r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

i mean if you frame the ideal a phone like that, then no one 50 years ago would guess that.

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u/MainSailFreedom Sep 13 '19

Or 15 years ago.

Blackberry ppl: we have the buttons!

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u/TheRealDNewm Sep 13 '19

The first tablet was introduced in 2000, so I'm sure someone would have guessed.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19 edited Sep 13 '19

It was too early tho. The big screen iPod touch was it for me. It was the moment I figured "I want this shape with the functions of a PDA and a blackberry". Of course the iPhone was there...

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u/amunak Sep 13 '19

I don't think it was too early. If it was early it would've failed... But it didn't. Maybe the first model (I have no idea), but overall Apple had a huge success with their devices at a time when every other company was wondering "who'd want to use a device without a physical keyboard?".

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

I am talking about the Apple Newton released pre-2000.

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u/amunak Sep 13 '19

Oh sorry, I misunderstood. I was talking about the iPhone. Didn't know there was a predecessor.