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Apple users bash new iPhone 15: ‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’ (nypost.com)
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Apple users bash new iPhone 15: ‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’::Smart phone fans are griping about Apple's new devices since the arguably anti-climactic announcement of the forthcoming iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus on Tuesday.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It was not revolutionary in the sense of technology, it was revolutionary in the sense of getting the general public to understand and accept the idea of a smartphone.

EDIT: Not to say it's still necessary. I mostly stick to the iPhone because I don't want to repurchase all the apps I already purchased, some for a significant amount, if I have to replace my phone. If that becomes moot one day, like if iPhones get to the point that they're unusable or somehow Apple goes under, I'll switch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

So they had "innovative marketing", ok.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People always down vote when I point that out as well lol. Windows mobile was already moving towards icon based UIs pre iPhone, so while the UI was a definite improvement it wasn't the revolution it's made out to be. The iPhone 1 had no app store or 3g so was not good for emails and, back in 2007 when flash still mattered, couldn't access most of the Internet where windows phone could. I'm pretty sure it was successful purely based on the iPods popularity, at least until the iPhone 3gs and app store came out and the iPhone became arguably a better smartphone than those that came before.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was not revolutionary in the sense of technology, it was revolutionary in the sense of getting the general public to understand and accept the idea of a smartphone.

Translation: "I blindly hate Apple and I have no idea what I'm talking about."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Um... I'm on a Macbook right now and I have an iPhone.