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The smartphone — combining phone, internet browser, camera, GPS, music player, and thousands of apps — has become the most transformative personal technology in history. Apple's iPhone (2007) popularized the modern touchscreen smartphone; within 15 years, over 6 billion people owned one, representing the fastest technology adoption in human history.
Smartphones have disrupted photography, music, banking, navigation, journalism, dating, and retail. They have given billions access to the sum of human knowledge while also creating new challenges: shortened attention spans, social media addiction, and unprecedented surveillance capabilities.
# Top 10 Smartphone facts
- 1The iPhone (2007) was the first truly modern smartphone — touchscreen, internet browser, apps
- 2Over 6 billion people now own a smartphone — the fastest technology adoption in history
- 3The camera built into a modern smartphone would have cost $50,000 and weighed 100 lbs in 1990
Fascinating Facts
- ◆The iPhone (2007) was the first truly modern smartphone — touchscreen, internet browser, apps
- ◆Over 6 billion people now own a smartphone — the fastest technology adoption in history
- ◆The camera built into a modern smartphone would have cost $50,000 and weighed 100 lbs in 1990
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