What If History Took A Different Turn? 5 Alternate Realities That Will Break Your Brain

What If Steve Jobs Never Invented The iPhone?

In 2007, Steve Jobs unveiled a device that would kill the BlackBerry, destroy Nokia, and redefine human existence. But what if Apple had stuck to iPods?

We wouldn’t have 24/7 internet access in our pockets. Music wouldn’t be streamed at our fingertips. BlackBerry and Nokia might still dominate the phone market. The app economy—worth hundreds of billions—would never exist.

Touchscreens were already around, but they had terrible user interfaces. Without the iPhone, smartphones might have remained clunky, business-focused devices. The world would be slower, less connected, and infinitely less distracted. You’d be reading this on a desktop computer—if you were reading it at all.