You know the story : In 2007 , Steve Jobs , wearing his glorious black turtle , introduced to the populace “ a radical mobile phone . ” The original iPhone popularized features that would become the backbone of peregrine computing , include the touchscreen and ( eventually ) the App Store .

Since then , other companies have stepped up to develop the smartphone into what it is today — a gadget we use for media intake , depicted object seizure , communicating , and more . We ’ll take a look back at some of the good smartphone innovation since the iPhone , and give credit to the company that took the hazard to convey them to us .

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