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I could not disagree more. No handset manufacturer ever dared to make the demands that Apple did, including full control of the software with no ability to cust
by jaywalk 5y ago
I could not disagree more. No handset manufacturer ever dared to make the demands that Apple did, including full control of the software with no ability to customize or even pre-install apps. It was completely unheard of, but that's what they got Cingular to agree to with the first iPhone. And they maintain that control to this day.
- lostlogin 5y agoYou disagree but then state that Apple did something no one else had ever done?
- kllrnohj 5y agoAnd nobody has done that since. Can it really be an industry revolution if it's still a solo act over a decade later?
- jaywalk 5y agoGoogle has, with Pixel. And even though the other Android OEMs allow for carrier apps to be preinstalled, it's nothing at all like it used to be. Verizon at one point was requiring feature phones to run a custom Verizon OS. Carriers would arbitrarily disable features on phones. The carriers had complete control over everything up until Apple came along. Even Android enjoys the fruits of Apple's initial demands.
- pinewurst 5y agoThey did to a certain degree even on iPhones too. Remember how Verizon used to cripple hotspots?
- realusername 5y agoI'm not in the US so that's why my perspective is maybe different but the first generation iPhone did not have MMS support, which was a critical feature at the time and pretty much killed it as a mainstream phone.