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You forgot the pivotal moment when Apple developers cried were so loud they had to make the App Store.

You missed out GPS.

No 16 GB in the first iphone.

fibercut, on 29 June 2012 - 08:40 AM, said:

You can't seriously believe that was the reason for the App Store?

ZeusCarver, on 29 June 2012 - 10:17 AM, said:

Ignore that statement. Senior moment.

You forgot facetime and siri...

and the retina display.

ZeusCarver, on 29 June 2012 - 10:19 AM, said:

Either that or Steve was totally wrong about not needing native apps on the iPhone because web apps are really SWEET. And Apple defenders can't bring themselves to admit that they were wrong. So instead, they change their story to say "Well, Apple was going to do it anyway".

And nobody needs copy and paste or multitasking on the iPhone.

Apple does not need to listen to anybody because Apple always knows what is right. Why does Apple even bother to put Feedback links on their web site if Apple does not need to read any of it?

JorgeCampos, on 29 June 2012 - 11:29 AM, said:

Hi Jorge,

While I don't disagree with you on your statements entirely, in my mind, I view those as features, not milestones. Just my thought, not arguing with ya. I feel like 3G, internals, networks, app store, blah blah, have been far more essential to the PLATFORM versus the actual device. Internals borderline that, but since you can still run a lot of things on the 3GS, I view it more as "the iPhone is a powerful platform" vs "Look what the NEW one has." All important, Siri included, as individual features are, I personally think the article is more geared to why the platform works, why it has been so widely adopted, why it is such a target for competitors. And from the competitor part, I feel like THAT'S where your point comes in. Then we get down and dirty with incredible features.

So again, I don't think you're WRONG. I just see the overall plot differently than you. Same story, different perception.

Cheers,
Matthew

kosh, on 29 June 2012 - 03:18 PM, said:

Um. Okay, sorry, have to speak up here, and start bluntly: you've gotta be joking about that feedback bit. Maybe you're not in the developer program which would explain a lot, but a lot of the iPhone is made up of what developers want. More APIs, different hardware, powerful internals, hosting, networking, blah blah. So, uh. Sorry. You couldn't be more off base with that entire comment.

I believe the first generation iPhone was only available in 4 & 8 GB versions, the 16 GB version did not come till months later after the price had dropped. I bought an 8GB iPhone, 5 years ago today, for $599.00. Apple did give everyone whom had purchased an iPhone a $100 gift card to compensate for the rapid price drop. It was the right thing to do.

Another important component of the unlock saga is AT&T unlocking iPhones once they go out of contract. Now if we could only get T mobile to offer a fast Sim card for the iPhone...

Sichas, on 29 June 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

NOW. There were no developers for the original iPhone, unless you count the web app ones (were there any?). I often think on why Apple did this about face about the app store. Sometimes I wonder if it was just Apple not prepared to offer a native app store so, as stated in the article, the original iPhone was still a work in progress (also seen in the unsubsidized prices and EDGE). Either Apple finally figured out how they wanted to do an app store (which is the argument I tend to go with) or developers were vocal enough (at that time there weren't any, weren't the iOS app dev community, so what did it matter what they wanted). Apple is a forward thinking company but realizes sometimes it can't do all it wants and it staggers features in its products to give them longevity and to get it right. So the app store, along with copy/paste, GPS, faster networks were all things they couldn't do at the beginning. NOW the app devs are a valued part of the ecosystem. While there was a good chance that Steve Jobs just wanted to phone locked down completely and no one mucking inside it, software-wise, there's also the chance that he took the stage and used smoke a mirrors to buy time for Apple to get it right.