iPhone 4S
product on 5 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes · said 16 times in 7 episodes since 2019
Lenny's Podcast 5 
TBPN 5 
Capital Allocators 3 
the a16z Podcast 2 
Startup Acquisition Stories 1
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Maples: Ridesharing could not succeed before smartphone GPS chips enabled location matching
“If you had had the idea for ride sharing before the iPhone four S had a GPS chip, you could have been right about the future, but you wouldn't have been able to build a system that embodied your idea about the future. Riders and drivers wouldn't have been able…”
Maples: Ridesharing would have failed before iPhone 4S's GPS locator chip
“You know, you could have had the idea for ride sharing before the iPhone four S, but it wouldn't have mattered because the riders and the drivers wouldn't have been able to locate each other well enough. If you'd waited too long after the iPhone four S it woul…”