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submitted 11 months ago by ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Genuine question.

I know they were the scrappy startup doing different cool things. But, what are the most major innovative things that they introduced, improved or just implemented that either revolutionized, improved or spurred change?

I am aware of the possibility of both fanboys and haters just duking it out below. But there's always that one guy who has a fkn well-formatted paragraph of gold. I await that guy.

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[-] 520@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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. It felt fast and easy in a way that touch UIs never did before.

[-] ripcord@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Hardware-wise? Yes, some of that too.

[-] 520@kbin.social 1 points 11 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.

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