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Originally Posted by kscherer
It could also be that Ive has shot his wad at Apple; that he cannot see any new design ideas.
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Oh yeah. It does seem like he felt he had nowhere to go. Whether that's career-wise (he wasn't going to be CEO any time soon) or aesthetic-wise (a 1mm thick iPhone wasn't going to happen).
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Originally Posted by kscherer
Thus, he is leaving while at the top of the game. The next design iteration will belong to someone else and, should it fail, it will be their fault, not his.
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Cynical.
Apple should have a new design direction. It doesn't need to be better. (Bubbly fruit colors arguably weren't a good design in a functional sense, but they got people talking!) It just needs to send the message that stuff is happening.