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It's crazy how the first iPhone is just ten ICs crammed together, vs now when they fab their own parts on one tiny board. Really shows how ahead of its time th

by chis 9y ago

It's crazy how the first iPhone is just ten ICs crammed together, vs now when they fab their own parts on one tiny board. Really shows how ahead of its time the first iPhone was.

amq 9y ago
Cramming ICs together was ahead of time? I don't understand your logical transition here.
- gehsty 9y ago
  If you look at what Apple could achieve by cramming ICs together Vs what anyone else could achieve with the same resources, the first iPhone is pretty remarkable. I remember reading articles where folks from Blackberry were reminiscing on the iPhone being unveiled and there were a lot of people who just couldn't believe what Apple had done was actually possible, I think the line was, "it must just be a battery with a screen'.
  - macintux 9y ago
    Blackberry thought Apple was lying about battery life. It wasn't until they bought one and opened it that they discovered it was a battery with a screen. When the iPad was announced, I read on some display-oriented tech site an analyst who was convinced Jobs was lying about its battery life and would have to retract the claims before it shipped. "I'm an expert, and no LED display that size can be powered that long" yada yada.
- andruby 9y ago
  I think the OP means that the first iPhone really was a quick-to-market release and iterate later. In that sense they were ahead of it's time because the tailored components weren't available yet.
- coldtea 9y ago
  The iPhone combined already existing ICs -- and still got all the "wow" factor and industry-changing impact that competitors before it, which had the same ICs available couldn't achieve. So what the parent means is that since the iPhone achieved such impact without extraordinary/novel components (e.g. without ICs being a differentiating factor), it means that its concept/software/combination/form etc was ahead of its time.
timdorr 9y ago
Are there any similar teardowns of Palm Pilots and Blackberry's from the same era? What did they do differently and held them back from similar leapfrogs?

by chis 9y ago

It's crazy how the first iPhone is just ten ICs crammed together, vs now when they fab their own parts on one tiny board. Really shows how ahead of its time the first iPhone was.

amq 9y ago

Cramming ICs together was ahead of time? I don't understand your logical transition here.

gehsty 9y ago
If you look at what Apple could achieve by cramming ICs together Vs what anyone else could achieve with the same resources, the first iPhone is pretty remarkable. I remember reading articles where folks from Blackberry were reminiscing on the iPhone being unveiled and there were a lot of people who just couldn't believe what Apple had done was actually possible, I think the line was, "it must just be a battery with a screen'.
- macintux 9y ago
  Blackberry thought Apple was lying about battery life. It wasn't until they bought one and opened it that they discovered it was a battery with a screen. When the iPad was announced, I read on some display-oriented tech site an analyst who was convinced Jobs was lying about its battery life and would have to retract the claims before it shipped. "I'm an expert, and no LED display that size can be powered that long" yada yada.
andruby 9y ago
I think the OP means that the first iPhone really was a quick-to-market release and iterate later. In that sense they were ahead of it's time because the tailored components weren't available yet.
coldtea 9y ago
The iPhone combined already existing ICs -- and still got all the "wow" factor and industry-changing impact that competitors before it, which had the same ICs available couldn't achieve. So what the parent means is that since the iPhone achieved such impact without extraordinary/novel components (e.g. without ICs being a differentiating factor), it means that its concept/software/combination/form etc was ahead of its time.

timdorr 9y ago

Are there any similar teardowns of Palm Pilots and Blackberry's from the same era? What did they do differently and held them back from similar leapfrogs?