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"Following the rising popularity of the iPhone in the late 2000s", The expression is used a couple of times. That would be around year 2080. Should read "early 2000s", or more accurately, in longer form, "in the first two decades of the 21st century Pyor66 (talk) 11:59, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In English language writing and speaking, such constructions are understood to refer to the decade, not the century or millennium. MrOllie (talk) 12:03, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:LEAD the current lead sections must be cut down and or merged. Chompoy (talk) 17:32, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

we should split off the history section of this article, into History of smartphones.

the development and spread of smartphones is absolutely as significant as the rise of the internet. so therefore it needs to be treated as a major historical topic on its own. Sm8900 (talk) 16:03, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]