The new iPhones, slated to drop on Sept. 22, feature never-before-seen color-infused glass — an “industry first” — and new charging ports.

Apple users bash new iPhone 15: ‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’::Smart phone fans are griping about Apple’s new devices since the arguably anti-climactic announcement of the forthcoming iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus on Tuesday.

  • BorgDrone@lemmy.oneEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    LOL no it wasn’t.

    Sure, the idea of an apple phone had been out there for a while, but the actual device wasn’t obvious at all. Just look at all the speculation before the event, people making mockups of what they thought the iPhone would look like. Just look at the industry reactions afterwards.

    For example, the reaction of blackberry founder Mike Lazaridis

    Or the reaction from the people at Google working on Android

    It was absolutely revolutionary at the time. The fact that the way it works seems obvious after the fact is testament to how good and revolutionary it actually was. We can’t even imagine things working differently anymore, but it was only obvious after it was revealed.

    • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      Wow bro you think I’m going to read all that bullshit? Lol. I’m not some genius and even I saw the iPhone coming back then. It was totally obvious if you spent any time thinking about the iPod at all.

      • BorgDrone@lemmy.oneEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        Yeah no. The iPhone looks nothing like an iPod, and no one else predicted anything like the iPhone. But hey, you obviously thought of it.

        Even the people working on Android at that time had nothing like it. Initially Android was going to be a lot like a Blackberry. They had to go back to the drawing board after the iPhone announcement. What a shame that Google didn’t have a brilliant mind like you working for them, they could have saved all that time and money and worked on the ‘obvious’ design from day one.