And the last five years they created or helped create: The Smartphone market The Tablet market The App market The Locationbased market
I was talking recently to someone who knew Apple well, and I asked him if the people now running the company would be able to keep creating new things the way Apple had under Steve Jobs. His answer was simply "no." I already feared that would be the answer. I asked more to see how he'd qualify it. But he didn't qualify it at all. No, there will be no more great new stuff beyond whatever's currently in the pipeline. Apple's revenues may continue to rise for a long time, but as Microsoft shows, revenue is a lagging indicator in the technology business. [1]
Apple seems to me one of the scariest companies in the industry right now. I predict that although they'll give lip service to "building great products" there simply won't be enough executives who believe it like Steve did, and like the vast majority of corporations of their size, they'll prioritize profits over everything else.
All of Apple's products from now through the next year or two was designed and developed when Steve Jobs was alive as was revealed in his biography.
So this idea that Apple is somehow on their way down is ridiculous. Also all of Apple's releases for the last few years have been iterative.
I'm not sure why you think this statement essentially disagrees with grandparent comment. All this says it that there's some backlog. What happens after one year or two?
Still, nothing actually innovative there.
From Wikipedia:
Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments, and society.
You don't think Apple fits that definition?
4.8 Inch Display vs 3.5 Inch Quad core processor vs Dual Core processor 4g vs 3g
And, no lawsuits from Samsung. Who is more innovative, now?
The innovation in a modern handheld device is about so much more than the base hardware spec.
Makes sense to me.
Many talk about fragmentation on Android all the time, just wait and see how much fragmentation, nightmares and hell this Retina resolution would cause to designers.
http://tablettrends.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/the-retina-ipad...
So, according to Steve Jobs, a faster iPad/MacBook/iPhone with a clearer screen is the opposite of innovation. Apple died when the iPad came out, but they can still grow through a strong brand presence and law suits.