{"id":1477,"date":"2012-09-21T10:10:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T14:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:24","slug":"apple-maps-london-train-station-finds-the-funny-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/apple-maps-london-train-station-finds-the-funny-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Maps &#8211; London Train Station Finds The Funny Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb10\">The Apple Maps feature of the new iPhone 5 has come under some intense scrutiny over the last couple of days after they decided to drop Google Maps, which included the StreetView feature, as well as the public transport options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Of course, such a big decision has had Apple fans debating this move on many of the forums, and from what I can tell none of the feedback is really positive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">These are a few quotes from industry leading experts:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1445\" title=\"point\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/point.png\" alt=\"point\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1445 lazyload\" title=\"point\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2010%2010%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"point\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/point.png\"> \u201c<strong>it feels like a rush job<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"point\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/point.png\" alt=\"point\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"point\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2010%2010%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"point\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/point.png\" class=\" lazyload\">&nbsp;\u201c<strong>the most half-cooked piece of software that Apple has released<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"point\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/point.png\" alt=\"point\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"point\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2010%2010%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"point\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/point.png\" class=\" lazyload\"> \u201c<strong>blurry, pixellated, useless nonsense<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Apple always have a reason behind the things that they do, method in the madness. However, a lot of speculation out there seems to be that Apple have made the wrong move this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Anyway, we found this photo on the Pocket-Lint.com site, where a member of staff (possibly a Samsung Galaxy user maybe? \ud83d\ude09 ) has found the funny side of the Apple Maps feature of the iPhone 5:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1479\" title=\"Apple Maps - London Train Station Finds The Funny Side\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-gate-hackney-wick-picture-0.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Maps - London Train Station Finds The Funny Side\" width=\"635\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-gate-hackney-wick-picture-0.jpg 635w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-gate-hackney-wick-picture-0-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-gate-hackney-wick-picture-0-624x465.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1479 lazyload\" title=\"Apple Maps - London Train Station Finds The Funny Side\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20635%20474%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Apple Maps - London Train Station Finds The Funny Side\" width=\"635\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20635%20474%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-gate-hackney-wick-picture-0.jpg 635w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-gate-hackney-wick-picture-0-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-gate-hackney-wick-picture-0-624x465.jpg 624w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-gate-hackney-wick-picture-0.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Apple Maps feature of the new iPhone 5 has come under some intense scrutiny over the last couple of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1821],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple Maps - London Train Station Finds The Funny Side<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apple always have a reason behind the things that they do, method in the madness. 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