In Pictures: Five years ago they said the iPhone would be a flop ... Now?

Pundits who got it wrong explain why ... or deny that they did

Ries explains

He acknowledges the obvious, while making a case for a split decision. And, since that case won't fit on this slide, it will be continued on a separate Buzzblog post. Ries writes:

"Well, I was certainly wrong about the iPhone, which turned out to be a miracle of engineering. But my larger point was the issue of divergence versus convergence."

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