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Docomo phones were(are?) a Japan-only irrelevance.

Granted - Symbian was a thing back then, but can you buy a Symbian phone today? Consumers voted with their money, and they wanted iPhones, not Nokias.

Fast forward to 2019, Nokia is nothing more than a trademark - making generic Android phones on one hand, and cashing in on nostalgia with their feature phones on the other hand.



That doesn't change the fact that Apple did NOT create the smartphone.


But they wrote "Apple created THE smartphone.", not "Apple CREATED the smartphone." To me those mean entirely different things.


A better marketed PDA with phone capabilities?


I didn't say they created the smartphone.

They created THE smartphone - the definitive item.


You mean the were more successful marketing a PDA with phone capabilities? I guess they got something out of Newton.


Yes.

Apple successfully marketed a product which was tested by Nokia engineers and deemed to be inferior.

What part of 'consumers voted with their money' don't you understand?




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