• iopq@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Nobody had a demand for an iPhone before it was released. People just wanted a better Nokia

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      7 hours ago

      what? i absolutely wanted a cell phone with a decent web browser on it in 2007, are you high?

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        14 minutes ago

        My phone did have a browser, but you had to type in using the numbers. What I really wanted was a phone with a bigger physical keyboard

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        3 hours ago

        Their point was that nobody knew they wanted an iPhone back then.

        • Why would I want a gimped web browser on LTE data rate when I have a laptop with Wi-fi?
        • Why pay all that money for what is just a phone?
        • Does this make better calls than a beater 3310? No? So what’s the point?

        Back then the most feature packed phones were either some psuedo-gaming device, or a Sony Ericsson you acquired from Japan with no warranty and likely region locking.

        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2 hours ago

          I can’t just pull out my laptop at my shitty gas station job I had as a teen in 2007… I wanted an upgrade from my fucking slide phone’s shit browser. There was a huge market for it already. People KNEW they wanted it and it delivered.