[dhs12345]

Ingenuity had little to do with it. Demand existed because of the iPhone’s predecessor the ipod. Actually the innovation is gone with the iPhone. The iPhone is an ipod with telephone electronics.

People buy what they are familiar with. It is called brand name recognition. People buy Ford because they own Fords. Ditto for Apple.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Ingenuity had everything to do with it. Since the invention of the wheel we have been making incremental improvements on the concept through ingenuity.