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Originally Posted by chucker
Of those, the ones where a serious argument can be made that Apple has been "matched and or surpassed" are Siri and iCloud. That's it.
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Apple has introduced Siri, Touch ID, Apple Pay, the world's first 64-bit mobile chip, retina laptops, retina desktops, retina tablets, EarPods, the Apple Pencil, 3D Touch, Lightning, and iCloud.* They've redesigned the MacBook Pro twice, ditched skeuomorphism, and made the fastest processors in the most competitive segment year after year after year. And they've made tons of "incremental" but huge improvements to their cameras, their flash storage, their radios, their durability…
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TouchID. Literally a USB add-on for any laptop.
http://www.itouch.id/
Apple Pay
Android Pay
retina laptops
Here are 12 ~ 13 machines with better displays.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Bes....120541.0.html
retina desktops
Any high end monitor with 300 ppi or better will equal or surpass this.
retina tablets
Those they're doing pretty well on.
Granted, the competition has both 'retina' ppi, and OLED displays for less.
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Venue-70...ds=oled+tablet
EarPods
Aren't they just wireless headphones via blutooth? Is there something unique about them?
Apple Pencil
Again, isn't this just a copy of already existing products on the market?
3D Touch
This was Apple. Good for them. Already in Android.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/3D-To...Nougat_id87958
Lightning
Promoted and dropped in that time frame. Typical Apple.
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They've redesigned the MacBook Pro twice
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They are still the same design, they've just removed a bunch of ports and soldered everything to the mainboard since the first iterations.
The MacPro was a redesign. The the notebook/desktop line hasn't had a real redesign in years. It's all iterations.
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made the fastest processors in the most competitive segment year after year after year.
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They've done well in this segment, because I think they still care about it. It shows. It's about the only place it shows.
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cameras, their flash storage, their radios, their durability
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So has every phone maker on the planet. That's nothing unique to Apple.
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the ones where a serious argument can be made that Apple has been "matched and or surpassed" are Siri and iCloud. That's it.
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The entire iWork suite, Maps, Aperature vs. Lightroom, iTunes (gotten worse with every revision), Macs are losing headway in the professional Audio world where they used to reign supreme. They dropped their Server OS entirely, dropped their server hardware, they've abandoned their desktop line for 2+ years, and won't even discount the crappy old hardware.