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This is a ridiculously shallow dismisal. Android and iOS "won" because the phones were vastly more capable.
by kanox 6y ago
This is a ridiculously shallow dismisal.
Android and iOS "won" because the phones were vastly more capable.
- mola 6y agoDismissal of what? I'm not saying symbian was a better os. I'm saying sometimes innovation and commercial success are not indicators of better solutions. And sometimes moving fast and breaking/distrupting things, is not a good thing.
- secondcoming 6y agoExcept they weren't. At the time, the US had really crap phones compared to Europe (which itself was behind Japan). The Nokia N95 could do everything. The original iPhone was pretty much laughed at by Nokia insiders because it lacked so many features. It turns out most users didn't care about most of these (MMS, DTV, Bluetooth)
- jbverschoor 6y agoExcept that they didn’t have a proper browser. People tend to forget that you had a desktop quality browser in the first iPhone.
- secondcoming 6y agoOpera was available for it
- pjmlp 6y agoAndroid won because it is free beer that the OEMs don't have to pay anyone for licenses, save on development costs and can stick to outdated versions as long as they feel like it.