Apple solved the problem of wanting a large screen, a full keyboard, in a small device I... find this a little revisionist and/or reductionist. Yes, Appl

Apple solved the problem of wanting a large screen, a full keyboard, in a small device I... find this a little revisionist and/or reductionist. Yes, Apple did those things. I disagree that they only solved "pain points." They took the concept of a smartphone into a new direction by in many cases explicitly disregarding what the public wanted. I don't love the iPhone, actually. I wish it was open instead of closed. This is not meant as a defense of Apple per se but I feel you've got the history a bit wrong. Generally speaking, folks did not want a large screen. A lot of people, particularly men, explicitly wanted the smallest phone possible. Many "power users" were hardcore members of the Blackberry camp. They didn't really care about fancy screens. They wanted hardcore messaging devices geared toward people who needed to be in constant communication via text, email, etc. There were also hacker types who wanted to use their phones as open software platforms, SSH terminals, etc. Apple disregarded all of them and did something different. Love them or hate them they did a lot more than just "solve pain points."