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The Guardian - UK
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The iPhone: better than space travel, slightly worse than the wheel

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Sliced bread doesn't come close: the iPhone

It seems that iPhone mania has finally gone off the deep end, according to the Sun. A survey has declared Apple's must-have gadget voted a more important invention than the internal combustion engine, space travel, washing machines, cameras and the flushing toilet. Thankfully the respondents were sensible enough to vote inventions including the wheel, aeroplanes and the lightbulb higher. But I guess that means that those who took part in the survey won't mind hand washing their clothes, using the long drop pit in the garden and then walking, or cycling even, to the high street to buy Apple's next gizmo.

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