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> without [third party] apps the iPhone would be basically useless. It was good enough for the first year before the App Store existed, and it sold well enough
by spectre3d 5y ago
> without [third party] apps the iPhone would be basically useless.
It was good enough for the first year before the App Store existed, and it sold well enough to prove it.
Even now, it's plenty capable right out of the box without installing anything.
A device in 2007 that had first-party apps for email, web browsing, YouTube, weather, calendar, clock, address book, phone, calculator and music player, that also synced with your main personal computer was perfectly fine for many people.
- deergomoo 5y agoIt was fine for the time (just about)—it would very much not have been fine over the last 10 years or so. Just look at Windows Phone, the biggest sticking point of every single device was that the app support just wasn’t there. While it’s hard to say with certainty, it seems that’s what ultimately stopped the platform gaining any traction.