This so badlyIf it's an electric car, be prepared to face this message:
Nah, they'll make them Pears instead.But, you can buy a disk that turns the car in a mode that makes the car run on windows. And Chinese companies will immediately start to make things called Aplle cars.
That happens, when you let bunch of people who really believe in "PC master race" thing, post on a thread about an Apple product.The hate is strong in this thread
Turn's out this might actually be really happening.
www.computerworld.com/article/2884613/that-apple-car-it-might-be-real-after-all.html
You know, it makes more sense to me when that article points out that the likelihood is that Apple design the car, and then get someone else to build it. I wouldn't buy such a thing myself, but I could see a lot of people that would pay for a Toyota (or whoever) that was designed by Apple.
I'm not so sure the Apple design philosophy translates well to a car, or that cars need that. But it could be interesting.
Haven't we seen enough of these on this thread already?This won't work
Will only take Apple certified parts
Will only charge at Apple charging points that take 10X longer and cost 10X as much as charging it normally
Will break down every time it rains
Will need software updates every 2 weeks
Will not install software updates after 2 years, forcing you to buy their newest model
Every new generation that comes out will be longer and bigger than the predecessorEach year there will be new model
With a facelift each 6 months.
Go over one pothole all the glass shatters and your warranty is void
They will also look the same, same color(silver).
There will be a SUV version called the "Plus"
Just like every other new car generation has been outside of North America, anyway.Every new generation that comes out will be longer and bigger than the predecessor
It doesn't have an exhaust note. To warn pedestrians and other drivers of your presence, it just plays U2 music.
Well, Apple is an easy target for that sort of jokes, largely because the benefits they're offering over other brands are largely intangible. That and Apple fans tend to tout its superiority a lot, from my experience, at least. Which, coupled with the former, gives of a very distinct impression of Apple and its supporters...Haven't we seen enough of these on this thread already?
I do wonder what sort of car they'd end up making. On the one hand, being small, electric and all about new technology would make sense. Then again, that's not the kind of car I'd assume the average Apple owner to be interested in. Apple products have become a status symbol as much as actually useful devices, as far as I can tell, and that's not exactly what a small, futurisctic econobox is.
Well, Apple is an easy target for that sort of jokes, largely because the benefits they're offering over other brands are largely intangible. That and Apple fans tend to tout its superiority a lot, from my experience, at least. Which, coupled with the former, gives of a very distinct impression of Apple and its supporters...
According to their customers, the user experience; simplicity and their design.What benefits do they offer?
There were moments when cars somehow encapsulated everything that was good about progress," Newson told The Wall Street Journal. "But right now we’re at the bottom of a trough"
"It is baffling, isn’t it?" Ive said of a Toyota Echo. "It’s just nothing, isn’t it? It’s just insipid."
That is great design. 👍This thread prompts me to highlight an article posted on a friend's Facebook feed recently.
It cites an interview with designer Marc Newson, who started working for Apple a few years back. The key quote is this:
Then there's a second quote from Newson's friend and long-term Apple product designer, Jony Ive. He's also no fan of current car design.
Now granted, an Echo is hardly the pinnacle of modern design, and Ive drives a Mulsanne, which is far from the greatest looking car on the road right now (though viewed as a statement of the manufacturer that makes it, it's just about perfect).
But the bottom line is that neither of Apple's top design guys likes how car design is progressing. It leads me to believe an Apple car - if the design is done in-house - could prove very interesting from a product design perspective.
I'm generally a fan of modern car design. Technology is allowing us to produce cars that are closer and closer to the concept car ideal - manufacturing improvements mean we can get away with shapes that were never possible before, suspension technology is finally giving us great ride and handling without sacrificing visually-desirable large wheels, and technology is finally starting to de-clutter interiors.
Arguably, good car design has never been more accessible, either. Manufacturers put as much effort into making small, cheap cars desirable as they do luxury vehicles, where before no concern would be given to the look or quality of a budget product.
However, I do think car design needs a kick in the arse, and Apple could deliver that kick. It interests me greatly that Newson's first and only car design so far has more than a hint of Apple about it, long before he ever worked there - the Ford 021C concept of 1999:
It's a compact-sized, four-seat sedan. The powertrain is nothing special by today's standards - a 1.6-litre Zetec with an automatic gearbox - but there are some really neat design touches. It definitely looks like a concept of the 1990s now (though given modern design focuses on aggression, a bit of 90s light-heartedness is welcome) but it remains one of my all-time favourite concepts.
I'm not an Apple nerd, but I do own an iPhone. A 5c, in fact, in green. I'd not thought about it until now, but a green 021C* is just about the automotive embodiment of the phone I carry around every day.
* The 021C shouldn't really be green - it should be orange, as the very original concept was. The name 021C was chosen because it was Newson's favourite Pantone colour. The green is actually 365C on the Pantone scale.