Many people inside mobile phone operators around the world have complained about the claims of the Apple company and the way it tries to impose its conditions in the contracts concluded for the sale of iDevices. In the absence of Jobs, Apple became more flexible and has lost some of its arrogance, at least that's what Stephane Richard, the CEO of the France Telecom group, says. He claims that Apple would be under a lot of pressure from competitors, and this is good for everyone, not just operators.
Apple has [become] more flexible, paying more attention to everyone else, probably a little less arrogant than they used to be. I think they are probably a little more under pressure, and it is quite nice. There is probably not room for everyone. But all of us hope that among those initiatives, at least one will be able to emerge as a third ecosystem.
Apple is characterized as being the same company, even without Steve Jobs, but the competition it faces has led it to rethink its strategies. Speaking of competitors, Richard hopes that a third big ecosystem will be formed from the multitude of operating systems available on the market, and criticizes Windows Phone as not being good enough. He says that Windows Phone terminals are not cheaper than iPhones or Android terminals and they don't have that "wow factor" that makes customers buy them.
That's all from Richard, the important thing is that Apple is changing and doing it for the better.
