major new products.
However, Cook himself does not take the introduction of iPhones with a larger display or the unveiling of a potentially revolutionary watch as an answer to critics. "To be really honest, I don't think about it that way, I think about Apple," he said, assuring that what mattered to Apple before is just as important to the company now, which is to do things right, not to be the first.
“We didn't make the first MP3 player, smartphone or tablet. But you can say that we made the first modern MP3 player, smartphone and tablet. And I think we're making the first modern smart watch now. From this point of view, history repeats itself," Cook is convinced. “Once people look at them, it's a bit hard to buy anything else. They immediately define a category.”
Although Apple came up with the watch only now, when other manufacturers had already released the first versions of their own wearable devices, Cook revealed that they had been considering the watch at Apple for years. Work on them began after the death of Steve Jobs. Also, iPhones with larger displays did not appear in the last year, Apple discussed them for the first time four years ago.
"It's an incredible opportunity for us to force people to switch from Android to iOS," the head of the Californian company, which has avoided similarly large displays for years, says quite frankly about iPhones with 4,7- and 5,5-inch diagonals. "So yeah, this is impressive," he added.
Yes. You first discussed larger iPhones four years ago, and you only started making watches after Steve Jobs died. For a simple reason - he would kick the door with you with both.
So when the watch or its future mutations are part of that Apple TV that Jobs talked about before he died, that he finally figured out how to do it, what will you say? How many times did Jobs himself claim something in one presentation, and then suddenly claim that the opposite was much better?
Jobs made it clear on more than one occasion that the iPhone would never be larger than 4″ to be usable. So not "would set out" but "set out".
yes, just like he said that there is no need for video support on the iPod, because no one will ever watch a video on a flat LCD or that iTunes should remain exclusively on Macs.... You smart people who take him in your mouth should read his biography, Steve really listened to the opinions of others and if someone had arguments, he was convinced
None of you knew Steve Jobs, neither did I, and therefore none of us can know what he would have done. Anyway, here you present Steve Jobs as someone who would never make a bad decision. They were few, but there would surely be a few mistakes under his leadership. Jobs is no longer here (unfortunately), so let's stop speculating about what he would have done or not, we'll never know anyway.
Jobs was such an unpredictable person that he strongly contradicted himself several times in history. Watch this video:
http://youtu.be/qr_KxouI8Zs
Jindra, stop acting like you knew Steve. Neither do I. But read a book about him and then you will realize that many successful Apple products were pushed through by people at Apple despite Steve, who originally disagreed.
"Steve by this and this" has been creeping up my throat lately. You don't know at all what he would do with it and that's what made him different. That's why he always managed to surprise…
Let's stop idealizing Steve, although he was great, he was also only human. A great person who is no more, and who personally put Apple in the hands of Tim Cook. And if Cook was trusted by Jobs, I don't know why we should rate him.
And if it was a mistake to give the helm to Cook, it was Steve's mistake, that must also be realized.
In my personal opinion, any criticism or enthusiasm is only possible after a month of trying out the watch and at least a week of trying out the new iPhone.
Then it remains to be seen how far apple holds its position: we take what people already use and make it something they will enjoy using.
Finally, as the article says: the iPhone was not the first smartphone.
I remember my HTC Touch, or whatever it was called…I think I had it as a hot new thing before the iPhone came out. It ran on the horrendously ugly WindwsMobile 5.6, or something like that. And yes, you could make calls from it, there was a calendar, email synchronization and other things of a smart phone. The controls were completely touch-sensitive, there were only 2 buttons on the entire phone for receiving and ending the call. So philosophically it was quite close to the iPhone and I would say that HTC came up with it before Apple. Or it was definitely already developed before the arrival of the iPhone.
It was possible to use it, but you gnashed your teeth a lot, if you didn't really suffer.
Then the iPhone came and you not only used it much better, more efficiently, without constant freezing and with a proper touch screen, the main thing is that you LOVED USING it! Well, at least I like using it for years.
Hmm - he indirectly revealed that they didn't make bigger and even bigger iPhones because it would be better to use (as they always presented their products), but only to sell as much as possible and take people away from the competition. Sad and pathetically aligned. At the same time, in my opinion, it was enough to leave the small and the large and everyone would be satisfied.
I understand that they have to make statements like that, but if someone wanted to wear an unsightly rectangle on their arm, they would have bought a Galaxy Gear a long time ago.
The Apple Watch definitely cannot be called an "ugly rectangle". I really like their design, and a watch with a rounded display in combination with one of those beautiful bands definitely does not look like an "ugly rectangle" on the hand. The Moto 360 looks nice on the internet, but check out how it looks on the wrist! Also, I don't like their software, which just doesn't fit the round design. If the Apple Watch were round, functions such as the notification center or widgets would disappear, which would bother me quite a bit.
In addition, the Moto 360 seems to have a lousy battery, which is why they are so thin, and a slightly thicker ring would certainly not look as good. Maybe that's why Apple chose this format, and we can only hope it was to improve battery life.
The best thing is that Apple Watch with its design can be used not only as a sports watch, but also as a fashion accessory. Just change the belt. I really can't imagine running with the Moto 360 on my hand...
In short, some people may not like the Apple Watch, but I like it a lot and I thank Apple for creating something as wonderful as the Apple Watch.
Jesus, that's amber. Jobs would be tearing his hair out if he had any. The watch is completely naked, but at least thanks to it we can recognize the real apple ichthyly. Disappointment to the maximum even from phones. Why make me buy a paddle when I want better gear? I want a normal size with the same good equipment. Why choose from a cloud of watch variants when they could only make two proper versions? Who will send emoticons or their heartbeat to whom. Are you warm to your friends?
So what's new this year?
1. Pay God, a bigger iPhone for which we can thank competition from Samsung.
2. The watch is useless, good except in America for payment, from which Apple will get a tip.
Trááááá and that's all!
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