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One of the understated innovations of the iPhone was bringing awareness of the phone manufacturer to the masses, disrupting the relationship between customer an
by cglong 3y ago
One of the understated innovations of the iPhone was bringing awareness of the phone manufacturer to the masses, disrupting the relationship between customer and carrier. Android provided (and still does) a way for carriers to regain some control in that relationship.
One example is Verizon's Droid campaign, which was so successful that "Droid" became a genericized trademark for any Android phone for a decade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Droid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Droid
- petepete 3y agoThis is incredibly US-centric, the line between manufacturer and carrier is much clearer just about everywhere else in the world.
- cglong 3y agoWell yeah, the comment I was replying to was about the US :D
- fomine3 3y agoManufacturer and career relationship was very strong in Japan ,because career was a new service developer and order what to make. iPhone did great here too.
- numpad0 3y agoStill is. iPhone never allowing carrier-customized ROM changed everything. At least now we can disable ~stupid~ sheep wandering homescreen on localized Android phones.