Comment on What DID Apple innovate?
520@kbin.social 6 months ago
Apple does refinement a lot better than they do outright innovation, but refinement is a core part of the process: your average user doesn't want to be using software that feels like a chore to use.
ripcord@kbin.social 6 months ago
The smartphone case is one where I'd say they largely did invent the modern smartphone. I mean, they didn't design every component from the ground up, but so much of what went into that first iPhone was new and completely redefined things, to the point where these interfaces and design languages still define how virtually every smartphone still works 15 years later.
520@kbin.social 6 months ago
Hardware wise? no. There is plenty of prior art for everything that went into iPhone 1.
What they did right was the building of their UI around the touch screen. Gave us more than simple taps to work with. Swiping to see new screens, flicking a list to scroll through it fast, those kinds of things.
ripcord@kbin.social 6 months ago
Hardware-wise? Yes, some of that too.
520@kbin.social 6 months ago
Like what? Only thing I can think of is the in-screen fingerprint reader. Touch screens were already popular in Blackberries and Windows Phones at this point.