[curiouscavalier]

The iPhone launched with a phone, email and an internet browser (not limited to the mobile internet) in your pocket. I think those were the killer apps, where each one had already proved their value in other form factors.

I think part of the focus on apps is because while portable connectivity is an easier feature for most people to understand and appreciate (though I appreciate this may not have been quite as clear in 2007), wearability is less so, especially where the form factor is socially and ergonomically awkward. Working in AR/VR I know my team is constantly asking variations of "how can we convince someone to put this on their face?" My interpretation of pieces like this is often that they echo underlying concerns over the efficacy of use-cases, and decisions by players like Netflix to port their apps is some (albeit noisy and incomplete) data around it.

[pwthornton]

Just having a full Web browser in your pocket was huge.

Also, a touchscreen iPod! That was another massive killer app.

I used to carry around a phone, PDA, and an iPod. Day 1, Apple allowed me to carry one device.

And then add in a great Web browser, and you can see why it was great even before 3rd party apps.

I am not convinced Apple has come up with any killer 1st party apps for the Vision Pro, and that's concerning.

[pjmlp]

I was already doing that for quite some time with Symbian phones.

[cloogshicer]

And Maps. Don't forget about Maps. That was one of the killer apps too.

[seec]

Yeah, I had relocated to Paris just after the first iPhone, seeing how useful it was I bought the 3G phone the summer of its release...