We all remember Steve Jobs as the genius behind world-changing Inca products like the iPhone, iPod or iPad, but the founder of Apple wasn’t always right throughout his life. . Today we review several moments when Steve Jobs was wrong in his decisions or in his statementsThese are moments that are less memorable than successes, but worth knowing.
Cube Power Mac G4
A device set to lead a new era in computer design, but those expectations were not met due to its high price tag. When Jobs introduced it, he did it with an idea: it was a Mac that was between the iMac and the Power Mac G4. A device for more advanced users than those who bought the iMac, but not as professional as those who have opted for the Power Mac G4.
However, the extreme reduction of the components of this device and its compact design made the Power Mac G4 cube will cost $ 200 more than Power Mac G4
Apple tried to soften the weak sales by lowering the price, but it was not enough. A year after its launch, Jobs issued a press release stating that the Power Mac G4 cube had been discontinued.. One of Apple’s most notorious failures.
App Store
Steve Jobs didn’t want anyone to be able to develop iPhone apps and he was against creating an SDK that developers could use to access certain functions of the iPhone. Jobs offered web-apps, applications accessible from the Internet without the need to create software to create applications or a store.
However, this went directly against one of the principles of Apple and of Jobs himself: user experience. Users didn’t like web apps, they weren’t easy to understand and had to be searched for on the internet, where there are a lot of other things as well.
At the end of the work carried out and before the end of 2007, in which the original iPhone was presented, assured that I would create an App Store and everything needed for developers to create native apps for the iPhone.
Ping
“Something like Facebook and Twitter knew about iTunes. It’s a music-based social network
The reasons for the failure were various. On the one hand, the the promised integration with Facebook has arrived, and on the other hand, users described that it was difficult to find their artists. In addition, Hundreds of fake accounts have been created in an attempt to cheat users.
A disaster practically since its launch, which Apple canceled in just 2 years. Although it is true that part of this harp ping operation is present in Apple Music.
“You are wrong”
The iPhone 4 completely revolutionized the market and became Apple’s first bestseller. However, if you held the iPhone 4 in a certain way, the coverage of the device significantly decreased, this is something that happened mostly in the early units.
When he called “antennagate” has been made public, the first step for Apple and Steve Jobs was to deny it. Apple’s CEO himself appeared in a company keynote address avoiding design accountability and saying that it was the users who were to blame
Finally Apple admitted its mistake and compensated users with free coverage that avoided this problem, or even by paying compensation or being able to return the device without a problem.
Screen size
Jobs was convinced of the size they had chosen for the screens of their devices and I wasn’t ready to change the iPhone’s 3.5 inch or iPad’s 9.7 inch. As much as other Apple executives have tried to convince him that an iPad mini with a 7-inch screen or a larger iPhone could be a success.
Until Steve’s death in 2011, Apple maintained this idea. However, In 2012, the company introduced both the 7.9-inch iPad mini and the 4-inch iPhone 5. Even if it is true that Jobs was present in the development of these devices.
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