The right question would be: "Would you have been able to invent the smartphone if you had made the same experiences and insights as Jobs did"? Because, a lot

The right question would be: "Would you have been able to invent the smartphone if you had made the same experiences and insights as Jobs did"? Because, a lot of people like jobs had similar experiences in the early days, e.g. Palo Alto Research Lab around them - though, it was Jobs who came up with the idea, not any other of the SC veterans :)