"The iPhone demonstrated that smartphones are infinitely better than the feature phones which dominated the world in 2007." The iPhone had predecessors, some A

"The iPhone demonstrated that smartphones are infinitely better than the feature phones which dominated the world in 2007." The iPhone had predecessors, some Apple, some Microsoft, many tiny companies with good ideas but no business brains. It like the electric car stood on the shoulders of giants. The electric car still has two major hurdles (I wish it weren't true I really wish that the prediction comes true): 1) the Oil industry is powerful 2) batteries. With a car, if I want to take a short trip to the local gas me up station then decide to drive 300 miles just to say hey to a friend...I could do that. With an electric car and today's batteries, each "filling" station would have to be able to provide a fully charged, safe battery pack that is compatible with my vehicle. If better batteries could be made with oil, adoption for electric cars would be overnight and the prediction manifested.