This is true. Hard to call them “smartphones” by the current definition though. Blackberries were internet communicators, useful for work, calls and e-mails. Be

This is true. Hard to call them “smartphones” by the current definition though. Blackberries were internet communicators, useful for work, calls and e-mails. Beloved by professionals for their utility, tactility. Apple made a successful bet that multi-touch screens/UI done with sufficient discipline could be not an enormous pain in the ass to use. And that a well groomed AppStore would create a plethora of opportunities for change. Without Android quickly following that model we wouldn’t then have the arms race of functionalities. This is probably something Meta is hoping for - that this time around they will have a better seat at the table than they got in that smartphone arms race. I’m looking forward to all of it.