In Pictures: The 14 most influential smartphones ever

Our look back at the highlights of the smartphone’s lightning-fast rise to prominence.

Palm Pilots

While they left out the “phone” part of the equation, modern smartphones are direct descendants of the PDAs, Palm Pilots, and other associated handhelds that saw use in the mid-to-late 1990s. Pictured here is the Pilot 5000, from 1996.

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