Cracked phone screens, empty wallets and angry customers are all that Apple is producing these days. iPhones, iPods, iPads and Mac computers used to be America’s sensation, but are slowly becoming a thing of the past.

“iPhones are going to be the next Blackberry where no one wants it anymore because there is going to be something better and different,” says sophomore Kaityln Keane. Apple has failed to come out with anything “new” since the death of Apple’s CEO and mastermind, Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs died in October 2011 and the iPhone 4s was released just days after his death says the New York Times. Since the iPhone 4s, Apple came out with the iPhone 5, 5S, 5c, 6 and 6 plus, all of which are very similar. They are just updated versions of each other and progressively get larger in size to the point where the 6 plus can barely fit in one’s pocket. Senior Caroline Chivily says,” I get an update on my phone soon and I’m choosing not to get the iPhone 6 because it is too big and there’s nothing about it that interests me”.

Just a year after Steve Job’s death, Apple lost a quarter of its value. In order to be a successful product in the market, it has to be easy, different and efficient, and Apple comes up short in each one of those categories. Understanding the concept of “the iCloud,” Apple Care, and all of its warranty agreements are fairly complicated. Each iPhone has little features that are new but none that keep its customers interested or that competitors don’t already have. Their laptops and computers have very little change and people don’t feel the need to get the newest release. Apple’s phones also crack ridiculously easy and rarely last two years, forcing customers to have to buy a new phone. The recent release of iOS 8 was a failure, giving people who downloaded it glitches and problems.

“It’s a metal box that sucks up all your money,” says senior Kelly Carr. Apple also annoys customers by coming out with different chargers so customers have to spend more money then needed. The phone itself is a fortune, then when you add on the cost of a very much needed case and screen protector, along with Apple Care and warranty fees, it empties everyone’s pockets.

Stock-owners invested in Apple should start thinking about selling their stocks soon because it is going downhill. Competitors are starting to catch up. Samsung’s phones and Google’s Android are more technically advanced and more durable, giving people their money’s worth.

Steve Jobs was such a major factor to the company and his absence is very much noticed.