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> having a browser you could use without thinking about it was huge This right here. People forget things like roaming and data charges. $500+ phone bills were
by matwood 3y ago
> having a browser you could use without thinking about it was huge
This right here. People forget things like roaming and data charges. $500+ phone bills were not uncommon for business travelers. Data charges made smartphones almost a non-starter for the average person. Apple broke that logjam.
- pjmlp 3y agoHardly in Europe, the contracts with data plans were mostly the same for iPhone, Blackberry, Symbian, Java feature phones, Windows CE/Pocket PC. Worse even, as while the others had pre paid plans, iPhone required a 2 year contract.