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> which got scratched by his keys in his pocket, which Jobs found entirely unacceptable. Which required a technological innovation that may or may not existed
by mbesto 4y ago
> which got scratched by his keys in his pocket, which Jobs found entirely unacceptable.
Which required a technological innovation that may or may not existed at the time. This is like saying "autonomous cars can't ever hit a human being". Well, no shit, that would be great, but the technology isn't there yet.
It's well and good to romanticize Steve Jobs, but "assigning single factor causation to the output of complex adaptive system is a triumph of hope over experience"...his obsession with product design was certainly a factor, but it wasn't the ONLY factor.
- eloisant 4y agoOne thing Apple was good at is not releasing a product until the technology to make it good exists. There have been rumors of an iPhone way before release, even the name was obvious to everyone (after the iPod and the iMac), and Apple probably had a prototype with a stylus and a plastic screen. However they didn't release it until capacitive screen were ready for consumer electronics. That's why Apple is often seen not as the company that makes a certain product category popular: because they wait until all the pieces are in places when other companies will release earlier with whatever tech is available at the time.