Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again
by friedegg on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @05:50PM
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I guess it depends on how you define innovative. The iPad was unveiled in January 2010, and while there were other tablets before it, and it was similar to the iPhone, it has now started to replace a regular computer for many people.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again
by vannevar on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @06:01PM
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True, but the Microsoft Surface came three years before the Pro. And even if the iPad Pro were dominant, the iPhone and iPad are so closely related as products that counting the iPad 'innovation' is double-dipping a bit.
Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again
by dkonofalski on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @06:46PM
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That's like saying that a bathtub and a swimming pool are the same thing because they both hold water.
Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again
by vannevar on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @07:00PM
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No, I'm not suggesting they're the same thing. But size alone is not innovation, in swimming pools or iPads. There just isn't enough distinction to say that the iPad is innovative compared to the iPhone. Internally, in fact, the iPad came before the iPhone, and inspired it.