1.) Styluses. People are aging, and thought the days of fat fingering were behind them, as well as new opportunities for apps with the need for more precise control and input.
2.) Small iPads. The market is there for e-reader sized devices. Bigger than a phone, and not as cumbersome as an iPad. Not to mention that leaving such a big whole in the product line allows a new crop of competitors to gain both experience, reputation, and a market presence to encroach on both smart phones and the larger tablets.
3.) Big iPhones - See #2...
4.) Skeuomorphism. An artistic fad that does detract from the performance, however miniscule. If it can help market a product...
5.) Define “philanthropy”. My guess is it’s a way of paying off pols, one way or another, in Apple’s case, or diverting funds to pet causes of board members or corporate officers.
Under Jobs, you'd be wrong. Apple did not make political contributions. As CEO Jobs left that to the Employees' Political Action Committee. . . which received no funding from Apple Inc. at all. Apple had one of the smallest lobbying footprints in Washington, D.C. of any tech corporation and also made no political donations to candidates. Even Steve Jobs' political donations were very minor compared to others at his level. . . in the ten years prior to his death, he donated less than $100,000 to political candidates. . . and certainly did not do what Bill Gates and Steve Balmer did in donating half an million dollars each to anti-gun groups.
Apple did belong to non-profit industry associations that some considered "Green" such as e-PEAT, and the like. . . but even Greenpeace said that was only for marketing purposes, to get the e-PEAT seals environmental approval on their products.