Historical record · Computing in a pocket

Smartphones

Trace phone and computer convergence, touch interfaces, app platforms, network changes and durability rules.

Primary topic: Science & Technology

Scope of this guide

Selected handset and platform milestones, not a claim that one company invented every smartphone feature. Announcement dates are distinguished from sales. The endpoint is EU rules applying from June 2025, not a survey of every current phone.

Actual source-review status

10 completed · 0 partial · 0 pending chapter reviews in this subject.

The factual audit is unfinished. These counts come from recorded chapter reviews, not legacy “reviewed” wording, confidence labels or image checks. A completed source review retains scientific and historical uncertainty.

Key chapters

16 August 1994
Simon combines phone and handheld computer →
A touch screen brings organizer software and fax to a mobile phone.
Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.
9 January 2007
iPhone puts fingers on the interface →
Apple introduces a multi-touch phone with music and web functions.
Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.
20 June 2025
Durability becomes part of phone regulation →
EU rules address battery life, repair and energy labels.
Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.

Connected roads

These are authored connections in the existing catalogue, not an automatically inferred family tree.

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All chapters & review records

Simon combines phone and handheld computercompleted2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review
A phone opens into a pocket computercompleted2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review
BlackBerry adds a phone to mobile emailcompleted2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review
iPhone puts fingers on the interfacecompleted2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review
A store distributes phone softwarecompleted2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review
The first Android phone is announcedcompleted2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review
A handset combines mobile data channelscompleted2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review
A 5G handset launch reaches Koreacompleted2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review
A folding display changes the handset shapecompleted2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review
Durability becomes part of phone regulationcompleted2026-10-11 · Codex expansion source review

Sources

Sources cited by the existing chapters. Listing a source does not mean every claim has been verified.