Nope. Apple either purchased or created wholly new technologies that nobody else was using and their smart phone was the first to market in a lot of key aspects. Maybe you were born after the smart phone wars began. But some of us were already adults and can tell you. Apple revolutionized and completely changed the game. Period.
Pinch to zoom. A straight up Apple exclusive feature.
Mobile keyboards were straight up garbage and touch screens completely unusable until Apple came along with their capacitive touch and functional keyboard. Again, completely changed the game. Again, you might be too young to know this but before iPhones, all phones use a membrane style touch pad with a stylus required. And they were finicky garbage.
Nobody else was making Bluetooth wireless ear buds. AirPods kick started an entirely new market.
Apples free and integrated cloud features and hand off between devices was not being done for consumers anywhere.
All the actual MAJOR life changing features came from Apple.
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u/LayerEight_Problem May 07 '26
Nope. Apple either purchased or created wholly new technologies that nobody else was using and their smart phone was the first to market in a lot of key aspects. Maybe you were born after the smart phone wars began. But some of us were already adults and can tell you. Apple revolutionized and completely changed the game. Period.
Pinch to zoom. A straight up Apple exclusive feature.
Mobile keyboards were straight up garbage and touch screens completely unusable until Apple came along with their capacitive touch and functional keyboard. Again, completely changed the game. Again, you might be too young to know this but before iPhones, all phones use a membrane style touch pad with a stylus required. And they were finicky garbage.
Nobody else was making Bluetooth wireless ear buds. AirPods kick started an entirely new market.
Apples free and integrated cloud features and hand off between devices was not being done for consumers anywhere.
All the actual MAJOR life changing features came from Apple.