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0 pointsfriedegg6y ago0 comments

I guess it depends on how you define innovative. The iPad was unveiled in January 2010, and while there were other tablets before it, and it was similar to the iPhone, it has now started to replace a regular computer for many people.

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vannevar6y ago

True, but the Microsoft Surface came three years before the Pro. And even if the iPad Pro were dominant, the iPhone and iPad are so closely related as products that counting the iPad 'innovation' is double-dipping a bit.

dkonofalski6y ago

That's like saying that a bathtub and a swimming pool are the same thing because they both hold water.

vannevar6y ago

No, I'm not suggesting they're the same thing. But size alone is not innovation, in swimming pools or iPads. There just isn't enough distinction to say that the iPad is innovative compared to the iPhone. Internally, in fact, the iPad came before the iPhone, and inspired it.

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dkonofalski6y ago

That's like saying that a bathtub and a swimming pool are the same thing because they both hold water.

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