Comment by mike_hearn
10 years ago
I suppose it depends what you mean by "usable".
Apple Maps certainly had serious quality issues at launch. Whether they considered building a mapping app to be easier than building an OS, I have no idea. I am sure that many at Apple were under no such illusions. But it was a product made for purely corporate strategy reasons.
Google puts as much effort into their phones as Apple puts into their maps, and vice versa, with predictable results.