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Really? How about palm or pocketpc? There were mobile phone versions before iPhone iirc

by netizen-936824 5y ago

endisneigh 5y ago
Which ones were slabs of glass?
- netizen-936824 5y ago
  Most of them? The face buttons were usually minimal, with 2-4 buttons plus maybe a d-pad >"The name was introduced by Microsoft in 2000 as a rebranding of the Palm-size PC category. Some of these devices also had integrated phone and data capabilities, which were called Pocket PC Phone Edition or simply "Smartphone"." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_PC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_PC >"The first-generation iPhone was announced by then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007. " https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
  - endisneigh 5y ago
    but... that's not true. The HTC HD2, arguably the best Windows Mobile phone, wasn't a slab of glass - it was plastic, just like most (if not all) of the flagships.
    - netizen-936824 5y ago
      Are you seriously making the distinction based on a plastic body vs glass body That's just drawing an arbitrary line in the sand not based on technological innovation so you can day "apple wuz first" These devices are defined by the amount of screen and the touch interaction combined with mobile connectivity, not by plastic vs glass body Also, the iPhone 1 had an aluminum back, not glass so your point doesn't even make sense: >"The iPhone's back cover is made out of brushed aluminum, a soft metal" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation)
      - endisneigh 5y ago
        The original comment was: > Apple invented the modern slab-of-glass smartphone industry Not sure what you're going on about.
        netizen-936824 5y ago
        From my understanding "slab of glass" refers to the all-screen design. Not the material of the back cover
        moron4hire 5y ago
        The original iPhone still had a front-surface, physical button
        netizen-936824 5y ago
        Didn't numerous iPhones have front home buttons until recently? But I think this helps my point, in that the iPhone was only a marginal improvement on already existing tech instead of the "first" to do whatever

Really? How about palm or pocketpc? There were mobile phone versions before iPhone iirc

endisneigh 5y ago

Which ones were slabs of glass?

netizen-936824 5y ago
Most of them? The face buttons were usually minimal, with 2-4 buttons plus maybe a d-pad >"The name was introduced by Microsoft in 2000 as a rebranding of the Palm-size PC category. Some of these devices also had integrated phone and data capabilities, which were called Pocket PC Phone Edition or simply "Smartphone"." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_PC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_PC >"The first-generation iPhone was announced by then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007. " https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
- endisneigh 5y ago
  but... that's not true. The HTC HD2, arguably the best Windows Mobile phone, wasn't a slab of glass - it was plastic, just like most (if not all) of the flagships.
  - netizen-936824 5y ago
    Are you seriously making the distinction based on a plastic body vs glass body That's just drawing an arbitrary line in the sand not based on technological innovation so you can day "apple wuz first" These devices are defined by the amount of screen and the touch interaction combined with mobile connectivity, not by plastic vs glass body Also, the iPhone 1 had an aluminum back, not glass so your point doesn't even make sense: >"The iPhone's back cover is made out of brushed aluminum, a soft metal" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation)
    - endisneigh 5y ago
      The original comment was: > Apple invented the modern slab-of-glass smartphone industry Not sure what you're going on about.
      - netizen-936824 5y ago
        From my understanding "slab of glass" refers to the all-screen design. Not the material of the back cover
        moron4hire 5y ago
        The original iPhone still had a front-surface, physical button
        netizen-936824 5y ago
        Didn't numerous iPhones have front home buttons until recently? But I think this helps my point, in that the iPhone was only a marginal improvement on already existing tech instead of the "first" to do whatever