Everyone knows the iPhone and the MacBook. But there are devices that Apple does not want to remember [TOPtech]

Let’s start with a small caveat: Not all devices that made it onto the list below are failed products. Some of them failed due to poor marketing, inadequate pricing, and even the fact that they were ahead of their time in some respects.

Mac Portable (1989 -1991)

The Macintosh Portable is the first portable computer produced by Apple. The word “portable”, however, does not fit the dimensions of the device, which weighed over 7 kg. The computer went on sale in 1989. However, he never made a great career.

It wasn’t even about a small and illegible screen or a terrible battery. The failure of the Macintosh Portable was determined primarily by the dizzying price. If you think that today’s MacBooks are expensive, how about a computer that cost – trifle – $ 7,300 on the day of its market launch?

Newton (1993 – 1998)

Newton is a device that was supposed to help John Sculley come out of the shadow of Steve Jobs, after the latter was almost forced out of his own company.

Work on the “digital assistant” Apple began in 1987. Finally, the Newton MessegePad appeared on sale only 6 years later. The device was equipped with a touch screen, 4 MB RAM and a powerful – for those times – processor.

Unfortunately, Newton never made a market sensation. Users complained about its size and high price, which reached $ 1,000. The stylus included with the device also proved to be almost useless, because Newton was completely unable to recognize handwriting.

Macintosh TV (1993–1994)

The Macintosh TV is Apple’s first experiment with television. The experiment failed. The device went on sale in October 1993, and within a year of its release, only 10,000 were sold. copies of this invention.

The Macintosh TV was neither a good TV nor a good computer. The failure of the device was also affected by the fact that the user could not watch TV from the desktop of the computer. He could only switch between the two image sources.

Apple Pippin (1996-1997)

The Pippin console is the result of a collaboration between Apple and the Japanese company Bandai. The Cupertino-based company hoped to break into the video game market, which was dominated by Nintendo and Sega at the time. Unfortunately, big plans failed, and the console ended its life after only a year, selling 42,000. copies.

What caused this defeat? The high price of the device, which amounted to as much as $600, and a small library of available games. The nail in the coffin, however, turned out to be a modem with terrible throughput. Suffice it to say that users had to wait up to several minutes to send one short message.

Power Mac G4 Cube (2000 – 2001)

Power Mac G4 Cube is a refreshed version of the quite successful Power Mac G4 “Cube” is considered one of the biggest sales failures of Apple today. Even the company itself admitted officially that this equipment did not make a market sensation.

What made Cube fail? You guessed it. First of all, the price. On the day of release, the computer cost as much as $ 1,799. By comparison, the standard G4 was $200 cheaper.

What’s worse, the “cube” was not equipped with an internal fan, which in some cases led to overheating of the device. Apple ended the life of the hardware a year after its debut.

iPod Hi-Fi (2006 – 2007)

Today, the iPod is considered one of the most groundbreaking devices in the history of Apple. The portable player that allowed us to fit 1000 songs in our pocket changed the world of new technologies and the music industry.

The same cannot be said for the iPod Hi/Fi, a device that combines the functions of a speaker and a docking station, which was intended to complement the iPod. The equipment, which appeared on sale in 2006, survived on the market for several months. However, it could not be otherwise since both the reviewers and the customers themselves did not leave a dry thread on it.

Poor sound quality, a high price of $ 350, and the lack of a built-in FM radio ultimately determined the fate of the speaker, which everyone at Apple would rather forget.