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DrBenCarson | 6 months ago

You tell me, was the iPhone innovative?

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guestbest|6 months ago

The iPhone wasn’t as innovative as the AppStore which didn’t come around until iPhone OS 2. Selling software like music changed everything

DrBenCarson|6 months ago

Cool. App Store extended the true innovation which was a fully capable OS in everyone’s pocket

App Store doesn’t exist without iPhone just like Windows doesn’t exist without the PC

kjkjadksj|6 months ago

No it was inevitable

DrBenCarson|6 months ago

Inevitable * in hindsight *

Innovation is the introduction of a new paradigm that works so well that people can no longer imagine not having

No one was close to the original iPhone at launch and they didn’t really catch up until ~iPhone 12 for truly competitive alternatives

bryanrasmussen|6 months ago

the inevitable things are the greatest innovations (in the realm of technology)

paulryanrogers|6 months ago

Was Ive involved in the iPhone creation? Or only its enshittification?

dcrazy|6 months ago

When the iPhone was developed, Jony led industrial design but not yet software design.

DrBenCarson|6 months ago

Jony owned iPhone hardware design top-to-bottom through development and multiple launches

You think he’s glorified for literally nothing?