In Pictures: The 14 most influential smartphones ever

Our look back at the highlights of the smartphone’s lightning-fast rise to prominence.

A brief history of the smartphone

While the market didn’t really go completely crazy until 2007, the development and marketing of what we think of as smartphones goes back to the early 1990s. Here’s a look at some of the landmark devices that we’ve seen along the way.

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