A report on Smartphone and Mobile operating system

The Nokia 9110 Communicator, opened for access to keyboard

Several BlackBerry smartphones, which were highly popular in the mid-late 2000s

The LG Prada with a large capacitive touchscreen introduced in 2006

The original Apple iPhone; following its introduction the common smartphone form factor shifted to large touchscreen software interfaces without physical keypads

The Nokia 9 PureView features a five-lens camera array with Zeiss optics, using a mixture of color and monochrome sensors.

The Huawei P30 features three rear-facing camera lenses with Leica optics.

A Moto G7 Power; its display uses a tall aspect ratio and includes a "notch".

A Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus, featuring a "hole-punch" camera

Mobile/desktop convergence: the Librem 5 smartphone can be used as a basic desktop computer

Smartphone with infrared transmitter on top for use as remote control

"Device options" menu of Samsung Mobile's TouchWiz user interface as of 2013, accessed by holding the power button for a second

The HTC Desire, a 2010 smartphone with optical trackpad and search button.

Tooltip in Kiwi Browser, a Google Chromium derirative, reveals the full URL by hovering over the tab list using the stylus on a Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

Optical track pad sensor of an HTC Legend, 2010.

A high-capacity portable battery charger (power bank).

Several smartphones running Google's Android OS

A Nokia N70 smartphone (2005) running Symbian OS, which was highly popular in Europe and Asia in the 2000s

A New York City driver holding two phones

A user consulting a mapping app on a phone

A sign along Bellaire Boulevard in Southside Place, Texas (Greater Houston) states that using mobile phones while driving is prohibited from 7:30 am to 9:00 am and from 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm

They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, which facilitate wider software, internet (including web browsing over mobile broadband), and multimedia functionality (including music, video, cameras, and gaming), alongside core phone functions such as voice calls and text messaging.

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Mobile devices, with mobile communications abilities (e.g., smartphones), contain two mobile operating systems – the main user-facing software platform is supplemented by a second low-level proprietary real-time operating system which operates the radio and other hardware.

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Android 12 home screen with Pixel Launcher

Android (operating system)

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HTC Dream or T-Mobile G1, the first commercially released device running Android (2008)

Eric Schmidt, Andy Rubin and Hugo Barra at a 2012 press conference announcing Google's Nexus 7 tablet

Frontal buttons (home, menu/options, go back, search) and optical track pad of an HTC Desire, a 2010 smartphone with Android OS.

The stack of Android Open Source Project

The first-generation Nexus 7 tablet, running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Ouya, a video game console which runs Android

Android-x86 running on an ASUS Eee PC netbook

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

Tablet computer

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Wireless tablet device portrayed in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Apple Newton MessagePad, Apple's first produced tablet, released in 1993

A Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook tablet running Windows XP, released in 2003

The Nokia N800, the first tablet manufactured by Nokia

Steve Jobs introducing the iPad in San Francisco on January 27, 2010

Crossover tablet device types from 2014: Microsoft Surface Pro 3 laplet and Sony Xperia Z Ultra phablet, next to a generic blue lighter for size comparison

Comparison of several mini tablet computers: Amazon Kindle Fire (left), iPad Mini (center), and Google Nexus 7 (right)

Samsung's Galaxy Note series were the first commercially successful phablets.

Microsoft Surface Pro 3, a prominent 2-in-1 detachable tablet

Asus Transformer Pad, a 2-in-1 detachable tablet, powered by the Android operating system

Nvidia Shield Tablet, notable gaming tablet

Games on a Ziosk table ordering tablet at an Olive Garden restaurant

Samsung Galaxy Tab demonstrating multi-touch

Chinese characters like this one meaning "person" can be written by handwriting recognition (人-order.gif, Mandarin: rén, Korean: in, Japanese: jin, nin; hito, Cantonese: jan4). The character has two strokes, the first shown here in brown, and the second in red. The black area represents the starting position of the writing instrument.

A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package.

Modern tablets largely resemble modern smartphones, the only differences being that tablets are relatively larger than smartphones, with screens 7 inch or larger, measured diagonally, and may not support access to a cellular network.

IPhone

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First iPhone on display under glass at the January 2007 Macworld show

A comparison of iPhone sizes from the iPhone 5S to the iPhone 12

When making a call, the iPhone presents a number of options, including FaceTime on supported models. The screen is automatically disabled when held close to the face.

Wikipedia on the iPhone Safari web browser in landscape mode

The virtual keyboard on the first generation iPhone touchscreen

iPhone 5S shown with the SIM tray partially ejected and SIM ejector tool in the eject hole.

The iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. These devices use Apple's iOS mobile operating system.

Windows Phone

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A test notification of an "update available" pop-up in the Windows Phone emulator.

Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile and Zune.

Mobile app

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An emulation app for the programmable pocket calculator HP-41CX from 1983. Several such apps exist for full-functionally emulating old home computers, game consoles or even mainframe computers from up to several decades ago.

A mobile application or app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or watch.

These may operated by the owner of the device's mobile operating system, such as the App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store; by the device manufacturers, such as the Galaxy Store and Huawei AppGallery; or by third parties, such as the Amazon Appstore and F-Droid.

Symbian

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Symbian S60 5th edition on a Samsung Omnia HD

Symbian v9.1 with a S60v3 interface, on a Nokia E61

Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones.

IPhone 4

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Steve Jobs presenting the iPhone 4 in 2010

The iPhone 4 is the first iPhone model to have two cameras. The LED flash for the rear-facing camera (top) and the forward-facing camera (bottom, left of the speaker) are not present in older models.

An iPhone 4 A1332 with a micro-SIM card removed with a paper clip, showing its SIM card compartment.

The iPhone 4 is constructed of glass faces and a metal rim.

Steve Jobs demonstrating the iPhone 4 to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on June 23, 2010

A girl takes pictures with an iPhone 4. Havana, Cuba, 2015

The iPhone 4 is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the fourth generation of the iPhone lineup, succeeding the iPhone 3GS and preceding the 4S.

The iPhone 4 shipped with iOS 4, which was the newest version of Apple's iOS mobile operating system at the time.

IPhone 5

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Comparison between the 30-pin port of the iPhone 4s (top) and Lightning port of the iPhone 5 (bottom)

Example of an iPhone 5 with chipped coating.

Apple's A6 chip is 22% smaller than the Apple A5 and consumes less power.

The iPhone 5 is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the 6th generation iPhone, succeeding both the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, and preceding both the iPhone 5S and 5C.

The iPhone 5 features iOS, Apple's mobile operating system.

IPhone 4S

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The "Let's Talk iPhone" event was held at the Apple Campus, instead of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, where most non-WWDC events are held.

The iPhone 4S setup screen - it is the first iPhone that does not need to connect to iTunes in order to be activated because iOS 5 introduces features such as iCloud.

The iPhone 4S features a Sony 8-megapixel camera and 1080p video recording.

The iPhone 4S uses the same proprietary 30-pin dock connector that is used on the iPhone 4.

There is a line on top of the earpiece of a white iPhone 4S that is the proximity sensor. This is included on the black model as well, but is less visible.

Comparison of the iPhone 4 (GSM) antenna placement (top) with that of the iPhone 4S (bottom). Notice the repositioning of the antennas that forms the perimeter around the smartphone; the iPhone 4 antenna is on the top of it while on the iPhone 4S, the antennas are on the sides. This side antenna placement meant a benefit of cellular signal attenuation and was used in later models such as the iPhone 5.

An iPhone 4S with a cracked rear cover. The glass rear covers on the iPhone 4S (along with the iPhone 4) were notorious for cracking easily after an accidental fall. A similar design (glass body with stainless-steel frame) was later reused with the introduction of the iPhone X and iPhone 8, although this second iteration of the glass-back design was for wireless charging.

The iPhone 4S (originally styled as iPhone 4 S, retroactively stylized with a lowercase 's' as iPhone 4s as of September 2013) is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the fifth generation of the iPhone, succeeding the iPhone 4 and preceding the iPhone 5.

The iPhone 4S, like other iPhones, runs iOS, Apple's mobile operating system.

Windows Mobile

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An Alpha build of WinPad in the early days of development showing off stylus compatibility

A Ford Territory with Windows Mobile advertising seen in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2008

Windows Mobile is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones and personal digital assistants.