Friday, December 28, 2012

Is Apple Out of Ideas?

If you have been hiding under a rock for the past 12 years or so, there is a little company called Apple that makes very expensive devices that people buy in droves.
What I have noticed lately is that more and more Apple devices look almost identical, save for dimensions.  All rectangular with that single button in the middle, running iOS.
I think though that the designs that Apple has been coming out with are indicative of a much bigger problem the tech giant is facing, they have no idea what to do next.  Let's face it, the iphone 5 was at best an incremental improvement than a new, blockbuster product.  (Look the screen is finally bigger!  What you've wanted since the 3s!)  The ipad, ipad mini, ipod touch, and the iphone 5 are all incredibly similar and lacking much in the way of a real defining feature other than screen size and a cellular antenna.
The other problem is, is that Apple has an annoying tendency to wait until technology is completely proven and then turn around and tout it as an amazing new innovation(that they "invented" of course")
My prediction for the iphone 5s, faster processor, features that should've been standard anyway, maybe nfc since Samsung is making them look really bad, a $700 price tag.