Or they simply wait for a feature to get developed beyond the earliest stages and implement it when it’s a bit more refined. But either way, yeah, they often aren’t the first.
Yeah, that refinement thing is definitely a part of it. To me it seems that in most cases of the delayed features, there wasn’t really that much refinement. I guess some of them were refined, but I can’t think of a good example right now.
They’re rumored to be releasing a folding iPhone this year or next. I remember reading reviews of the first handful of folding phones and all the tradeoffs that went with them. I saw a headline (but didn’t read the article) about a recent folding phone being damn near perfect (or at least exceptionally good) just this month. I don’t remember the manufacturer.
Anyway, that’d be an example off the top of my head. The next would be OLED. And before that, reflective coatings on displays (that one was when Jobs was still alive). There are probably others, but I guess I notice display technology a lot more than other hardware advances.
Ooh, just remembered one: Always on display. Android has had this feature for years, but it was always black and white. However, Apple did it with colors, which looks nicer. Is it more efficient though? Probably not, but I guess apple uses prioritize looks over practicality.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Or they simply wait for a feature to get developed beyond the earliest stages and implement it when it’s a bit more refined. But either way, yeah, they often aren’t the first.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Yeah, that refinement thing is definitely a part of it. To me it seems that in most cases of the delayed features, there wasn’t really that much refinement. I guess some of them were refined, but I can’t think of a good example right now.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
They’re rumored to be releasing a folding iPhone this year or next. I remember reading reviews of the first handful of folding phones and all the tradeoffs that went with them. I saw a headline (but didn’t read the article) about a recent folding phone being damn near perfect (or at least exceptionally good) just this month. I don’t remember the manufacturer.
Anyway, that’d be an example off the top of my head. The next would be OLED. And before that, reflective coatings on displays (that one was when Jobs was still alive). There are probably others, but I guess I notice display technology a lot more than other hardware advances.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Ooh, just remembered one: Always on display. Android has had this feature for years, but it was always black and white. However, Apple did it with colors, which looks nicer. Is it more efficient though? Probably not, but I guess apple uses prioritize looks over practicality.