I sometimes like to imagine what Steve would think about the iPhone at this point.
Did he ever expect them to get this popular and change the landscape so much? He hinted at it on that 2007 introduction at MWSF, so I think he might've believed they were truly on to something. But he died in October 2011, the day before the 4s was unveiled. Which means he was never around for the taller 5 models and all that came after.
I'd love to know his thoughts on it all - all the new (and larger) sizes, the pricepoints (especially the $999+ stuff), the cameras they have, etc.
Would he have imagined the accessory and add-on markets, and the presence of these phones
everywhere, including all throughout entertainment in a way even the Mac never fully enjoyed, and just everything they've come to represent?
It's a shame he wasn't around to experience that explosion for a few more years. It's a shame he's not around, period, but he got robbed on the iPhone/iPad thing, only getting four years and under two years, respectively, in a world where they existed. He missed the true explosion/growth/acceptance since 2012 and the 5/5s (that's when I started seeing them everywhere, even in the hands of people like my Dad and his old fart friends who spent years poo-poohing them and saying they'd "never own one".
Yeah, bullshit...they've owned nothing
but, since.
Naming-wise, there's no telling what Steve would've pushed for. Honestly, I think he would've dug around and come up with some more cat names for the Mac.
"We're not done yet...I've got this
Cats of the World coffee table book. Let's see what we can find...".