Pretty sure when he says a “war of life or death” he is referring to himself if they can‘t meet and beat Apple. The CCP has plenty of prison camps for people who show a “lack of initiative“ in accomplishing the Party’s goals.
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OK, I said the modern smartphone. Not the first smartphone. Might as well say The Newton, as it didn't have cell service, but was closer to a modern smartphone and came out 2 years before the simon.
Guess we are totally forgetting about blackberry? I believe blackberry had the first true breakthrough smartphone could be wrong but definitely had smartphones before Apple, they just weren't touch screen.
They already do. Who do you think makes your Apple products and parts?
Oh sorry, as mentioned before LG beat apple to market with an all(almost) screen device. I believe there was one other too.
Of course in physical keyboard non touch screen there was the blackberry line
That's a pretty vague question. What's "the modern smartphone" anyway? Regardless, I'd argue that no one company invented it. Apple got a lot of things right on their first attempt, especially regarding form-factor, but there's also a hell of a lot that they were missing for years that their competitors had early on.
Apple certainly helped popularise smartphones though, I'll give you that.
I can see your point. But I feel those versions of smartphones were very different than the current pocket computers we have now. It almost feels like saying Nintendo's Game and watch was the first modern handheld gaming system. It is all opinion and perspective though.
China has nationalized operating system design. Soon all domestic devices will be required to adopt HarmonyOS. It’s originally designed by Huawei from the ground up to support the next generations of devices. It’s kinda like a hive mind of sorts, distributed OS, where all devices are linked and operate with the same OS. That project has been donated to China’s relevant branch of government and is now state-run. So, Huawei relinquished control, and every relevant company and university in China will contribute to its development and adoption.
It will not only rival Apple’s Darwin-based operating systems, but also replace Windows, Android, Linux, BSD, and everything else.
P.S. The current version of HarmoneyOS has backwards compatibility with Android, but it won’t be as more and more Android core components are being deprecated as the transition progresses. When all the Android components are removed, it will unlock its full potential. I think of it like J.A.R.V.I.S..
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There were a couple of similar devices the came out around the same time as the Apple Newton e.g., the Casio/Tandy Zoomer. However, phone capabilities is kind of a key factor in defining a "smartPHONE". The AT&T EO Personal Communicator also came out around the same time as the Newton but was available with a phone.
I think giving Apple competition is great. Then I realize Apple priority won’t be a device in your hand, but one that sits in front of your eyes. And how they’re so much farther ahead than the competition. They should put the money and time on the future, not beating Apple in the present.
I welcome a competitor, shouldn’t be hard to topple a company so bloated with there own rederect. Incremental updates a complete lack of privacy.
Follow the people, we want real privacy not just the illusion of privacy at a reasonable cost and keep up with Wi-Fi standards.
Follow the people, we want real privacy not just the illusion of privacy at a reasonable cost and keep up with Wi-Fi standards.
You have simplistic idea of what an invention is. You see it as something that must be created in a vacuum and if it has any aspect of it from the past it’s simply an “evolution”. The telephone wasn’t an invention because the telegraph existed before it. “It’s all just stuff going over wires”, you would say. The television wasn’t an invention because the radio existed beforehand. “It’s just stuff being broadcast over the air, they’re practically the same thing”, you would say. The airplane wasn’t an invention because hot air balloons and blimps already existed. “It’s just stuff flying through the air, the hot air balloon did it first, they’re just copying that”, you would say. The automobile wasn’t an invention because carriages and buggies were around first. “They’re just replacing the horse with an engine”. Additionally, you would claim automobiles weren’t the first things to have wheels, seats and windows as parts. The automobile is simply an evolution the of the house and human pulled flatbeds, you would claim.
I guess that leaves us with what? Silly Putty?
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In North America BB seemed to be incredibly popular, also we had Windows Mobile pocket PCs (from HTC, i-Mate, Samsung, Motorola etc…) in NA and the rest of the World with touchscreen along with Symbian smartphones from Nokia (S60, S80 and S90 based Symbians), Samsung (S60 Symybian based), Motorola (Symbian UIQ based) and Sony Ericsson (Symbian UIQ based with Touchscreen), as well as BlackBerry.
There was a time when you could also get BlackBerry Connect services on Windows and Symbian devices for a short while, I remember the Sony Ericsson P990, Nokia E61 and some others were compatible with this. Good times, you had to know certain forums and companies to get the software, lol.
I used Symbian smartphones before iPhone and Android arrived.
Apple revolutionised the smartphone, even Steve Jobs said “every once in a while a revolutionary device comes along that changes everything” when introducing the iPhone. Apple are great at bringing revolutionary devices and changing the course of an industry, they are absolutely phenomenal at that. Apple sit and wait for technology to mature so they can bring to market a truly user friendly device. They create “leapfrog products”.
I would agree if people say “reinvent” I think Steve also said this in the iPhone launch, they definitely reinvented the smartphone but they didn’t outright invent it, one would have to be living in a dreamworld to say that.?
To reinvent is to go and change something so much that it appears to be entirely new, meaning the device existed before but what they brought changes how it’s used.
Apple reinvented the smartphone, they didn’t invent it, if you do want argue this go rather go argue with Apple themselves as they also spoke about reinventing and bringing a revolutionary device.
Let us know how your argument went with Apple, in fact you can sit and argue with Steve Jobs iPhone launch, that should be fun.
Would be your word against his.
Apple is anything but a hope of Western society.
Another guy that wants to engage in pedantic semantics. Saying Apple “reinvented” the smartphone is saying the exact same thing as saying Apple invented the modern incarnation of the smartphone, genius. Don’t think so? Let us know how your argument goes with your English professor.Apple reinvented the smartphone, they didn’t invent it, if you do want argue this go rather go argue with Apple themselves as they also spoke about reinventing and bringing a revolutionary device.
Let us know how your argument went with Apple, in fact you can sit and argue with Steve Jobs iPhone launch, that should be fun.
Would be your word against his.
Nope, it is not the same thing and if you actually had an English professor you would know that.
You’re just lying now….
Smartphone Ownership Update: September 2012
66% of those ages 18-29 own smartphones; 68% of those living in households earning $75,000 also own them
www.pewresearch.org
I think you’re drinking the K.O.O.L.A.I.D.
And probably most of the source code was stolen.
'Larger' meaning sales, or 'devices in hands'. I'm sure China could put one in every citizen's hand and cover it all. Not install it IN their hands, btw.
Translation, we will redouble our efforts to steal all the technology and science while using forced labour to make it cheaper. It’s the CCP way.
The fact that they have 10 000 stores and want to open 20 000 more in that one country is insane (please correct me if I got those numbers wrong).
They can literally sit in their country and just sell there and “technically” appear to have the largest share of sales in the world, but it would be a heavy weighting to China vs The Rest of the world sales.
On the other hand they are up against their home mates BBK who have OnePlus, Vivo, Oppo etc… under their umbrella.
It is very interesting that Apple managed to capture such a huge amount of sales there vs the homegrown brands, a part of me thinks it’s going to be hard for companies like Xiaomi and BBK to compete with Apple if their own home country prefers Apple. I wonder if we will see China go the way of Japan where Apple has a huge slice of the market despite Japan having had some fabulous phone manufacturers who have seemingly begun to slow their global availability of their phones globally.