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		abritinthebay on Sept 6, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steve Yegge Grades His Own Predictions Sure but seeing as that included non smartphones that's a bit... well stupid of a metric to use. I mean it's like complaining that Aston Martin is a failure in car market because Chevrolet sells more cars.

Marazan on Sept 7, 2015 [–]

Well, yes. But as I pointed out below the iPhone's sales figures were identical to the N95 and no one is claiming the N95 was a massive success.

When the iPhone launched the "smart phone market" didn't exist - there were a couple of other smart phones. It was a incredibly niche category.

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