Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones

Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones by athrun on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @12:38AM (#18862560)

Well, Tim Cook is not Steve Jobs.

He is a different human being, with his own set of skills (and flaws) and that's OK.

He certainly does not "just write emails".

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Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones by eloisant on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:53AM (#18863588)

Tim Cook was COO. Steve Jobs had the vision, and Tim Cook know how to execute it.

Now Steve Jobs is gone, Tim Cook still knew how to make products into real stuff that can be shipped to customers but there is noone to give him a vision.

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Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones by beforedawn on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @12:45AM (#18862592)

He does. In a technical way and re to what he is doing with a computer. He uses emails to delegate and thus does more but this is not what this discussion is about.

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Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones by athrun on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @01:09AM (#18862689)

Ah, got your point.

I'd even argue that as a CEO, he probably doesn't even interact with a laptop all that much at work as I imagine he relies heavily on a team of personal assistants.

In that context, he might be an avid user of the iPad. As the result, the iPad might be the perfect device for all sorts of high ranking tech executives. Turns out you and I are just not the target market :)

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