If you’ve followed apple for any length of time, you’ve no doubt come across the notion that the company does not rush into adopting cutting-edge technology; Intad, It Waits Until it can do it right.
“We don’t feel an impatience to be first,” CEO Tim Cook Told Bloomberg in 2017. “Our thing is to be the best and to give the user something
But I’mm Starting to Wonder If Something Else is Going on. Sure, a lot of apple’s android competitors have somestimes been accused of throwing features at the wall. These days, thoughts, I think their hardware is often just markedly better –nd it hits the market ear.
There have certainly been time when apple has been wed and knocked it out of the park with its implementation of a new component or product category. Touch id was far faster and more reliable than any previous fingerprint reader. Apple pay was a comprehensive use case for near field communication that worked seamlessly compared with Prior Solutions. The apple watch might not have been perfect at launch, but it was (and is) light years ahead of other smartwatches.
Other Examples Fall Into A Gray Area. Take wireless charging. “Having to create another device you have to plug into the wall is actually, for most situations, more complicated,” Apple Senior VP Phil Schiller Said in 2012. Charging that worked the Exact Same Way, without any particular special special sauce. Today, apple has far the most convenient setup with its magsafe ecosystem, and it has set the bar for the new Qi2 Standard. But that does not change the fact that it was Years behind on the basic functionality.
More recently, there have been cases in which apple is simply late. AI is an obvious example, but camera hardware is more pertinent.
For many years, apple count and did lay claim to have the best phone camera Around. But it’s impossible to make that case today if you have any experience with the top android phones on the market. Some of that comes down to software tuning, but hardware plays an equally big role.