They did a lot of background work getting the OS and UIKit and developers up to speed for supporting multiple device sizes - necessary for introducing bigger screens - and I would suggest that played a large part in making the 6 successful. People weren't getting a crappy scaled experience from the apps they already knew.
This is mostly a tongue-in-cheek comment, but the broader point is that of course Apple has "innovated" since the original iPhone, iPad, iWhatever. In some big ways, and in some small ways. But so have other players in the industry. Apple has borrowed some good ideas from them, just as they have borrowed good ideas from Apple.
However saying Apple hasn't innovated since those original announcements is so hilariously ludicrous.
http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-mate-s-force-touch-ha...
It's okay to live inside a ecosystem, but don't pretend to know what happens outside it.
Force touch on Android will never get anywhere until it's specifically supported by Google (who unless I'm mistaken, haven't included it in M), and the install rate is high enough to make it worthwhile. I'm sure more OEMs will include it, but individually they won't have the clout to make it go anywhere.
It's a bit like the argument around NFC. My Nexus 6 has it, but until M is released with Google Pay, it's pretty much useless. Apple waited until they had a compelling use-case, and only then included it. I would not be surprised if the use of NFC is far higher on iOS than Android.
I can use Google Pay in the future with my over 2 years old device. Apple users have to buy a new iPhone for that.
Basically, they saw the Apple Watch, and kinda cribbed together a rough copy of it, and jammed it into a phone.
Shocking, I know, as Android OEM hardware hacks are always done as cohesive, full-thought implementations.
I didn't know IFA 2015 was few months ago.
Preference or bias? No random person commenting on Hacker News is obligated to be unbiased. We're allowed to have preferences still right? My preferences might be different depending on different contexts. I rarely order cocktail sauce to put on my chocolate ice cream but I also rarely order whip cream to put on my shrimp. That doesn't make me bias against cocktail sauce or whip cream.