iPhone 5 and iOS 8.0.2...

I'm not a fanboy by any stretch of the imagination...I used to be an IT drone/worker/slave and moved away from the Cupertino computing ecosystem before in the 90s because of the OS and hardware were lackluster and “also ran”, but came back because of OS X. The stability of a BSD based OS and the “lickable” (Steve Job’s words) UI as well as much improved hardware were key for my return…I’ve always had Apple and Windows machines (and a *nix box or two).

The direction Apple has been moving under the “Leadership” of Apologist and Chief Tim Cook is becoming unsavory. The removal of optical drives from laptops and desktop machines is kind of a slap in the face for those who use these machines for multimedia and using software which is still on disk…I can understand why my MacBook Air does not have an optical drive built in it would not be anywhere near as thin or light with one…but to drop the 17’ (and later the 15”) MacBook Pro machines is why I have not purchased (and will not likely purchase) another MacBook Pro beyond the 13” Ivy Bridge I already own…and as “Stylish” as the Ash Bin Mac Pro may be…lack of internal expandability is why when it comes time to replace my aging desktop machine I’ll be back to building my own…Apple is choosing “Style over Substance”…and apparently only wants consumers (as well as professional buyers) who don’t really need a full featured machine or one which will go to the landfill much sooner than it should. I realize Apple (like every otter manufacturer out there) is in the business of manufacturing and selling…the cost of the machines means very little to me…if I want something I buy it…but as of the past couple years Apple has chosen to no longer make machines which interest me…

I applaud Apple for making larger iPhones…my upgrade of phones has been with the progression of greater internal storage…from the iPhone 4 32GB to the iPhone 5 with 64GB…and hoping the new iPhone 6 (or 6 Plus) with 128GB would be the next replacement…but my first taste of iOS 8 (and not being able to downgrade back to 7.1.2) has me rethinking this step and buying another HTC One M8 as my secondary phone…I’ve already retired my iPhone 4 with an M8 Windows Phone because I needed second phone for backup/business use…

I’m afraid Apple is returning to the “John Scully” or “Gil Amelio" style of business with no Steve Jobs to bail them out…returning to the mediocrity and lack of clear vision we saw return in the late 90s…I hate to see it happening…

I hate to say it...but you've done what you can from your end with the "Restore"...the only thing you can do now is wit for 8.0.3...I really wish Apple would resume 7.1.2 signing so those of us who are having issues with the current OS can have usable phones again...