GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago[Opinion] Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulationkarlbode.comexternal-linkmessage-square142linkfedilinkarrow-up1682arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1663arrow-down1external-link[Opinion] Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulationkarlbode.comGolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square142linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCorhen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoYes and no, the first iPhone was innovative, but after that, it just became refinement.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months agoIt wasn’t innovative. They took existing products, and polished and marketed them. Apple has always been a lifestyle brand.
minus-squareRioting Pacifist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoWhat was the innovation in the iPhone? It was worse in almost every way except marketing than the n900. The technology had reached the point where you could have smartphones by then, I don’t see what was innovative about iPhones.
Yes and no, the first iPhone was innovative, but after that, it just became refinement.
It wasn’t innovative. They took existing products, and polished and marketed them. Apple has always been a lifestyle brand.
What was the innovation in the iPhone?
It was worse in almost every way except marketing than the n900.
The technology had reached the point where you could have smartphones by then, I don’t see what was innovative about iPhones.