Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed

Re:Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed by mikece on Monday January 07, 2019 @07:59AM (#18844768)

Or Cook could just listen to the legions of formerly loyal iPhone customers who refuse to buy phones that don't have a 3.5mm plug or require one to use Face ID. Or the Mac users who are eternally pissed off that products are too expensive and under-equipped (Mac mini) or "intentionally broken" (Touch Bar on MacBook Pro) or forgotten (is the Mac Pro ever going to get a hardware update -- or the iPod Touch for that matter?). Innovation is good but don't ditch products that work (iPhone SE, iPod nano) in the name of "innovations" that are proven flops.

Formerly loyal customers are giving Apple TONS of great product ideas but they aren't listening.

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Re:Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed by sbuk on Monday January 07, 2019 @08:30AM (#18844899)

I remeber the same arguments for serial ports, ethernet ports, ADB ports and optical drives. The headphone jack is gone and not coming back to the iPhone.

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Re:Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed by mikece on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:28AM (#18845320)

> The headphone jack is gone and not coming back to the iPhone.

Just like many former buyers of iPhone will not be coming back. Apple can "innovate" all they want, but customers aren't going to blindly buy it.

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Re:Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed by Austin_Conlon on Monday January 07, 2019 @08:15AM (#18844841)

You can turn Face ID off, and Apple publicly stated the Mac Pro is coming in 2019.

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Re:Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed by jvzr on Monday January 07, 2019 @10:07AM (#18845687)

I don't think you could make legions out of iPhone users not wanting Face ID.

I can't say the same for 3.5mm (although I think both groups are misguided).

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