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Re:Bell Labs Org Chart (1980) by iamstupidsimple on Sunday January 23, 2022 @09:30AM (#30046376)
Marketing is not why the iPhone took off, there is substance there even if you don't agree. A full UNIX kernel, capacitive touchscreen, low latency / high perf OS, 3rd party apps and a bunch of UX innovations. Yes everything existed individually but so did all the parts to make most groundbreaking products.
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Re:Bell Labs Org Chart (1980) by MagnumOpus on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:20AM (#30059639)
The capacitive touch screen and its features were the one thing that catalyzed the revolution. OS-wise, many competing phones were more high performance/low latency, and the app store didn't exist for years.

So LG could have become Apple but for some poor UI decisions and worse marketing - they released their own capacitive-screen phone, the LG Prada, a month _before_ Apple, but cheaped out on the UI development: no on-screen keyboard, and not using the touch screen to its potential with scroll/page-turn gestures.

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Re:Bell Labs Org Chart (1980) by iamstupidsimple on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:25PM (#30060799)
That's a circular argument and easy to say with hindsight. Apple is where it is precisely because it invested in making it happen.
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