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I know what to think, as I lived at the times before iPhone too. If nothing else, iPhone is an abolute proof of brilliancy of Jobs’ product decisions. So from t

by acqq 8y ago

I know what to think, as I lived at the times before iPhone too. If nothing else, iPhone is an abolute proof of brilliancy of Jobs’ product decisions. So from the product/technical perspective, there was nothing comparable to be part of. But from a perspective of somebody not in his twenties anymore, I surely would’t continuously work under the described pressure. Everybody has to decide about his own limits and what is an acceptable amoumt of work.

Fnoord 8y ago
The iPhone was just the first successful, always-on, capacitive touch device. The market was largely focussing on resistive touch devices which Jobs successfully identified was the wrong way (though the stylus did keep your screen clean!).
- sah2ed 8y ago
  Exactly. Those little details, as insignificant as they seem, can magnify into an enormous difference in failure situations. For instance, even after getting a hairline crack on my iPhone, I haven't bothered to replace the screen because I can use the device just fine, in most cases. Contrast that with my 4yr-old Nexus 7[0] device which got a hairline crack about 1.5months ago, and the device is completely unusable, because of the design decision to use a resistive touch screen! [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVFLJKQ/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVFLJKQ/
  - Stratoscope 8y ago
    The Nexus 7 has a capacitive touchscreen, not resistive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_7_(2013) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_7_(2013)
    - sah2ed 8y ago
      Prior to the crack, the tablet responded to touch gestures differently than my iPhone -- I have to re-apply pressure for gestures to register sometimes. Also, I am unable to register tap gestures on the device with sweaty palms unlike on the iPhone, so I just assumed Asus used a resistive touch screen. Anyway, the digitizer/touch screen build quality is brittle as plently of people have reported similar usage difficulty from hairline breakages [0]. Thanks for the correction though. [0] https://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-2013-rooting-roms-hacks/302671-does-digitizer-break-when-screen-cracked-nexus-7-2013-a.html https://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-2013-rootin...

by acqq 8y ago

Fnoord 8y ago

The iPhone was just the first successful, always-on, capacitive touch device. The market was largely focussing on resistive touch devices which Jobs successfully identified was the wrong way (though the stylus did keep your screen clean!).

sah2ed 8y ago
Exactly. Those little details, as insignificant as they seem, can magnify into an enormous difference in failure situations. For instance, even after getting a hairline crack on my iPhone, I haven't bothered to replace the screen because I can use the device just fine, in most cases. Contrast that with my 4yr-old Nexus 7[0] device which got a hairline crack about 1.5months ago, and the device is completely unusable, because of the design decision to use a resistive touch screen! [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVFLJKQ/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVFLJKQ/
- Stratoscope 8y ago
  The Nexus 7 has a capacitive touchscreen, not resistive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_7_(2013) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_7_(2013)
  - sah2ed 8y ago
    Prior to the crack, the tablet responded to touch gestures differently than my iPhone -- I have to re-apply pressure for gestures to register sometimes. Also, I am unable to register tap gestures on the device with sweaty palms unlike on the iPhone, so I just assumed Asus used a resistive touch screen. Anyway, the digitizer/touch screen build quality is brittle as plently of people have reported similar usage difficulty from hairline breakages [0]. Thanks for the correction though. [0] https://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-2013-rooting-roms-hacks/302671-does-digitizer-break-when-screen-cracked-nexus-7-2013-a.html https://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-2013-rootin...