> but that didn't mean it was a good as it could have been Nothing is, and nothing can be. Not even if you eliminate cost from the equation. Not even if you el

> but that didn't mean it was a good as it could have been Nothing is, and nothing can be. Not even if you eliminate cost from the equation. Not even if you eliminate manufacturability, or supply chain availability. You're holding the original iPhone to an impossible standard. The iPhone was arguably the best product Apple could have made for that price, to be released on that date. Sure it could have been better and more expensive. It could have been better and further delayed. It could have been better and also worse in some other way.