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Comment by lm28469 | Hacker News Reader

The weird thing to me is that people forget every failed Apple product and live in a bubble in which every new Apple toy is a hit.

They had as many fails as success, we just forgot about them entierly

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I realize that they have had many failures in their long history but it seems like they have been on a roll since the iPod release 22 years ago. Do you know of any product flop from Apple in the last two decades? I'm genuinely curious.

- AirPower. That was straight-up cancelled. - The larger HomePod was pretty crap. - Butterfly switch failures - Apple Maps was garbage upon first release - Ping was 13 years ago, but it was one of those things that everyone knew was doomed to fail - The trashcan Mac Pro was not really made for professionals. I don't remember many selling.

Thanks for replying! I hadn't heard of half of the items on this list which I think kind of proves GP's point.

How quickly we forget the debacle of the Apple Maps launch, which forestalled the CEOship of Scott Forstall.

Sales flops:

iPod HiFi iPhone 5C HomePod

And engineering failures:

Trashcan Mac Pro Airpower

There's not many but there are a few.

I don't see this as one of them. The only thing thats an issue is the price. The tech looks streets ahead of everyone else. With time the price will come down and the features will grow like all Apple products.

Have there really been many failed Apple products since Steve’s return? As many failures as wins?

There were failures during Apple’s 80s/90s struggles but not many come to mind in recent decades.

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