According to test engineers at Ericsson, the first iPhone was "a crappy phone" [0]. It routinely dropped calls [1, 2]. It also didn't have 3G or MMS, something

According to test engineers at Ericsson, the first iPhone was "a crappy phone" [0]. It routinely dropped calls [1, 2]. It also didn't have 3G or MMS, something most if not all other phones had at the time. But apparently it was good enough, did other things well, and could be updated and replaced. That's a major difference between consumer electronics and cars. [0] http://www.techsite.io/2015/10/16/ericsson-engineers-thought-iphone-was-a-crappy-phone/ http://www.techsite.io/2015/10/16/ericsson-engineers-thought... [1] http://www.pencomputing.com/reviews/apple_iphone_3months.html http://www.pencomputing.com/reviews/apple_iphone_3months.htm... [2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/31/AR2009073100971.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07...