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The iPhone didn't have any revolutionary tech, in fact, it was quite lacking when you compare what was out there and that's why many people claimed that it will
by mrtksn 3y ago
The iPhone didn't have any revolutionary tech, in fact, it was quite lacking when you compare what was out there and that's why many people claimed that it will fail.
What iPhone had was a revolutionary user interface that provided the outstanding user experience despite lacking a lot of features and functions.
- robertlagrant 3y agoIts capacitive touchscreen was revolutionary. That's what enabled the UI to be done in a different way. This isn't some "great design creates great product" thing. It's the underlying tech that did it, and if the UI had been different, it would been just as revolutionary. I would argue that the addition of the app store is what made the iPhone really jump phones forward.
- mrtksn 3y agoNope, capacitive screens and multitouch were 30 years old tech. Sure, Apple did engineering to actually make it into the product they shipped but that wasn't what Apple invented with iPhone.
- robertlagrant 3y agoEverything is built from something else. Not doing the fundamental science that leads to a product doesn't mean that the product itself isn't innovative. Apple's interface elements[0] and interactions[1] were no doubt derived from elsewhere too. Getting UI elements on a screen wasn't new. Cramming a capacative touchscreen into a phone was very new. [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/button https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/bu... [1] http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html
- mrtksn 3y agoRight, people were buying iPhones because they wanted to touch two or more fingers. Everyone was trying to make screens that can register multiple touches but Apple was the first to crack it and this led to natural success of market demanding multiple touches and they having it.