I clearly presented my argument badly. I was not aiming for the general purpose computer part, but the suggested notion that the now clearly visible impact of t

I clearly presented my argument badly. I was not aiming for the general purpose computer part, but the suggested notion that the now clearly visible impact of the iPhone was intended just that way, as its main purpose, its this-is-all-or-nothing goal. Steve Jobs and Apple in the 200x years clearly were amazing and did wonderful things, but they did not read the future, they went step by step and built on top of what they had. Some things fell into place, some things went different than expected. I can't prove it, but the shift in how we use our phones nowadays was as visible to Steve Jobs as it was to almost anyone in that field. There were predecessors. Multiple. The goal of the iPhone was to sell things, millions if possible. Everything else was in the range of: "Let's see".