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TIME Names iPhone Most Influential Gadget of All Time
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Yes, but I'd bet more people are watching on-demand content on smartphones and tablets than TVs nowadays.
I don't know, my guess is that the self driving car is the next "revolution" but it will be spread out over a long period of time. The first few exist now but when perfected, it will be life changing....if not just life saving.
It might even be "law changing", can you get a DUI if your car is driving itself? Under today's laws, just being in the cabin with a key counts as a DUI in most states.
The 6s is twice as fast and you got 2 GB RAM. That's what makes the 6s a lot more responsive, keeps apps much longer in RAM meaning a huge step up in every day use!A shame it's losing its influence nowadays
What happened to the innovative Apple we all remember that basically punched every competitor in the face when the first iPhone hit in 2007? Surely we haven't ran out of ideas to make something "magical" again, have we? Besides a new camera and 3D Touch, what reason do people have to really upgrade from an iPhone 6? Things get faster each year, but it seems no company can create something that blows people away quite like that unveiling of the original iPhone. </rant>
Since we are going with "all time" here, and I cannot see into the future, I would nominate the printing press, the light bulb, and the transistor.
funny list with google glass in there...how can be a NON-mainstream device to make the cut into the most infl. gadget of all time ???
Forgot about the transistor, that’s a good one, but the Tube/valve was even earlier.
See, this was something valid to say back in 2013.
The original iPod was released in Fall of 2001.
The iPhone was released in Summer of 2007.
Apple took 5.75 years to go from the original iPod to the original iPhone.
It's been just under 9 years now. In this time, Apple has released a revamped Apple TV (a crappy remote using crappy voice controls that haven't been updated in 5 years, plus an App Store that's 8 years late), the Apple Watch (you can't spell useless without... wait, yes you can. That's just how useless it is - not even useful to describe the concept of uselessness), and the iPad, which is basically just a jumbo iPod Touch.
You asked what new developments have taken place.
How about VR? Multiple companies have made VR headsets that work with Linux and Windows. There's support for OS X, but no hardware that it works on, because Apple hasn't bothered to actually keep the Mac competitive.
There's cars, but it seems to me that Apple started working on that project a few years too late. Unless they have some crazy innovative ideas (look at the Apple Watch if you think they might), they're going to flop on this - they'll deliver a product that has nothing on Tesla, except they'll be seen as the underdog. I think there's a decent chance that Cook will realize this and kill the project before Apple wastes too much money on an actual roll-out.
Apple hasn't just passed peak iPhone - they're pass peak Apple. Apple has enough of a cash pile that they can recover, but they're falling fast right now.
Just noticed, why are the power buttons misaligned in this photo that is frequently used?
That's Apple's fault, they put all their eggs in one design basket with Ive and he's washed up. No one has the balls or even the authority to replace him.A shame it's losing its influence nowadays
Back to the list... I'd consider the printing press a gadget, that would go #1 for me. Telegraph/telephone #2. Radio #3. TV #4. iPhone would be 5 at best. Each one of the gadgets I listed revolutionized communication in their own era. I think they stuck the iPhone at the top for click bait.
Hmmm... each invention should be compared with the impact it had in its time.
It's like comparing Bill Gates' fortune to Rockefeller's.
It's like comparing Bill Gates' fortune to Rockefeller's.
This list is specifically for gadgets and not inventions.
I'd argue the opposite. You walk into a bar, restaurant, office, library, gym, grocery store, mall, etc and people are more likely to be swiping away on their phone than staring at a television screen.
What's the problem?
If the TV weren't invented, we would watch everything in an iPhone.
The iPhone is still in its infancy...
Or a computer, tablet, or phone. Though he gave ill examples for his point, he isn't wrong.
Internet/mobile usage eclipses television.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/10/u-s-consumers-now-spend-more-time-in-apps-than-watching-tv/
http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Mo...US-Adults-Daily-Time-Spent-with-Media/1010782
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/01/tv-digital-devices_n_3691196.html