Comments on: iPhone 3G S draws attention away from Steve Jobs

By: phil

phil — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:22:42 +0000

Ridiculous. Apple wanted to release the iPhone 3GS as soon as they could. If the plan was to release in July, you think they can just one day say a few months in advance say “hey all you carriers, manufacturers, marketing dept, distributers….” we are dropping the thing 1 month early.

you either have no clue how business works or are a troll.

By: John Baxter

John Baxter — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:50:03 +0000

As I’ve asked elsewhere, what part of “the end of June” does the media not understand?

If he had done anything more than a cameo from home, he would have had to start work on it at the latest by early May (and that would have been shorter than his usual show prep cycle).

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:47:30 +0000

Apple is the only company I know of which gets dinged for doing exactly what they say they will do. When July 1 arrives and no Jobs, then this is an issue, not before.

Apple is using this opportunity to roll out the new Apple, with Jobs in a reduced roll, and to demonstrate that it can and will operate without Jobs in the future.

By: pat fisher

pat fisher — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:49:24 +0000

I think this was done on purpose for him to not show up. If Steve Jobs is doing just fine now, it’s best to take the attention away from him and how he is linked to the company.

Now people can see the company runs fine without him and don’t associate him with the company.

The face of the company is the Apple logo and it should be.

By: Steven Fisher

Steven Fisher — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:19:50 +0000

Have to agree with James that the timing isn’t that unusual. That doesn’t mean I don’t think Apple thought about it, but they didn’t have to do anything to get this effect. All they had to do was decide it was the effect they wanted and not change anything.

By: james

james — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:39:40 +0000

Nothing unusual about the timing; the original iPhone was released in June and updates have been spaced about a year apart.

And the iPhone isn’t a new product, it’s just an update. Steve may want to save his public re-appearance for something more dramatic, like unveiling the widely rumored tablet Mac.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:30:33 +0000

That kind of thing wouldn’t distract m…

Squirrel!

By: The Klondike Kids

The Klondike Kids — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:23:32 +0000

It all about the strategy … and of course having everyone co-operate, which you all did until now.