Today certainly didn't display innovation. But to say that Apple isn't or hasn't been an innovative company isn't accurate.

Oh I don't doubt that at one point Apple was a leader in innovation. I just think that people like to throw that word around when it comes to apple products, and they aren't. Apple does a hell of a job improving on technology that already exists, but they aren't changing the game as many people like to say. This isn't to say that other companies in the same industry are innovating either.

Immeasurably? I feel like that's a stretch. Even if you strip out the user experience(which is clearly not for you), hardware specs are measurable. And I don't think the numbers would be THAT far apart.

This was definitely too much on my part, and was definitely more my gripes with apple. What I really meant to say on this matter is that in the most recent years I've found that a lot of Apple's technology has just been improvements on what already exists. I never go into a Apple Keynote expecting them to change the game in anyway. Like I mentioned before though this a pretty general statement that could made about large portions of the industry as it is right now.