Re: What is left to do?
What JayBizzle said is reasonable and balanced. Most of us don't really need more than what he mentioned. As for the additions you mentioned such as water proof, wireless charging, decent speakers, metal chassis, it's not innovation. We know it can be done, but they are obviously not doing it as the cost of the phone would be significantly higher. Also, I think people are sometimes like children who want their desert before dinner not considering the deeper reasons. They don't see why they can't have their desert before dinner, because they don't understand that they will spoil their dinner if they have the desert, and so on. Same with people who are discontent no matter what they have. Our devices already do so much to the point that people are constantly glued to their devices no matter where they are. It's people who haven't learned to be content with their lot in life who always want better things. I'm sure decent speakers would be great, but cost of the phone will be significantly more expensive. So if there are two of the same phone with the difference of the other phone being better speakers, who would spend hundreds of dollars more on that when they can just plug in to a dock stereo speaker and have better sound? And if they want to do it outside?... How many people walk around with their speakers on in public?... In the end, It's like wanting your bmw to transform into a boat. It would certainly be nice but it would probably cost you more than a Ferrari. One would rather buy an actual boat wouldn't he? Don't you think Apple, a multi billion dollar corporation can't brainstorm such simple ideas as that? That's why they don't hire just any Joe out there who has "great" ideas but fails to consider such factors in depth.
Again, I'd like to emphasize that people who keep crying innovation need to realize it's themselves that need to learn to be content with what they have. The smartphone device has reached it's peak. There's really nothing more we so desperately need in our lives that we need a freaking SMARTPHONE to fill that need.
Tim Cook is said to have been "panicking" because Apple can't innovate. I'd panic too realizing that I couldn't live up to people's warped expectations. The problem here is that companies like Apple and Samsung know the smartphone device has reached it's peak but they are so afraid to lose profit they are trying desperately to fulfill the warped expectations of people's wants. Wants that they THINK they need but realize they don't or don't realize what they are asking.
Enabling the phone to mute during sleep hours... do you actually have an iphone? They have a no disturb feature that does that...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
