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I had a Nokia N95 when the iPhone was released. The N95 was far more functional: * Multitasking was allowed * Good maps app for navigating * Rhapsody subscri

I had a Nokia N95 when the iPhone was released. The N95 was far more functional: * Multitasking was allowed * Good maps app for navigating * Rhapsody subscription service for all your music needs * 3G support * Built-in SIP client The iPhone had none of this, but it had the superior UI. It took years for Apple to catch up to the technology of the klunky N95.

Retric 7y ago
The N95 sold well and was a solid great phone for the time. However, the Nokia N95 suffered from a small screen 2.6 inches relative to the iPhone’s 3.5 inch display. It mostly sucked for web browsing, which seemed less import because all phones sucked for web browsing. What separated the iPhone was a useful touch screen enabling large screens, an acceptable web browser even if it lacked flash etc, and an unlimited bandwidth option. If anything it was really bandwidth that changed how people used their phone.
- Phillipharryt 7y ago
  The N95 and the iphone both sucked for web browsing. Websites just weren't made for small screens, you had to zoom in so far and links were hard to click. I wouldn't say the iPhone's browsing experience was any better than the rest, but perhaps that unlimited data plan (not bandwidth) changed things up.
  - rusk 7y ago
    In the iPhone's defense, vs the other smart phones I had used up until I got my iPhone 4, it was the first one to have a web browser that worked reasonably well on all non-mobile websites, and it was that factor alone at the time was enough to get me hooked.
    - toasterlovin 7y ago
      I would argue that tap to zoom on desktop sites on the iPhone worked better than most “mobile optimized” sites.
      - rusk 7y ago
        along with reader mode, and a vertically integrated rendering engine
zokula 7y ago
And don't forget iPhone lacked MMS on release and almost a year or two after if I remember correctly
- lloeki 7y ago
  Unexpectedly, MMS was so crappy at the time and full of spam that it was actually a feature for me. Total count of legit MMS I ever received was half a dozen, and again half of that that I sent. (I did not own an iPhone 1, only a 3G one, but I skipped on MMS as hard as I could)

Retric 7y ago

The N95 sold well and was a solid great phone for the time. However, the Nokia N95 suffered from a small screen 2.6 inches relative to the iPhone’s 3.5 inch display. It mostly sucked for web browsing, which seemed less import because all phones sucked for web browsing. What separated the iPhone was a useful touch screen enabling large screens, an acceptable web browser even if it lacked flash etc, and an unlimited bandwidth option. If anything it was really bandwidth that changed how people used their phone.

Phillipharryt 7y ago
The N95 and the iphone both sucked for web browsing. Websites just weren't made for small screens, you had to zoom in so far and links were hard to click. I wouldn't say the iPhone's browsing experience was any better than the rest, but perhaps that unlimited data plan (not bandwidth) changed things up.
- rusk 7y ago
  In the iPhone's defense, vs the other smart phones I had used up until I got my iPhone 4, it was the first one to have a web browser that worked reasonably well on all non-mobile websites, and it was that factor alone at the time was enough to get me hooked.
  - toasterlovin 7y ago
    I would argue that tap to zoom on desktop sites on the iPhone worked better than most “mobile optimized” sites.
    - rusk 7y ago
      along with reader mode, and a vertically integrated rendering engine

zokula 7y ago

And don't forget iPhone lacked MMS on release and almost a year or two after if I remember correctly

lloeki 7y ago
Unexpectedly, MMS was so crappy at the time and full of spam that it was actually a feature for me. Total count of legit MMS I ever received was half a dozen, and again half of that that I sent. (I did not own an iPhone 1, only a 3G one, but I skipped on MMS as hard as I could)