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Smartphone Ericsson
R380, 2000

Part phone, part palm-sized computer, life without a smartphone
today is unimaginable. We do not just communicate through

them, we use them to listen to music, watch videos, play games,
shop, take photos, look up information, and document our

own lives on social media apps such as Instagram. But a little
COMMUNICATION over 10 years ago, they did not exist.

The iPhone looks
radically different from
any other device before it, EARLY
with its large screen and SMARTPHONES
slim profile.
The Ericsson R380 was
the first device to be called
a “smartphone” when it was
launched in 2000. The
hugely popular BlackBerry
followed soon after, which
The large screen and unique was one of the first devices
operating system make it the to have a full keyboard and
first phone suitable for
Internet browsing. provide access to emails
and limited Internet
browsing on the move.

TOUCH AND TAP

When Apple launched its
first iPhone in 2007,
it changed the industry.
It was simpler to use ▲ APPS
than anything that had Uniquely, the iPhone allowed
users to easily add new
come before and, through
software to their phone in the
its groundbreaking form of apps (applications).
touchscreen, it offered
many more functions,
such as music and video.
Apple was most famous for
its iPod music player, but now
the iPhone does everything
that the iPod did, and more.

The “home” button is the
only button on the iPhone.

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