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This hits the nail on the head
But we're now back to what the true 'innovation' (i prefer value) is in Apple phones - the OS / Hardware walled garden.
It's all very well that many phones from Asia have similar innovations but, if you can't buy them here or if they run Android (and you don't want Android) or they're straight out of China, with questionable code included, then where's the value?
Apple put together an undeniably slick package of very high quality tech with super slick software and customer support, wrapped in the most supported OS from a dev perspective. That's their innovation.
Amstrad managed to put email on home telephone before anyone else which was an 'innovation' in terms of tech. Look how that worked out:
Soul-
All fair points, but what do you mean about Sir Alan? He's a highly successful entrepreneur with undeniable business acumen :)
https://twitter.com/lord_sugar/status/626150974177058816Value is the right word in both senses - for consumers or shareholders...
Fox
I don't know what, I'm not a phone engineer!
That's true on the hardware because they don't make it themselves, but that's kinda the point - Asia is coming up with the innovations, Apple just follows.
This hits the nail on the head:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-apple-iphone-breakingviews/breakingviews-new-iphones-take-features-from-asia-and-add-profit-idUKKCN1BO09N?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social