Is Apple going to change mankind in this way again? Will a car, or a home robot, or some magical VR application we can't currently imagine change us all again? Or is it too much to expect a single company to make such sweeping changes to the world more than once?
On top of which I hear Apples got an increasing ratio of career men whose passion is advancement not technology.
On the flip side the innovation cycle under Jobs was roughly 4 years per 'wow'. Many people expect something every year which isn't realistic. The watch did not fire this cycle but maybe the next product will. If it does they only really missed one product release cycle since 1998. Not bad, though the first not under Jobs watchful gaze may say something.
With Jobs' passing, Apple's fanatical devotion to quality and polish looks like it's starting to wear off in some areas. Jobs did a great job staffing with people who could implement his visions superbly but didn't bring in an heir apparent who looks at the world differently and drives the same slavish attention to detail and polish.
It didn't create a new product category but it created the best example of that category.
In 30 years the iPhone will look as clunky as the first black and white television set. I honestly don't know when "modern life" started, but I would rather put it around the first light bulb than the first iPhone.
The iPad Pro has disrupted my work and entertainment flows.
Apple's weak point is web/cloud services but with their deep pockets, I expect that to get better.
Maybe they'll discover God or create a new one. In 2000 years people will eat an apple every Sunday in memory of Apple our Lord and Savior. You could be in the book too, you are already talking like an archangel.
I'm sure apple would make money if they started selling Apple branded TVs (basically a TV with a built in Apple TV box) but it would hardly be a game changer.
Why do you say that? Why don't any of the many (admittedly clunky) PDAs that came before Apple count?
Although currently this 4K video editing on iPads is not working well.
> first in the industry to do something noticeably different.
Apple had better hope that not just competitors in the mobile space, but also in the cloud technologies, playback, and other such spaces, follow suit.
As somebody who worked extensively with AVFoundation-based video editing apps for iOS, I can say with certainty that such ambitions have a long way to go until they're enterprise or even startup-ready. The engineering challenges associated with taking the malformed bullshit Apple calls a "QuickTime media file" into something actually usable at scale is insurmountable for even a very media-knowledgeable dev team.