GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago[Opinion] Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulationkarlbode.comexternal-linkmessage-square125linkfedilinkarrow-up1654arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1636arrow-down1external-link[Opinion] Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulationkarlbode.comGolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square125linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCorhen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agoYes and no, the first iPhone was innovative, but after that, it just became refinement.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day 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-down1·21 hours 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.