'The iPhone will fail' and other hot takes on the original iPhone

One of the reasons I hate it when people "call bullshit" on technology that still hasn't played itself out in the market yet (cough, VR, cough), is that it's just too easy. 

Most new products fail. So when journalists "boldly" say that something sucks, is stupid, or won't work with consumers (before most have even touched it), it's usually not insightful courage, it's just a simple thing called "playing the odds."

Which brings us to the debut of the iPhone in 2007. 

Oh, yessss... How sweet it is to look back upon the doubters. No, I didn't write a review at the time, but I was an early iPhone believer. And unlike the four establishment techies who were afforded early access to the device for review, my opinion of the iPhone was primarily informed by Steve Jobs' stagecraft during the initial reveal of the device months before its release.  Read more...