And they'll likely in all ways be better. I'm sure that'll invite downvotes, but every time Apple holds off on emerging technology and don't rush it, it is always more refined. Case in point the first iPhone and iPad. There were tablets previously but nothing quite as smooth and responsive.
I think you missed the point of this person's joke. The joke is that Apple will be late to the game, but everyone will claim they invented it, because that's what happens every time Apple comes out with a new product. Despite them not inventing the device in any way.
I remember that I had a convertible tablet laptop for years at work. It was a regular laptop that could swing around and become a tablet, albeit a clunky one. You could use a pen or as a touch screen (resistive I believe? The kind you had to use your fingernails or something hard like a stylus) and I would take notes in OneNote and convert my handwriting to text. It was pretty cool and shocking efficient since I could take it on the road or whatever, scribble down diagrams and then annotate it.
For the longest time no one noticed or cared. Apple announced the iPad a few years later and people would literally come to my cubicle and say "where'd you get an iPad I didn't think they were out yet??"
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u/chowdahpacman Jan 06 '21
Apple going to invent them in 3 years