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marze on Nov 3, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: iPhone X Teardown

True, but look at the change phones from ten years pre-iphone vs iPhone.

http://www.mobilephonehistory.co.uk/lists/by_year.html

Huge change. But after Apple nailed the modern smartphone design on the first try, ten years later it is remarkably unchanged.

robotresearcher on Nov 3, 2017 [–]

Remarkably, yes. But this release removing the biggest, most used, iconic button might not be the ideal moment to claim "same buttons!"

mikeash on Nov 3, 2017 | [–]

75% the same after ten years is not too shabby!

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