TIME released its list of the 50 most influential gadgets of all time and Apple’s iPhone tops the list with other Apple products also appearing on the list. TIME names the iPhone is the most influential gadget of all time because of it changed our relationship to computing and information.
The magazine asserts that we’ll be feeling the changes brought about by the introduction of the iPhone in 2007 for decades to come, saying that the software and App Store are what truly set the iPhone apart from previous smartphones:
What really made the iPhone so remarkable, however, was its software and mobile app store, introduced later. The iPhone popularized the mobile app, forever changing how we communicate, play games, shop, work, and complete many everyday tasks.
Apple’s presence on TIME’s list doesn’t stop there. At #3 on the list is the Macintosh and #9 on the list is the iPod, originally introduced in 2001, the iPad at #25 thanks to it being “radically different” from any tablet the world had seen before and had an interface optimized for touchscreen and the iBook at #38 with TIME praising the device for being the first laptop to offer WiFi.
Apple wasn’t the only company to claim the spotlight though… Other gadgets like the Sony Walkman #4, the Victrola record player at #6, the original Nintendo Entertainment System at #15 and the Google Glass at #50 also appeared on the list. You can view the full list of all 50 influential gadgets ever made by clicking here.
Source: TIME
