"iPhone moment" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-iPhone moment.wav [US] Forms: iPhone moments [plural]
Etymology: In reference to the Apple iPhone launch in 2007. Head templates: {{en-noun}} iPhone moment (plural iPhone moments)
  1. The moment when a company or industry realizes that it needs to catch up with apparent technological and scientific developments made by some other company or industry. Coordinate_terms: Sputnik moment
    Sense id: en-iPhone_moment-en-noun-a4SetzWf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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