In an interview with The Australian Financial Review, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins gives credit to Apple for creating the "touch" smartphone market as we know it now, but takes a jab at them at the same time. Mr. Heins implies that the iPhone is now old because Apple isn't innovating fast enough.
BlackBerry is just now starting to innovate again so it's odd that he would take a jab at Apple. Only time will tell who comes out on top in this battle.
“Apple did a fantastic job in bringing touch devices to market … They did a fantastic job with the user interface, they are a design icon. There is a reason why they were so successful, and we actually have to admit this and respect that,” Mr Heins said.
“History repeats itself again I guess … the rate of innovation is so high in our industry that if you don’t innovate at that speed you can be replaced pretty quickly. The user interface on the iPhone, with all due respect for what this invention was all about is now five years old.”
“History repeats itself again I guess … the rate of innovation is so high in our industry that if you don’t innovate at that speed you can be replaced pretty quickly. The user interface on the iPhone, with all due respect for what this invention was all about is now five years old.”
BlackBerry is just now starting to innovate again so it's odd that he would take a jab at Apple. Only time will tell who comes out on top in this battle.