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Re:Apple’s iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Openin... by ChikkaChiChi on Monday September 23, 2013 @11:37AM (#6431650)
Based on Apple's existing precedent to 'revolutionize' phones to the average consumer, I'd consider all the devices in the 5 generation to be iterative.
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Re:Apple’s iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Openin... by nicky0 on Monday September 23, 2013 @12:13PM (#6431968)
Let's look at that.

2007: iPhone.

2008: iPhone 3G. Same phone but with 3G.

2009: iPhone 3GS. Same as 3G but a bit faster.

2010: iPhone 4. New case, retina display, faster etc.

2011: iPhone 4S. Faster, better camera and Siri.

2012: iPhone 5. Faster, new case, bigger screen.

2013: iPhone 4s. Faster, Touch ID, better camera.

It's hard to say any of those releases were revolutionary except the original iPhone. All since has been steady improvement. And that's a good thing.

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Re:Apple’s iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Openin... by ryanobjc on Monday September 23, 2013 @01:41PM (#6432695)
yes, incremental innovation is still innovation.

The fetishization of "big bang innovation" is really bizzare. Especially considering most of HN's startups are not really big bang innovation.

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