7 of Apple's Greatest Failures - That You Should Know

          Apple has been one of the most successful companies in the world. Iphones and Mac is considered as devices that changed the shape of the world. But even Apple has made many mistakes. Want to know about it? Then, here is my list of 7 of Apple's greatest failures.

 

7 Of Apple's Greatest Failures 

7) Ping

        Ping was an iTunes super-cool social media network announced by Apple in 2010 that was said to have the Best of Facebook and Twitter But in the form of a music setting. If It had been successful, It could be a YouTube for Music. But It was discontinued as many issues had risen like Musicians complaining scammers were duping fans by accounts in their name or flooding of scams and dupes, etc.

6) Apple lll

 

          After the success of Apple I and II, the company released Apple III. It was a Computer intended for Business purposes, featuring more keyboard functions and a large display. Steve Jobs had wanted the device to run quietly and insisted that it will not have any coolers or fans. So, the engineers made an aluminum case for it. But, Anyway the Apple III computers were overheated many times resulting in the computer chips and floppy disks (remember those?) to melt inside.

5) Macintosh TV 

 

        Macintosh TV was another failed product of Apple, released during the exile of Steve Jobs. The Macintosh TV greatly resembled a Macintosh LC 500 series computer, but it was fitted with a TV tuner card which allowed it's users to connect it to a TV antenna or a cable line. But, you could not watch TV while using the computer, as the Device only allowed users to switch back and forth from a computer model to TV on its 14-inch screen. The lack of innovation, along with the fact that the product cost a huge amount of $2,099, made it a failure.

4) PowerBook 5300

            As Apple had huge sales of the Powerbook series in the 90s, they released a new device, Powerbook 5300 which was intended to build apple's dominance in the market.

The PowerBook 5300 was the first Apple portable device to use the new PowerPC processor, the first to offer swappable expansion modules, and it could even be upgraded with a video card to drive an external monitor. Apple also went to great lengths to make it as physically compact as possible. Unfortunately, a series of design mistakes turned it into a fail rather than the success Apple had been hoping for.

The plastic cases of the device were prone to cracking, especially around the hinges. The broken plastic would then damage cables, causing the display to malfunction. Worse, the batteries had a habit of catching fire. 

3) Apple Lisa

 

 

Apple's Lisa PC as released along with rumors like Lisa was the name of Steve Jobs' Daughter. It was, literally, the most advanced computer of that time. It's OS was stored in a hard disk enabling faster performance than it's competitors.

It was also capable of multitasking and featured a GUI with a mouse Input. It featured a high-resolution display.

But the only one big reason the device had failed was it's high price. It costed a whopping price of $9995. By Inflation, It will cost about $25,000.

2) iPod Hi-Fi

 

When the iPods ruled the market of portable music players, an accessory ecosystem had grownup based on them. Many companies began making portable speakers with iPod docks.

Apple then find out about the success in this new class and decided the payment it earned by certifying speakers 'Made for iPod' was not enough.so they released the iPod Hi-Fi, a nice sound system with iPod dock. And Unfortunately, It too had Apple's old problem. The price of the device was $349, much more expensive than it's competitors.

Gradually, iPod Hi-Fi was discontinued by 2007 

1) Apple Newton

When Apple first released its Newton PDA in 1993, the device was intended to start a revolution in handheld tech devices. The Newton featured an innovative handwriting feature where users wrote on the device’s screen with a stylus pen and The Newton would translate the handwriting into digital text. The Tech Giant boasted that the Newton could take notes as easily as paper.

The only problem was that the handwriting recognition feature did not work as well as Apple had hoped, many times resulting in an unwanted jumble of words.

Predictably, The Newton became the subject of widespread pop-culture mockery.

Due to its poor sales, Steve Jobs officially discontinued the Newton shortly after he returned to Apple in 1997.

And here ends our list of Apple's failures.

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    *** There might be many more failures of Apple but all of those and these (listed here) are much lesser than the Company's achievements. This post is only meant to share that even big and great make mistakes. Hope you enjoyed reading.***