APPLE is most well-known for its pioneering achievements in personal tech, but it had to abandon many failing ideas along the way to the iPhone.
These massive Apple failures are you a victim of?
Apple III
The brand’s first major failure was with the Apple III computer, which came at a time when it was still developing its identity.
Steve Jobs ordered engineers to take out the cooling fan. It made the computer vulnerable to overheating.
CNBCApple will recall 14,000 Apple III computers and replace them, according to reports.
Jobs famously stated that Apple lost “infinite, incalculable amounts of money” in an often-referenced interview with Playboy in 1985.
Newton MessagePad
Even though Newton was a failure today, it set the stage for the future of handhelds including the iPad.
The Newton was an Apple misadventure. It occurred during Jobs’ absence. Jobs returned to the company in the late 1990s and shut down the Newton.
Jobs was averse to Newton’s stylus, which didn’t work well at first.
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Walter Isaacson’s biography on Jobs reveals that Jobs killed the Newton as a symbol of his efforts to regain control over Apple.
“Mr Jobs as become the power behind the throne,”A reporter for the Financial TimesIn 1997, after Newton’s death, he wrote.
A Newton in working condition is going for $315You can find more sellers on eBay than one seller who has a mint one in the original packaging. $1,000.
Macintosh TV
This ambitious TV-computer crossover project was another that Jobs did not name. It was only on the marketplace for five months.
The Macintosh TV was essentially a Mac computer with remote control.
There was no picture in-picture. You could either use the computer or watch TV.
In 1993, the world wasn’t ready for an all-in-one $2,000 Apple tech hunk. 10.000 units were sold.
Hockey puck mouse
The hockey puck mouse is unmistakably a late 1990s Apple. It’s bursting with pops of color.
It was hard to find the circular mouse. GizmodoIt was called the connection cord “hilariously short”.
The hockey puck mouse didn’t launch the USB port we love today, but it did make the USB port possible – even though it was a failure.
Pippin gaming console
Gaming consoles of the 1990s were in high demand and are now considered vintage.
Many children of the 90s spent hours playing on their Sega Saturn or Nintendo64 Playstation 1. SlashGearNotes on the period.
Apple outsourced Pippin production to Japanese toy maker Bandai. The company hoped the product could be used as a multimedia centre with music, gaming and other entertainment capabilities.
It didn’t work – the high price tag and ineffective marketing campaign resulted in the Pippin being sold just for its intended purpose. 42,000 units.
iTunes Ping
Jobs introduced Ping during a keynote speech in 2010. “Facebook and Twitter meet iTunes.”
Facebook was at the time gaining a vice grip on social media and had already crossed 500millionPing was first introduced to users in April 1998.
Ping, however, was an amorphous molecule. Great ideaIt displayed tour dates and was accessible via a few clicks. 160 million iTunes users were also available for Ping pages.
Ping was closed down by Tim Cook in 2012, a little over a year after Jobs’ passing.
Lisa computer
Although the Lisa computer was Apple’s most famous failure, it was filled with drama and personality from the company.
The computer was named for Jobs’ rejected daughter at the time.
Although the Lisa was not a commercial success due to its high price, its development inspired a new attitude at Apple.
Jobs was expelled from the Lisa Team and became the Macintosh Team leader. He also initiated an interoffice rivalry between development teams.
Isaacson was told by him about the Macintosh team and the Lisa team. “We were the renegades, and we wanted people to know it.”
eBay sellers are actively involved in an auction, with the starting bidding set at $8,499.99For a Lisa.
Apple hasn’t connected to every attempt. And without Jobs in the building, the company experienced a series of product thuds.
Apple is moving forward towards its 50th Anniversary with billions of dollars in value and more success than failure.