[Jasonmwa]

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Well, unless they’re on T-Mobile.

At least locally US Cellular is another sorely lamented absentee. I can't remember why T-Mobile is late to the party but US Cellular said they won't adopt an iPhone until it works on faster networks. Funny, AT&T's 3G is still the fastest overall (I don't count spotty "market" cities as networks; I'm looking for the best overall coverage). Locally, US Cell has the BEST coverage; its customers want the iPhone and there's no 4G in the area. I'm not sure how holding out is helping US Cell. It's obviously not helping their customers.


As an aside, that day Steve announced the iPhone five years ago, Apple's plan was to get a mere 1% of the smartphone market. I've often wondered if this was shortsighted or an earnest goal that was obscenely under-forecasting the might of their product.

[PeterDeep]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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.

Obviously, the guy was being sarcastic. How could you miss that?

[bigh]

Jasonmwa, on 30 June 2012 - 05:12 AM, said:

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Well, unless they’re on T-Mobile.

As an aside, that day Steve announced the iPhone five years ago, Apple's plan was to get a mere 1% of the smartphone market. I've often wondered if this was shortsighted or an earnest goal that was obscenely under-forecasting the might of their product.

I believe it was 1% (10 million phones) in the first year, which was ambitious but in the end remarkable accurate.

[bigh]

I think one of the most striking moments was the first OS update - for free! Imagine updating a phone and having a significantly improved device. Of course, we take it for granted now, but this was something unique at the time, and changed our mindset from thinking phones were disposable after a year or so. It also brought on a sense of loyalty to Apple - you were part of an ongoing adventure, not a guinea pig left on the side of the road as the company moved forward.

Unless you're keeping your phone more than three generations, that is... then you might find yourself watching the iOS bus pull away. But even three years is rather remarkable compared to common practice at the time (I remember returning Razrs that broke after 6 months - manufacturers were essentially building them as disposable items). The build quality of the iPhone, combined with OS updates, changed all that. In fact, we still have a fully-operating original iPhone... not in use, but it could be.