Are you sure about that? Sounds like something Apple would say about a product they don't offer, right up until they offer it. Just like they mocked non-iPad sized tablets until they released the iPad Air.

It doesn't mean Apple or Jobs believed any of it, just that they'd say anything to pretend competitors were clueless. It seems very un-Apple to say "yes, X feature is a good idea, our competitors have it but we weren't able to deliver it for this product cycle".