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10 Years Ago Today: Steve Jobs Introduces the iPhone
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I'm definitely looking forward to this years iPhone.
I do have some high expectations, and I hope TC delivers.
As bad as it'd be for Macrumors, I think I'm going to stay away from the site months prior to September.
I need to lower my expectations, but I don't know, am hopeful and of course a man can dream!
Innovation and Revolution over mere Evolution!
I do have some high expectations, and I hope TC delivers.
As bad as it'd be for Macrumors, I think I'm going to stay away from the site months prior to September.
I need to lower my expectations, but I don't know, am hopeful and of course a man can dream!
Innovation and Revolution over mere Evolution!
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It's not though - it was announced 10 years ago today, release date was months later.
Obviously later iPhones have better hardware and new features, but from a visual and ergonomics standpoint, I think the iPhone 4/4s was the last great iPhone.
If you're confused by three tablet sizes don't walk down a cereal aisle at a grocery store.
Only Apple have the courage to fragment their ecosystem though!!
Just remember it had it's share of skeptics....
I'm not a violent person, but there's just something about Ballmer that makes me want to punch him.
I've watched this keynote dozens and dozens of times over the years. Still the best tech presentation -- and maybe the best presentation -- I've ever seen. Vivid memories of sitting in my dorm room watching this for the first time that night just in awe.
RIP Steve. This is just one of the things you did that changed the world, and you are so incredibly missed.
RIP Steve. This is just one of the things you did that changed the world, and you are so incredibly missed.
I considered both of them dumbphones. Palm had me back then. Even the first iphone was vastly inferior to the Treo. But you could see the potential easy enough. It was the iphone 3G that became apple's first smartphone. The original one was dumb with no apps.
WebOS made me look at Palm again given my history with them. I liked the Pre better than the iphone 3G/3GS at the time as the Pre had some killer features and better screen quality (palm had quality problems to be sure). But iphone 4 came along and Palm (and HP) made many missteps and that's all she wrote.
Ah yes, the device that made Microsoft crap it's pants and sent Google back to the lab to revise Android (which at the time looked nothing like the software it became in broadly aping Apple).
Possibly the most successful modern device since... the iPod?
Steve we salute you. RIP
Possibly the most successful modern device since... the iPod?
Steve we salute you. RIP
If you listen to the video, it's actually got a valid point, it was overpriced and did not appeal to business customers. A price cut ....and the rest is history .
I'd argue if you're talking about visual and ergonomics then the 5 series was the last great one. But visual and ergonomics are really very subjective to be honest.
Wouldn't be so sure. Apple have always been successful about making their new products headline news. Unfortunately, the headlines for the iPhone 7 were "Apple removes headphone jack"... OK, maybe slightly better than no headlines but really not good.
Even if the future is jack-less, the time to do it would be with the sort of radical re-design that seems to be in the pipeline for the iPhone 8. Whatever incremental improvements the iPhone 7 offered, the stand-out feature was the omission of the jack, which only the most kool-aid-saturated fanboi could see as an improvement.
Not having the AirPods shipping on the same day as the iPhone 7 was also a failure. OK, other headphone solutions were available, but the AirPods are the spiritual successor to the iconic white earbuds and a major mitigation to the removal of the jack.
Yes, market saturation is an issue, but the solution to that is to come out with a compelling product that makes even the people with last-year's model want to upgrade. Apple has huge resources so they're really fresh out of excuses. What Apple has been doing in the second half of this year is making some customers thank their lucky stars that they upgraded last year...
Not necessarily for the better when you see most glued to their phones every waking moment and then there's selfies.
Yes but the point I think is that Microsoft then (and now) didn't understand that this phone would appeal to normal people. Microsoft for years held the view that the consumer space didn't want a smartphone and Balmer for having that view, is a moron.
You realize that's out of context, when the phone was introduced it was over priced. I understand Ballmer's point - he needed to protect MS's interest (which he largely failed) but back he made that quote he was right.
What, announce it 4 months after they announced the previous iteration? You sound foolish.
Hmm driving whilst listening to headphones, and that is the best reason you come up with to require both at the same time? How about just using a bluetooth handsfree connection
Or in case you aren't driving but are a passenger some great tangle free bluetooth noise cancelling headphone, you can truly emerge into the music then I got the first iPhone at the time, I remember that once they became available I wanted one. I was using a Nokia E65 at the time, used a Motorola A1000 before that for 3G touch screen. No phone device came close to what Apple brought out. I also remember the haters at the time, and within a matter of time they all became users. I also remember that for ordinary non business types a smartphone or mobile internet device was uncommon, it really made it available to the masses.
I'd be all in for the first phone maker that made a DSLR quality camera in that small body. I feel they might be working against the laws of physics, but if they can manage low light quality and optics with optical zoom, that could be a game changer.
I posted this 10 years ago today(!):
Weirdly I didn't end up actually owning one until the iPhone 4.
Weirdly I didn't end up actually owning one until the iPhone 4.
Hmmm, I never said I listened to headphones whilst driving, could think of nothing worse. My car has a 3.5mm jack for passing audio from the iPhone. It doesn't have bluetooth. Hence the reason I wanted the 3.5mm jack on the phone.
I also have sat nav while driving so need the phone to be charged at my destination. I'd like to be able to do both at the same time...