Well, without getting into an argument about what exactly made the iPhone revolutionary in terms of features and design, I think the evidence is clear: average people didn't buy smartphones before the iPhone came out, they did after it came out. Now every phone looks like an iPhone. Sounds revolutionary to me, in every sense of the word.

Touchscreen does not make a smartphone. Plenty of people had non-touchscreen smartphones prior to the iPhone.

Indeed, it was nothing new, brought out by a company that knew nothing about phones. No wonder it bombed so badly. Nearly destroyed Apple - they sure won't make that mistake again.

Anybody saying the LG Prada is proof that the iPhone was not revolutionary has clearly never used an LG Prada. It was not a good phone.

The mere fact that nearly every smartphone on the market today has the same form factor as the iPhone and follows a similar UI paradigm should be evidence enough of the iPhone's impact. I see no reason to deny that.

It was the first iPod with mobile Safari that worked really well as a browser (it also made phonecalls).

It was fucking revolutionary and the numbers speak for themselves.

Well it was revolutionary without any doubt.

I believe software patents should not be granted but Apple really created a revolution. To say the contrary is denial.

It was so revolutionary it was not necessary to have MMS to be a total hit, like it was.

Have you used a LG Prada, we had to do software for it for a big Telcom company. Those companies would decide witch software would run on your phone, and it was total crap.

Android is just a literal copy of Apple iOS, please give credit when credit is due.