Smartphones have changed the way we think of electronic convenience. Prior to the smartphone, we used several gadgets and devices to help us with our daily tasks. If you were a businessman, you probably had a business phone with email access and a browser capability, or even just a normal phone and simultaneously made use of a portable digital assistant (or PDA) and perhaps a retro pager as well.
If you were just a regular man on the street, then you probably had the latest Motorola or Sony-Erricson, and all you cared about were polyphonic ringtones and a colour screen. If you had Bluetooth, you were legit!
But, clearly, this isn't the case anymore. We are at a point in mobile technology where you can use your phone as your car keys, your wallet, an exercise tracker and personal weather man. Heck, it can be a remote to control for your TV, airconditioning and other smart home appliances, and... wait for it... you can even use it as a phone!
But it all had to start somewhere, and where we are today in terms of smartphones is largely thanks to two top mobile manufacturing companies: Apple with the iPhone and Android.
Take a look at the video below by YouTube channel, Snazzy Labs, who compare The First iPhone vs the first Android.