Nowadays, it is extremely unlikely that you will meet someone who does not have a smartphone. The amount of power at your fingertips while using one can not be understated. You can keep up with your friends, check on sports, check on finances, banking, shopping, the list goes on and on.
The road to where we are today was not an easy one. Some of the earliest high-quality mobile phones was the Blackberry. These had phone call abilities and a built-in mini keyboard to text people. There were games like breakout on them as well. They were very compact and not that powerful but their ease of use was extremely valued.
Blackberries would be the status quo until June 28th, 2007, when The iPhone would be introduced. Apple would go on stage at their Macworld event and talk about how they are making a phone, an iPod, and an internet communications device. People thought that they were going to unveil 3 different products. However, Apple merged all 3 into one device called the iPhone and the world would never be the same.
A year later the first Android phone would be conceived. Android being the operating device that is inside the phone itself. The market for these "handheld" computers was something both companies were realizing at the same time. So on September 23 2008 the Tmobile G1 was unveiled and it was released on October 22nd that same year.
The competition between Apple and Android has been a heated battle for almost 2 decades now. Apple is extremely popular in the US. Around 50% of all US citizens own a smartphone of some kind and 60% of those are iPhone users. In places like India and China, however, you see a lot more Android usage. This is because of their affordability.
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