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> There was a mentality years ago that the iPhone was the good hardware plus a bunch of apps -- but over time many of the most important apps have been built in
by madeofpalk 3y ago
> There was a mentality years ago that the iPhone was the good hardware plus a bunch of apps -- but over time many of the most important apps have been built in apps / services from Apple directly
I don't think this was ever correct. The iPhone has always been strong on good hardware and software working together.
The "wows" of the original iPhone announcement were things like slide to unlock, pinch to zoom on images, and rotating the iPod app to get cover flow.
- pdonis 3y ago> The iPhone has always been strong on good hardware and software working together. Yes, but they also have taken advantage of third party developers doing market research for them, just as Microsoft did with Windows in the 1990s. I wouldn't be surprised if that was actually a key reason why the App Store was included in the first place.