No doubt that Apple changed the game. Absolutely no doubt.
Or should I say Jobs.
Anyways, the deal with AT&T may have benefited Apple at the time, but I'm not convinced that they couldn't have worked with other providers and gained an even bigger market share. Not that its a big deal because now the increased competition is a huge benefit for the consumer, but I doubt Android would be where it is now if Apple had the iPhone on Verizon two years ago.
And I say that as someone who bought maybe the first Android phone in Canada and knows all about the bugs of the early operating system.
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