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I had an original iPhone the day it was released. Lots of people viewed it as too expensive and "why would I need that". When iPad came out plenty of people ha
by buck746 2y ago
I had an original iPhone the day it was released. Lots of people viewed it as too expensive and "why would I need that".
When iPad came out plenty of people had the notion that "no one really needs that, it's just a toy".
This is a pattern with apple products going back to the original Macintosh.
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- throw46365 2y agoWhen the iPad came out, people actually mostly said it was just a big iPhone. It is, in fact, pretty much still just a big iPhone. It turns out that's enough for a lot of people.
- gattilorenz 2y agoTrue! I remember a quite funny meme where the iPad being held by Jobs during WWDC was photoshopped and replaced with 4 iPhones taped together: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ipad-spoofing https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ipad-spoofing I still chuckle at that one.
- Ancapistani 2y ago> When iPad came out plenty of people had the notion that "no one really needs that, it's just a toy". Remember the iPad Mini? People were calling full-size the "Maxi iPad". That's the phase that we're in right now. The utility isn't quite there, but the promise is. These days I use my iPad Pro + Magic Keyboard as my primary web interface. That wasn't possible at first, but if you looked at the product with the future in mind, it was forseeable.