---In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, <lwr32@...> wrote :
> Apple doesn't care about the fly-overs or the older generation.
You missed the point. It is not unique to Cupertino. You'll see the same assumptions in Mountain View and Redmond. 3G with a data cap is no faster for a 20-something than a 60-something. I mentioned Coinjock NC. The country is full of little towns like Millers Ferry AL and Carlsbad NM. Sure lots of people of all ages live in heavily urban areas. Many more do not. Add the international markets from the British Virgin Islands to Martinique, from the Canary Islands to Azores. I don't know what cellular coverage is like in China and India but there sure are a lot of people there.
There are smart business people at Apple. They aren't purposely ignoring anyone. The developers simply don't understand living with cellular coverage with big gaps, slowdowns, and data caps. THAT is the real world. That is the bulk of the market for Apple, Microsoft, and Google (and Facebook, and Amazon, and Huawei).
To compete in those markets developers need to be sensitive to their realities. That is why big tech keeps rolling "features" out that require continuous LTE with no data caps. WWDC again proved that Apple simply doesn't understand the market at large. Netflix and Amazon get it. Google is catching up. Microsoft and Apple demonstrably are working in their little broadband bubbles.
Apple could simply talk to carriers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Digicel, Orange, Lime, et al) and ask them where their trouble spots are. Set up a developer boot-camp there and make them LIVE in those conditions for a couple of months. No special accommodations. No broadband on fiber, no microcells. Random periodic power outages wouldn't hurt. Be sure lots of app updates roll out during boot camp.
dave
Annapolis MD
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