10 year mobile phone evolution
It’s about 10years ago since the iconic smartphone was introduced called iphone. Since then a lot have change on the mobile phone industry. Did you ever imagined how much have changed?
We made a simple table to compare the first generation iphone to the current generation which has about 10years gap.
| Iphone 1 | Iphone 7 | |
| OS | Iphone OS 1.0 | iOS 10.0 |
| CPU | Samsung 32-bit RISC ARM 1176JZ(F)-S v1.0[3] 620 MHz | 2.34 GHz quad-core (two used) 64-bit |
| GPU | PowerVR MBX Lite 3D GPU[ | Apple G9 custom GPU[4] (hexa-core) (based on PowerVR GPUs |
| RAM | 128 MB eDRAM | 7: 2 GB LPDDR4 RAM 7 Plus: 3 GB LPDDR4 RAM |
| Storage | 4, 8 or 16 GB flash memory | 32, 128, or 256 GB |
| Battery | 3.7 V 1400 mAh Lithium-ion battery |
7: 3.80 V 7.45 W·h (1960 mA·h) Li-ion[6]
7 Plus: 3.82 V 11.10 W·h (2900 mA·h) Li-ion |
| Display | 3.5-inch screen (diagonally) 320×480 pixel resolution at 163 ppi 2:3 aspect ratio 18-bit (262,144-color) LCD |
7: 4.7 in (120 mm) Retina HD: LED-backlit IPS LCD, 1334×750 px resolution (326 ppi) (1 megapixel) 7 Plus: 5.5 in (140 mm) Retina HD: LED-backlit IPS LCD, 1920×1080 px resolution (401 ppi) (2.1 megapixels) |
| Camera | 2.0 MP with geotagging (Not GPS based) | REAR: 12 MP 2nd-generation Sony Exmor RS FRONT: 7 MP, f/2.2 |
| Connectivity | Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) Bluetooth 2.0 |
LTE (bands 1 to 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17 to 20, 25 to 30), TD-LTE (bands 38 to 41), UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz), GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, GPS & GLONASS |
Processing Power
Processing power of mobile phone improved big time. So much improved that it is now comparable to desktop computers when it comes to computing power.
RAM
Over the passed 10 years RAM of mobile phones increase by more than 30x. 10years ago, smartphones usually have around 128MB of RAM. Mobile phones nowadays can have as much as 8Gb of RAM.
Storage
Storage capacity is one of the biggest changes on mobile phone technology. Before, mobile phones only has few MB. Now we can have as much as 256GB.
Camera
Pictures from mobile phones before were crappy and was only meant for fun. But nowadays, mobile phone photography is getting more and more popular; thanks to improved image sensor. It is now hard to distinguish image that came from a mobile phone to high end digital camera. From an average of 2MP resolution, now we have a resolution greater than 20MP.