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The first iPhone was released in the beginning of 2007. The first litigation against Htc was 3 years later. I consider the original phone an innovation but sinc
by mrich 14y ago
The first iPhone was released in the beginning of 2007. The first litigation against Htc was 3 years later. I consider the original phone an innovation but since then Apple has not done much, and to the bystander it looks like they can only compete through the courts nowadays.
- simonh 14y agoWhereas in reality those products they have managed to get rulings against were basically already dead anyway. Apple is using the patent system to kick people when they're already down, that's why it seems so unnecessary, but in reality their legal successes have had insignificant impact on the overall market.
- pilsetnieks 14y agoIt may seem to a casual onlooker that there hasn't been much going on since the first iPhone but if you'd compare the original and 4S, it's not even funny. It'd be the same saying that the Motorola's original brick phone was an innovation, the RAZR was just a small improvement and they've been coasting since the 80s.