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How is releasing the iPhone 7 which is port-wise incompatible with the new MBP a "best business decision of any company" when they clearly knew the product timetables?

The Google Pixel phone is better suited for the new MBP than the iPhone.

I think there are serious leadership problems at Apple and these sorts of incompatibilities among their own products is a symptom.

I'm stuck on my late 2011 MBP because every model after it is failing at the 'professional' part by removing ports and upgradeable/swappable components. USB-C is nice and all but it's not sufficient as the only port (and with only 3 of them left while charging).



I'm not saying every single decision they've made has been the best. I'm saying that on the whole their decisions have been among the best as demonstrated by their dominant market position and insane growth and profits over the past 16 years.


>> as demonstrated by their dominant market position and insane growth and profits over the past 16 years

If you go back that far - then yes. More recently? Not so much:

Apple's iPhone Share Continues To Slip In The US And Japan

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2015/06/30/apples-iph...

Apple's Smartphone Profit Share Slipping Vs. Samsung

http://www.investors.com/news/technology/click/apples-smartp...

Latest Gartner/IDC data shows Apple PC market share & shipments slip, Macs fall behind ASUS globally

https://9to5mac.com/2016/07/11/apple-market-share-shipments-...




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