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Gurman: Apple leadership views its initial AI rollout as a disaster
“I think they recognize that it's been a disaster. I mean, still the biggest thing to me is they were completely caught off guard by, ah, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, back at the end of 22, into twenty-twenty-three”
Gurman: Meta's display glasses are 2-3 years ahead of Apple's
“I have the Ray-Ban displays that Meta gave me to test out. Those are amazing. And they're like two, three years ahead of whatever Apple's got.”
Gurman: Apple can copy any consumer hardware OpenAI builds
“In terms of Apple worried, I think Apple looks at this as something where they can be a fast follower. I don't, I think there are hardware products that OpenAI can bring to market that are innovative before Apple, but I don't think there's a product out there …”
Gurman: Apple's initial Apple Intelligence rollout was a terrible service
“Launched this terrible AI service, Apple Intelligence, that didn't really work well. And what they found out is that it didn't resonate with customers as much as prior iPhones.”
Gurman: There is no significant market for Apple's iPhone Air
“I don't think that there's a significant market for it. You see, Apple, because of their large numbers, have reinvented what a significant market is. For Apple, the iPhone Air is not a significant market.”
Gurman: Moving to titanium on iPhone Pros was a big mistake
“Aluminum dissipates heat so much better, and it was like a big mistake that they moved to titanium with the 15 pro and 16 pro lines a couple of years ago.”
Gurman: Apple has done a terrible job marketing the Vision Pro
“I also think they've done a pretty terrible job marketing it, because I'm ingrained in this ecosystem more than anyone else I know, and probably most people in this world, and despite the fact that I've had a Vision Pro, despite the fact that I'm totally tuned…”
Gurman: Snap should partner with Google rather than develop SnapOS
“In my mind, they might be just better off sort of lowering their R&D on these things by focusing on their hardware, partnering with a company like Google, and putting their own social layer over Android XR, but obviously they have their own SnapOS.”