I’m sorry, but I’m not sure how you think the p800 looked anything like the iPhone, https://goo.gl/images/t3XvMA
Yes, they are both rectangles. But there were massive differences aside from the capacitive touch.
Yes, they are both rectangles. But there were massive differences aside from the capacitive touch.
It tends to bring this pointless debate to a quick end.
Edit: found them.
Before: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/samsu...
After: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/samsu...
Not really.. all the before photos are for keypad phones. All the after photos are for touchscreen phones. I would argue that if you are going to design a pure touchscreen phone, you are likely to end up with an 'iPhone-like' design. Case in point is the LG Prada which was unveiled before the iPhone.
Sure it had an impact on design, but given a couple of years, they would have gotten there(hardware-wise).
I'm saying that because if you look at the years, the first one goes:
2004 - 2005 - 2006 - iPhone (2007)
And the second one goes:
iPhone (2007) - 2010 - 2011
If they want to prove the point they should not be disingenuous and show some Samsung phones from 2008 and 2009. I doubt that Samsung transitioned from the old design to the new one instantly in 2007, via their magic iPhone cloning machine.
Also, the iPhone was more of a forcing function than anything. If you look at a longer term evolution, screens were getting bigger and bigger and the keyboard smaller and smaller. The iPhone shaved 5-10 years from that evolution by shaming complacent phone producers into moving forward at a decent pace.
Parent post didn't say the phones looked the same. The iPhone refined a lot of existing functionality.