We are living creatures with brains their are hundreds of thousands of people that help and create tech advances we all make mistakes we could always be more efficient with our time. Could we have quit possibility created SmartPhones sooner?
The biggest break was June 2007 with the iPhone and its unique interface and tech. after as all companies do is compete. today we have a wide range of cell phones similar to the iPhone and were accustomed to it. With that being said. Is it not very possible that we could have created the iPhone/smartphone 10 years sooner 1997. If u take a step back from 2017 to 2010 we had for instance iPhone 4s/5 it had a retina display still quit a impressive gadget that's only 13 years from 1997 so could we have done better was it theoretically possible for our mind to handle at the time (in your opinion of course)?.
*LASTLY - beyond the possibility of the smartphone being created 1997 vs 2007 had it been created in 1997 would it have to been done by Steve Jobs from Apple ?

its always interesting to know what could have been done sooner.
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