Frankly many &quot;dumbphones&quot; could rival iPhone when it launched, yet the press went gaga about smartphone for the masses (because Apple made it, natch).<p>The basic problem was that USA was lagging the mobile world severely, so when the likes of iPhone shipped over there it seemed like a revolution for that insular market. I just wish the wider (tech) press didn&#x27;t so much unquestionably parrot the US press.