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Re:iPhone at ten: the revolution continues by pjmlp on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:49AM (#13355409)
Some of us were using Symbian phones, and even got to play with Nokia's 7710, released in 2004, 3 years before the iPhone.

So no, not really a revolution.

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Re:iPhone at ten: the revolution continues by emsy on Monday January 09, 2017 @06:27AM (#13355562)
I loved my Symbian phones, but the iPhone was indeed a revolution. There's a reason Nokia and Blackberry are suffering losses.
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Re:iPhone at ten: the revolution continues by pjmlp on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:12AM (#13355754)
The only ones I can relate to Nokia was internal wars between Symbian and Maemo units, and the fact that Symbian C++ tooling and C++ dialect were a pain to use.

Nothing to do with the device itself.

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Re:iPhone at ten: the revolution continues by emsy on Monday January 09, 2017 @11:23AM (#13357470)
Virtually every new phone released today looks like the iPhone. That's your revolution right there. There are many technological advantages the iPhone brought. First and foremost the capacitative touchscreen. Nokia didn't go with the times and that was there end. Wether it was caused by internal wars or a stubborn leadership is irrelevant.
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