iPhones first came into the picture in 2007 with the delivery of Steve Job’s keynote presentation. He said he would be introducing a wide-screen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet device. But it wasn’t three products. It was one product. And that was the iPhone. He knocked down the physical keyboard and the stylus, features that dominated the BlackBerry, Motorola, and Palm smartphones of the day. Then Steve introduced the multitouch interface that let the iPhone smoothly pinch-to-zoom, the interactivity that included scrolling and the multitasking that let him move seamlessly from music to call to web to email and back.
iPhone and other smartphone cameras have basically killed all small, portable cameras. We now have an entire population with a great camera and camcorder in their pocket at all times. Most people would pay the hefty 400-700 dollar range just for the camera and camcorder devices, but with the iPhone you get a phone and internet accessibility as well. Apple has continued to be the leading company for technology including computers and music players, and it doesn’t stop there. Their revolutionary design with the iPhone, integrated with a multi-touch sensor on the giant screen of the handheld device, paved the way for all future smart phones. Everyone that has an iPhone is constantly taking pictures and videos and uploading them on their social platforms. It has become a way of life and a social norm to stop mid-walk to take a picture of something(or yourself) with your smartphone. 
Haley Campbell 