http://time.com/4309573/most-influential-gadgets/
5. IBM Model 5150
4. Sony Walkman
3. Apple Macintosh
2. Sony Trinitron
1. Apple iPhone
>Apple was the first company to put a truly powerful computer in the pockets of millions when it launched the iPhone in 2007. Smartphones had technically existed for years, but none came together as accessibly and beautifully as the iPhone. Apple’s device ushered in a new era of flat, touchscreen phones with buttons that appeared on screen as you needed them, replacing the chunkier phones with slide-out keyboards and static buttons. What really made the iPhone so remarkable, however, was its software and mobile app store, introduced later. The iPhone popularized the mobile app, forever changing how we communicate, play games, shop, work, and complete many everyday tasks.
>The iPhone is a family of very successful products. But, more than that, it fundamentally changed our relationship to computing and information—a change likely to have repercussions for decades to come.
>>54367732
We already know that, OP
India was among the first to use toilets and look what happened to them.
>>54368234
They rose to the top of the tech industry?
>>54368622
What did they mean by this?
Apple haters BTFO
>>54367732
accessible. beautiful.
>pic not related
>>54368622
Why is arch deprecated simply because MS doesn't endorse it?
>>54368907
Yeesh
>thinking fucking outdated, out of touch Time magazine knows shit about technology
>>54367732
They're right. If it wasn't for the iPhone the "smartphone revolution" wouldn't have started where dirt cheap smartphone could now be accessible for millions of people. Before the iPhone we just had crappy very expensive business smartphone with resistive touchscreens.
>>54367761
I still think the g1 is one of the best looking android designs ever.
>>54369019
What are your qualifications?
>>54369019
They allowed moot to get voted person of the year. I don't think anyone ITT remembers that.
>>54370075
Who? All I remember that was about was Marblecakesalsothegame.
Manny Pacquiao was there.
> Only one PC
> It's fucking ancient
PCfags on suicide watch
>>54367732
Think back to how the internet was before the iPhone and how it is now. The fucking iPhone ruined everything and allowed normies to populate the internet with their cancer. The iphone influenced the world for the worst.
>>54370422
t. Leech on society
>>54367732
Just the name of that topic suggests it was made up to somehow list iPhone as number one.
I get influential people lists but this is just stupid. To me the most influential gadget would be a flushing toilet or something like that.
>>54370631
A toilet isn't a gadget, you idiot.
>powerful computer
>you need a $200 license and an OS X machine to run your own code
>similar devices existed but weren't popular because no apple logo
>most people use iphones for exactly what they used the blackberry - call, text, send/check email, play shitty games
>only iphones are better for playing shitty games
wow. so revolutionary. a stylish looking blackberry in every teenage girl's purse.
>>54370546
Hit too close to home?
>>54370422
AOL ruined everything and allowed normies to populate the internet with their cancer. Now netflix is draining bandwidth we should be using for academic articles.
>>54370684
What's in your purse?
>>54370708
>we should be using for academic articles.
[citation needed]
>>54370708
>>54370546
Mock me all you want but you know I'm right faggots. SJW shit would not have gone as far as it has without the modern internet. Not only that but this whole millenial entitled attitude is a byproduct of the iphone.
>>54370754
So fucking embarrassing
>>>/pol/
>>54367732
>thanks jim keller for these things
>>54370761
Fuck pol and fuck you.
>>54370708
This is true.
I miss the old internet where the web wasn't even a thing, people used archie/gopher, and everyone talked over IRC and usenet.
Yep, I was there. Sorry you kids missed it.
>>54367732
I completely agree.
The UI in Apple Products are always 100% good. Tech companies usually design their electronics with the software/hardware in mind, without ever thinking of the user. What's the use of designing things if people have a hard time accessing them?
>>54367732
>not listing The Turing Machine
you're a fucking idiot.
>>54370810
>"Gadget"
>>54370804
What's the use of designing something so fucking dumbed down and locked away from the user that they aren't in control of their own device and aren't able to take full advantage of it if they really need to?
Fuck you Appleshills.
>>54370795
I remember netscape, dial up, and the old runescape. It was amazing, being able to sit on my parents computer and play with my friends all at once
>>54370823
>IBM 5150
>gadget
Kys
>>54370877
For lazy and dumb as fuck normies.
>>54370877
What does taking full advantage entail?
>>54370823
how was that not turings gadget? faggot
>>54370761
He's right
SJW shit is just entitled kids who overshare without understanding that the internet is a public space, and then react like they've been confronted in private when one of the millions of people who can read everything they post disagrees or dislikes them
When the internet was restricted to adults and posting your personal life was rarer than posting shit that was actually up for debate, such things rarely happened
>>54370934
It wasn't even a physical thing, for a start.
>>54370877
>What's the use of designing something so fucking dumbed down
So it can be accessible to everyone, regardless of their understanding of technology. The primary reason a company makes a product is to sell, so they're going to take factors such as these into account.
>aren't able to take full advantage of it if they really need to?
I agree with you on this, though. In exchange for making Apple products accessible to nearly everyone who isn't stupid, you lose the ability to 100% customize the product. The main challenge here is making the product intuitive for everyone all the while still having the ability to customize it yourself how you see fit, that's the main challenge IU designers face.
That's pretty much why most of /g/ prefers Android over IOS, since you can easily change whatever you like as you see fit. It's a bit harder for iPhones, but most people (I.E. not neets or technology-enthusiasts) don't really care about that and want something that just werks out of the box.
>>54370937
+1
wish we cud go bak 2 da internet not bein a form of entertainmint jus learnin
>>54370906
find something cool someone did with an iphone. there are lots of tech/consumer rags reporting on that.
now realize they needed a mac, xcode, and an apple developer license to even hit the prototype phase.
>>54370941
apple hates customization because apple loves their brand image
half their marketing strategy is that macs have a generic aesthetic that looks good - not amazing, but not bad either - and that other devices let you have a UI that looks bad. the appeal of owning an iphone is being able to show, with a logo, that you don't have bad taste, or, that even if you do, nobody will ever know because you can't express it.
>>54370804
>>Applefag and their lies
I cri evry tiem
>>54371012
Instead of shitposting, why not explain why you think I'm wrong? Apple products are mostly intuitive which makes it easy for any regular Joe to use them. If it wasn't for them, as
>>54369059
put it, we would still have crappy expensive business smartphones with resistive touchscreens. Not even Android would exist as it currently does, most likely.
>inb4 disregarding this post in favor for more shitposting
>>54371061
>> I've payed 500 bucks for a phone so its bettet be revolutionary and artistic otherwise I played for an overpriced crap it is
Applefags are literally the vegans of tech
>>54371137
Not revolutionary. Just simple enough so regular folk can still use it.
>other notable insights by TIME Magazine:
>>^\d{1,10}$ (You)
>>54371159
Like windows phone?
My mom really loves live tiles.
>>54370967
Your comment inspired me to make this wallpaper.
>for free
Why is macintosh there and not apple II
>>54367732
Actually I will agree with this list but only because of the word "influential".
The iPhone was highly influential but it is still a piece of shit.
>>54370684
was just gonna say that blackberry did it first but
>>54371334
Why are there two iphone 4 next to each other and why is there no iphone 4s which is arguably their most successful model?
How do I check an Iphones wireless carrier by IMEI number for FREE, without calling Apple support? Is there some website to check this information for free?
>>54372765
. . .
>>54372840
These aren't the same device, they just have the same outer dimensions. You know this, right?
>>54372894
Then how do you know there are two iphone 4s' and not one iphone 4 and one iphone 4s?
>>54372919
Antenna bands.
>>54372919
Because the chassi is remodeled obviously. I even provided you with a picture for comparison, but since you didn't understand I'll show you why it's obvious.
>>54372919
The 4s has another black band above the volume and vibrate buttons. 4 doesn't
>>54373008
>I'll show you why it's obvious.
>points out a couple tiny details
>obvious
Yeah, nah.
>5. IBM Model 5150
>4. Sony Walkman
>2. Sony Trinitron
they must be joking
almost triggered
> Has the most revolutionary phone in the world
> The only iPhone user in her high school
> "It wasn't that great"
