A report on Smartphone

IBM Simon and charging base (1994)
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
A Meizu MX4 with Flyme OS
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.
A smartphone touchscreen
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.
Inserted memory and SIM cards
A high-capacity portable battery charger (power bank).
Several smartphones running Google's Android OS
A Palm Treo 300 smartphone (2002)
A Nokia N70 smartphone (2005) running Symbian OS, which was highly popular in Europe and Asia in the 2000s
Mobile payment system.
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
E-waste in Agbogbloshie

Portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit.

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IBM Simon and charging base (1994)

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A Compaq iPAQ 3630 Pocket PC from 2001

Pocket PC

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Class of personal digital assistant (PDA) that runs the Windows Mobile or Windows Embedded Compact operating system that has some of the abilities of modern desktop PCs.

Class of personal digital assistant (PDA) that runs the Windows Mobile or Windows Embedded Compact operating system that has some of the abilities of modern desktop PCs.

A Compaq iPAQ 3630 Pocket PC from 2001
HTC Apache Pocket PC (Phone Edition) with a slide-out keyboard, showing Wikipedia from 2005
HTC Kangaroo, Bluebird and Peacock Palm-size PCs from the late 1990s
HTC Universal from 2005
O2 XDA lli showing Wikipedia from 2005

Some of these devices also had integrated phone and data capabilities, which were called Pocket PC Phone Edition or simply "Smartphone".

Foldable Samsung Galaxy smartphones, capable of web browsing, e-mail access, video playback, document editing, file transfer, image editing, and other tasks common on smartphones. A smartphone is a tool of mobile computing.

Mobile computing

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Human–computer interaction in which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage, which allows for the transmission of data, voice, and video.

Human–computer interaction in which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage, which allows for the transmission of data, voice, and video.

Foldable Samsung Galaxy smartphones, capable of web browsing, e-mail access, video playback, document editing, file transfer, image editing, and other tasks common on smartphones. A smartphone is a tool of mobile computing.
The Telxon PTC-710 is a 16-bit mobile computer PTC-710 with MP 830-42 microprinter 42-column version.
The wearable computer, Apple Watch, released in 2015
MOBIDIC mobile computer of 1959
The Compaq Portable - circa 1982 pre-laptop

Portable computers, compact, lightweight units including a full character set keyboard and primarily intended as hosts for software that may be parameterized, such as laptops/desktops, smartphones/tablets, etc.

Microsoft Windows

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Group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft.

Group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft.

Windows 1.0, the first version, released in 1985
Windows 3.0, released in 1990
Previous Windows logo (2012–2021)

However, in 2014, Microsoft admitted losing the majority of the overall operating system market to Android, because of the massive growth in sales of Android smartphones.

webOS running on an LG smart TV

WebOS

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Linux kernel-based multitasking operating system for smart devices such as smart TVs that has also been used as a mobile operating system.

Linux kernel-based multitasking operating system for smart devices such as smart TVs that has also been used as a mobile operating system.

webOS running on an LG smart TV
webOS running on an LG smart TV
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Screenshot of Palm webOS Launcher (2010)
LG Watch Urbane LTE running LG webOS

Various versions of webOS have been featured on several devices since launching in 2009, including Pre, Pixi, and Veer smartphones, TouchPad tablet, LG's smart TVs since 2014, LG's smart refrigerators and smart projectors since 2017.

Samsung Electronics

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South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea.

South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea.

The Samsung display at the 2008 Internationale Funkausstellung in Berlin
A Samsung store in Taguig, Philippines.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10, which incorporates a Dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O (punch hole for camera) Display screen
A Samsung DDR SDRAM module
A 640 GB Samsung Spinpoint hard-drive
Samsung UN105S9 105-inch 4K ultra-high-definition television
A 31" Samsung LED TV
The Samsung GX-10 digital SLR camera
Samsung Experience Store at Toronto Eaton Centre

It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones and smartphones, starting with the original Samsung Solstice and later, the popularity of its Samsung Galaxy line of devices.

Microsoft Mobile

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Subsidiary of Microsoft involved in the development and manufacturing of mobile phones.

Subsidiary of Microsoft involved in the development and manufacturing of mobile phones.

A Microsoft Kin device from 2010, Microsoft's first foray in mobile phone hardware
Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia's first device running Windows Phone.
Market share of Symbian, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 among US smartphone owners from Q1 2011 to Q2 2012 according to Nielsen Company.
Microsoft Lumia 535, the first Microsoft branded Lumia device
A Microsoft Authorised Reseller Store in Hanoi, Vietnam
Microsoft Mobile office building in Hervanta, Tampere, Finland
Lumia 950
The Nokia X
Nokia Asha 501
Nokia 6300
The Nokia 215, which runs on the Series 30+ platform.
Nokia 100
Microsoft Mobile's former head office

Originally Microsoft had established a major partnership with Nokia in 2011, in which the company exclusively produced smartphones using the Windows Phone platform, and promoted Microsoft services on its feature phone products (including Bing search).

Front view

IPhone (1st generation)

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Front view
Front view
An 8 GB iPhone
First iPhone on display under glass at 2007 Macworld

The iPhone (retrospectively referred to unofficially as the iPhone 2G, iPhone 1 or original iPhone ) is the first iPhone model and the first smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. After years of rumors and speculation, it was officially announced on January 9, 2007, and it was released in the United States on June 29, 2007.

iPhone 7 in Jet Black

IPhone 7

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iPhone 7 in Jet Black
iPhone 7 in Jet Black
Comparison of ports on iPhone 6/6S (top) and iPhone 7 (bottom)
Back and side detail from a standard iPhone 7 in Rose Gold
Dual cameras on the back of the iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone 7 Plus with dual-lens camera
Capturing timelapse photos using an iPhone 7
Headphone jack adapter with an iPhone 7 Plus beside it
iPhone 7 unboxed set in Silver

The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are smartphones designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. They are the tenth generation of the iPhone.

Nokia 9210 Communicator

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The Nokia 9210 Communicator is a third-generation Communicator series smartphone produced by Nokia, announced on 21 November 2000 and released in June 2001.

Push email

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Email system that provides an always-on capability, in which new email is actively transferred as it arrives by the mail delivery agent (MDA) (commonly called mail server) to the mail user agent (MUA), also called the email client.

Email system that provides an always-on capability, in which new email is actively transferred as it arrives by the mail delivery agent (MDA) (commonly called mail server) to the mail user agent (MUA), also called the email client.

Email clients include smartphones and, less strictly, IMAP personal computer mail applications.