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How iPhone Changed The Mobile Device Industry
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- Published on Mar 7, 2026
- To truly appreciate the revolutionary impact of Apple's iPhone, it’s essential to understand the state of the mobile device industry before its introduction. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, mobile phones had evolved from their bulky origins into more portable devices, but they were still quite basic compared to modern standards.
This one took a while, hope you enjoy! - Greg
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The time it took definitely shows. Very well-put-together video, as always.
@PrestonFrankelyou mean very detailed
Yes we do handsome
The iphone not only changed mobile phones and how we use it literally changed the world .
- " and how we use it literally changed the world"
such as how often people would normally help in emergencies
For example: "My phone can't call 911 and record at the same time!! This is history in the making, so you call 911!!"
i'm not being the negatives guy here, i'm just saying. don't nerd me out.
Before smartphones it was another world. I watched TV, DVDs, read physical books and to enter the internet was a ritual, had to turn on PC, connect on the phone line, and have patience for things to load. Internet wasn't about social media, everything had it's own place...
cant believe this kind of comment with a no-pfp-er
Mobile Device is part of human body
Without it you are walking dead
In hindsight though, for the worse outside of business use.
Not just mobile device industry but also product design and design industry in general. Whenever i was studying design, no matter, advertising, UX, interior or product design, something made by Apple was set as an example for what a good design approach should be like. iPhone was set as an example in my product design studies a lot and iOS when i studied UX - and my professor was coming from google background.
@Booz2020nah cus at this point xiaomi is just copying apple
* Android - upto 120w charger.
* iphone - What is Watt ?
We earn more than Chinese. We sell 20w charger seperately for Rs 2,000. 😀😀
* iphone :
Same old notch ( now modified as "Dynamic island" ) , no charger in box, no 3.5 mm audio jack, no FM radio, no expandable memory card slot, one sim + one e-sim, usb type 'C' charging port only in latest 15 series from September 2023, only 60hz display in non pro iPhone 15 models.
🤔🤔
But, iphone is the best. 😀😀
@sunilnathani3924 Spamming this comment not gone make Apple go away 😂 Put this much energy into something productive in your life. Lame ass 😂
Planted by Frog Design.
@TylerTheDevourerand Apple is copying Xiaomi currently. Xiaomi got 120 hz screen before Apple.
iPhone changed the world forever. And it’s not even Apple’s first time doing that.
* Android - upto 120w charger.
* iphone - What is Watt ?
We earn more than Chinese. We sell 20w charger seperately for Rs 2,000. 😀😀
* iphone :
Same old notch ( now modified as "Dynamic island" ) , no charger in box, no 3.5 mm audio jack, no FM radio, no expandable memory card slot, one sim + one e-sim, usb type 'C' charging port only in latest 15 series from September 2023, only 60hz display in non pro iPhone 15 models.
🤔🤔
But, iphone is the best. 😀😀
@sunilnathani3924 tell me you blindly hate Apple without telling me you hate Apple. Now go give mommy her iPad back
@tdrg_
- is everybody interested in apple only ?
- i like mango 🥭
more than Apple 🍎
🤔🤔😃😃😃😃
@sunilnathani3924 you do you man
@sunilnathani3924 😂 You hate Apple man. Go watch a Samsung video and get off an Apple video if you hate that much 😂
Even if you're an Android user and hate Apple, you have to admit that the iPhone changed our entire society. Though whether for better or worse is a fair question...
yeah, the android prototype looked like a blackberry. then the iphone came and they changed it to the one we got. (the htc dream)
It is actually not a fair question. While smartphones have had drawbacks trying to make it seem like it's a toss between good and bad is just farfetched. The good outweighs the bad by a country mile!
Apple kind of is just shaping the tech industry now because everyone sees it as good. Have you noticed that all devices look so similar to Apple's? They used to all be unique. I'm not saying that it's bad either, it's just interesting how they dominate.
@SB7-r9i plus, Samsung, an Android branch, can never seem to make anything actually original. They just copy whatever Apple is doing, just slightly different and better, but then Apple kicks @$$ and shows them who’s boss
Android was originally a digital camera OS.
Just like Apple, Greg gives the people what they never knew they wanted. Please more longform!
Bro thinks apple gives the consumer what they want, bless your soul bro🫶❤️
Great to see you return to longform content.
20 minute apple explained video is CRAZY
@BIT866 lol what? i was just pointing out the difference between the usual length of his videos and this one. chill out
@BIT866 nah cus who are you random lil boy complainin 💀🙏
If you like the longer videos, he has a documentary on Steve Jobs that is over an hour. It’s worth watching at least once.
Funny when you think that three or four decades ago, some people thought only nerds would ever want to use a computer. Today, even these people can't leave their house without their phone.
... which is a computer, just smaller
The fact there is a younger generation that was born after the basic cellphone age, just feels so weird to me. I remember when the Motorola Razr was the iPhone of its release year just for its thin and futuristic look. This younger generation like my nephew is the first to live fully in the new social zeitgeist of smart/deeply interconnected devices.
I think that kids like your nephew need to watch this. Better still, they should see a more time-encompassing mobile history. They would better appreciate and understand what they're using now, instead of taking it for granted.
There's nothing like perspective for opening the mind.
Newer generations in the CyberPunk 2077 world will voluntarily dismember themselves to gain physical augments from a ripper doc. Physical phones will be a thing of the past when future humans embrace technology such as brain dances and taking calls in their head.
I remember how websites were forced to change because of the iPhone. They all developed a mobile friendly version of their sites. They had to keep up with apple
They had to keep up with Chrome, you mean.
@keithbrown7685chrome is a web browser that didn't launch until 2008, an mobile version didn't even exist until 2012 so no
Those moments when Steve just zooming in/out the photo, scroll gallery & contacts, everybody was amazed. Simple times.
As much as I prefer Android as a mobile operating system I must say, it wouldn't even exist without the iPhone. It literally changed society as we knew it because now everything is just a tap away from you
S23 ultra user here. I agree on you buddy
smh why is it every time any apple post or video is posted an android or samsung user have to gush about their devices…..and i’ve never seen an apple user do this beside comment about their devices video
I love that you made a video that was a bit longer and with actual photos and a nostalgia callback. Thank you for sharing, these are the videos I look forward to on this channel! 😊❤
Thank you for the content you upload ❤🙏🏾
woah, it's a longer video!!! thank's greg this is awesome, we haven't had ones like these in a while
You can hate apple but you can’t say that the first IPhone was not a revolution.
Funny thing. I can't find it in myself to despise the iPhone or any phone that came along after it. It's a machine, a powerhouse.
What I don't like is the culture surrounding it. I never liked the Jobs worship. I've never liked evangelists, period.
Everyone copied them as the basis of their business. Still do to this day.
I missed these videos so much. Glad to see you're still making them.
Momentum scrolling was the main thing
You forgot the side kick and the boost phone
Awesome video, Greg.
It was long, yes but the way you speak along with the music it simply makes it interesting from beginning till end. Keep it up!
Awesome to see a long form video from you again! Love your work and this was a great history lesson.
Yay a longer video. Bring these back please
iPhone is most commonly used by everyone and celebrities around the world.
Fr though
Before iPhone was BlackBerry & Sidekick :) (Nokia too but it hadn’t messengers like BBM).
@Notyourdaddy83 I never heard of sidekick.
Basix likes basic
@gloriafletcher1024 Google „danger hip-hop” or T-Mobile sidekick and you will see :) Always wanted this smartphone but it wasn’t available in my country
Thanks for uploading this!
Thank you
for some reason this gives me nostalgia
❤
Thank you for this awesome video. Trip to memory lane❤
Great video please make similar format videos again
Im android user and i like apple
But a anti furry
based
Okay.
@cliffhanger5777 don't mind
I use both android devices and apple devices
When Marques asked Tim Cook recently about the iPhone, Tim Cook did not exaggerate when he said “it changed the world.” It truly did. It’s one of those things that if it had not happened, it would have altered our reality, our timeline so to speak. I don’t think I would have been as financially successful had it not been for the iPhone.
Thank you for another excellent video!
Yes!!! A long video! Finally!
. . . I still get chills watching the first key note address
Thank you for this video, I can listen and do my work, is great to know all the hurdles that a company goes through to make it.
great work
Great video, well said!!
You forgot the Palm Treo.
Great video
This is the best description of this iPhone invention. Steve Jobs is the man the met the legend without him someone else could’ve created, but at least we have him who started all he created music industry. He started and now other tablets follow that and computers too if I’m without my phone 1 ms, I feel like I left at home and I will not be able to survive without it one bit. I’m attached to it at the hip by the hand and my eyes to the screen all the time that can’t be healthy and I know that but it truly revolutionized society as a hall I believeand I keep up with all the technology with 5G and always speed testing with 5G and putting new EMS to test new services. Thanks to the new EM that apple created. You also came out with this video which is one of the best videos I’ve watched from you by far today. Have a great day.
Yes, finally some long video ❤
I had the first version of Shazam on my Motorola Razr. It identified 3 songs and then said it was out of memory, even though I cleared it and there was memory available. I used it to watch youtube at work but idk how tf i navigated it 😆
The amount of effort you put in your videos is impressive! As always interesting video, keep it up Greg! 🙌
I love my iPhone but I do miss a physical keyboard like the sidekick..
That was a great video
The T-Mobile Sidekick was another big phones in the 2000s
big, yes. Good, maybe not so much.
@keithbrown7685 the earlier models were but the last few killed the brand. When I think t mobile I think sidekick. Back in the mid 2000s the sidekick made a lot of people switch to t mobile
My favorite channel
i had a phone from that transition period, a Sony Ericsson, that you could slide up. it could do anything the iphone could minus the touch screen of course. it had a real web browser, WiFi, a camera, email and stuff, the interface looked very similar to the iphones. there was even a google maps app edit: just tried the Google maps app in an emulator and it STILL works and shows the up to date map after all these years. thats insane
Sony Ericsson used to do very powerful smartphones back then, they were based on Symbian like Nokia's smartphones, but their UIQ user interface was IMO better than Nokia's. But yet, the interaction paradigm of the iPhone made all the stylus based smartphones look so old...
I had a Sony Ericcson Phone as well. I had 3 actually, bught my first one in 2006. It was my first real phone. You could slide it to the side and up to talk on the phone. It lasted me for 2 years then it broke then I went and bought another Sony ericcson phone which was smaller than my first one and it would slide up. I think that one was defective though because a week later the screen stopped working for some reason so I just got it replaced buy att. That phone lasted me until 2012 when I decided to take the plunge and buy an iPhone 4s because my friend who is blind told me about a screen reader that apple had built into the I-Phone called Voice-Over that would allow me to use the I-Phone to its full capability and I haven’t looked back since.
I have an iPhone 1 running iPhone OS 1.0 🔥🔥🔥
Im surprised he didn’t mention the sidekick that T-Mobile came out with those was fire 🔥
Great breakdown. Amazing how much we take for granted now (e.g. selecting which voice mail you want first)
But OMG… 20mins of the same music. As a video producer this kinda thing drives me bananas.
14:51 why is she taking so many pictures 😂
My very first phone I had was in December 2006 which was an LG VX5400 flip phone and I had two other basic phones after that from Verizon which were an LG Venus (my first touch screen phone) and a Pantech Hotshot. The Pantech phone was all touch screen in a basic phone which was the closest thing I had to a smartphone until September 2014 which I got Straight Talk (have had it ever since) and my first iPhone was an old 4 that my dad gave to me. Ever since then it’s still been iPhones for me which I’ve had a 5S, 6, and been on the 8 Plus for 4 years although I have plans to make a massive upgrade to the 15. It’s crazy how much phones have changed over the years and even crazier to think that a regular 15 is actually slightly bigger than an 8 Plus is.
2007 People doubted, Apple delivered.
2008 Race to copy it, apps arrived.
2009 The tech started getting cheaper
2010 Everyone wanted, there was no going back.
I would compare the iPhone to a Swiss Army knife, in that it can do a variety of tasks that were previously only accessible on dedicated devices, all on a single device
Thank you so much 😊
My first iPhone was the iPhone 1
What an amazing journey… and I was right there all along!! I still kept my OG iPhone without selling it .. when I upgraded to iPhone 3G .. and that now has become my most valued possession!!
I didn’t get an iPhone until 2014 which was an old 4 that my dad gave me at the time but those have been the only smartphones I ever owned. For the past 8 years beforehand I had basic phones from Verizon (now I have Straight Talk ever since I’ve had iPhones) which were an LG VX5400 flip phone, LG Venus (my first touch screen phone) and Pantech Hotshot which was an all touch screen phone and it was a basic phone that basically felt like a smartphone.
I went straight from a Nokia 7373 to the first iPhone... As I live in the UK, I had to pay some random guy in America to buy and ship a 16GB model.
I had the phone within one month of the 16GB iPhone release and, whilst jailbroken, it couldn't really do much and had no app store.
Girls in nightclubs had no idea what it was, so saving their numbers was interesting.
Well done! An excellent, comprehensive analysis of the iPhone's impact on our lives and the world.
My dad used to have that iPhone
Background music is way too loud
No 2160p video?
As a phone nerd and collector before 2001 we had bulky business bricks like the undestructible Nokia 3310 and the not so undestructible Nokia 5110
Since 2001-2007 we had weird cosmetic designs like the Nokia 7600 and Nokia 7610
In March to June 2007 we had Nokia N95, first phone with every feature before that was common
After iPhone we had normal phones such as Lenovo Z5, Moto G (1st gen), and Samsung Galaxy S
Thanks you
In your intro you failed to mention Windows Mobile and Symbian. They were smartphone operating systems that were quite mature by the time the iPhone was introduced. They were more powerful than early iOS versions but less user friendly.
Yay 4 mins ago
Also as a samsung fan, ur videos are great!
It’s a very nice video
I switched from the Black Berry Bold to IPhone 3GS, I thought I’d never use a touch screen phone at that time. Been an iPhone user since. 😂😂😂
* Android - upto 120w charger.
* iphone - What is Watt ?
We earn more than Chinese. We sell 20w charger seperately for Rs 2,000. 😀😀
* iphone :
Same old notch ( now modified as "Dynamic island" ) , no charger in box, no 3.5 mm audio jack, no FM radio, no expandable memory card slot, one sim + one e-sim, usb type 'C' charging port only in latest 15 series from September 2023, only 60hz display in non pro iPhone 15 models.
🤔🤔
But, iphone is the best. 😀😀
@sunilnathani3924dude shut up your just crying bc apple made the first smart phone
@josiahmciver3337 Sir, forget the past, it's dead & gone.
Think about future i.e upcoming "Android 15". It will be 👍.
@josiahmciver3337why this dude commenting everywhere 😂
@josiahmciver3337Smartphones have existed long before the iPhone.
I love the thumbnail😅
this sounds like a future pitch from a 2000s sci-fi
6:30 The thing I find most ironic is how the guy has a MacBook on the podium despite Android being the primary competitor to iOS.
Either way, for Android people who say “Apple doesn’t innovate,” I have one thing to say to them. If it weren’t for Apple and the iPhone, you wouldn’t be on your Android phone right now.
Apple once innovated, but they don't seem to anymore. They kind of stopped innovating after the iPhone X.
@JoBot__ iPhone 16 is getting Satellite messaging I wonder how long it'll be before Samsung copies that.
@jevonsims900yeah, Samsung copies everything that Apple does, just slightly better, but then Apple releases another phone and shows them who’s boss😂😂😂
@JoBot__ remind me again who here has titanium phones… oh yeah, APPLE.
@gatoromerop Samsung also copied Apple AOD, but what's worse removed the ability to customize it, like adding gif or animated photos. Now what your lockscreen is that would also be you AOD. You have to install Goodlock to somewhat have that customization but it's buggy and sometimes cause device to lag.
greg is his name
6:33 macbooks are soo good that google gotta use it
I was wary of a virtual onscreen keyboard in 2007 and didn’t switch to a touchscreen until I bought a Windows Phone in 2012…
yikes what a phone to go with for your first touchscreen one
First was LG Prada back in Early 2007
Mate you’re putting me to sleep with the same piano music loop that you’ve had since your channel started. Can you please innovate?
6:36 google answerd the iphone but the the laptop they use is apple😅😅😅😅 how ironic
the only comparable was the prada phone though it didnt have a capacitive display
great!
5:38 What happened to visual voice mail? I dont have it.
At 5:50, Looking back, basically, Blackberry didn't have a chance. 🤷🏽♂️
Steve Jobs, a legend.
I always compare the introduction of the iPhone to what Henry Ford did with the assembly line for vehicles --it completely revolutionized society. Jobs was no stranger to what he had done here.
I can’t even poop without my phone and that’s sad
When it was revealed in 2007, they didn’t count the fact that it was a camera as one of its core functions, and yet that is and has become one of its most crucial purposes, photos and videos. Most people don’t even bother having a camera anymore
Sometime it I good to look back and reflect. Just as we owe the cell phone to Motorola and a man named Martin Cooper we owe the smart phone to Steve Jobs and the i Phone. The great,great,great, great, great,great,grand daddy of them all.
5:57
Watching this on a 15 Pro
I miss my Palm Treo 700
No you don't.
Love apple 🍎
Could you make more long-form content?
19:42 fin.
Excellent video sir. What happened to the so called Tesla phone ?
Things you said is true. But, there is downsides either.
For example;
- Due to looking phone's during driving, car crash rates increased.
- Lack of correct standing/sitting due to looking phone, back and neck issues increased.
- Reading book/comic etc. rates decreased.
- ADHD is rising in civilizations pretty quickly due to social media usage.
- Face to face talks decreased because everybody wanted to spend more time with social media.
I can say many more examples. But I'm happy to have a smartphone. Because even for downsides, these small devices increased our comfort in life.
Thanks Steve!
This background song makes me sad. Especially because Steve Jobs is no longer with us. 😢
Watching this on an iPhone as I assume everyone is
Nah, OnePlus Open but I have an iPhone as well hence why I watch this channel.
You know what happens when you asume.
that's crazy to finally see the whole picture of how much one little device changed pretty much our world and day to day life😮 one way or another, iphone was the main starting reason why something changed and became widely accessible to the average consumer today.
Almost every technology even the capacitive touch was already there.
Apple just joined them in a beautiful way.
It is widely available throughout the world because of google's free android and the chinese manufacturer.
Arrogent company like apple wouldn't have done it.
I really cannot handle that super short music loop you use in every video. In the shorter videos, it is fine, but in the longer videos, having to hear the same loop repeated dozens of times drives me batty. Could you perhaps use a longer loop or find different music?
The iPhone and iOS are modern marvels which revolutionized mobile technology to this day. Appreciating the analysis. Impressive progression 😮
I don't know how I'm hearing all of these "iphone's innovations" from a non-apple device that clearly got to some of these innovations before apple did. The one about the iPhone 11 adding and ultra-wide camera for example 🧐
The design aspect is valid, though it's not necessary that one specific company or product would be necessary, that the industry would have developed in that direction anyway. With more touchscreens produced, the producing capacity and innovations will grow, the price of touchscreens will get lower and soon they would have been cheaper than haptic keyboards. The very idea that one specific company changed the world is engraved in the opinion of the Apple followers. It is the same as the fans from Ford. Did Mister Ford make progress when it comes to manufacturing cars? Yes, but wouldn't the same things have developed anyway? One scientific breakthrough, that changed the world however, was the discovery of electricity. If electricity wouldn't have been discovered, by pure luck, we wouldn't have the same world.
I get it that apple pushed the industry away from dumb phones. I applaud them, but they ended up being the last to join other people's innovation only to come and brand their version of it. Only thing I noticed they didn't brand was the Always On Display on 14 Pro and later. So to make a 19 min video giving about 90% of credit to apple in areas they clearly joined the band wagon late makes me feel someway
@TheMark_emthey also didn’t brand tandem OLED