How the iPhone has changed in the last five years
Big Tech Apple How the iPhone has changed in the last five years Five years of progress, quirks, surprises, and the occasional eyebrow raise By Ben Stegner Aug. 11, 2026 1:30 pm EST Anastasiia Sapozhnikova/Shutterstock Smartphone progress has become so incremental that you might struggle to spot any differences between the latest two models of a given device. But when you zoom out and survey longer periods, it's much easier to see what's shifted.
- ▪Big Tech Apple How the iPhone has changed in the last five years Five years of progress, quirks, surprises, and the occasional eyebrow raise By Ben Stegner Aug.
- ▪11, 2026 1:30 pm EST Anastasiia Sapozhnikova/Shutterstock Smartphone progress has become so incremental that you might struggle to spot any differences between the latest two models of a given device.
- ▪But when you zoom out and survey longer periods, it's much easier to see what's shifted.
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Big Tech Apple How the iPhone has changed in the last five years Five years of progress, quirks, surprises, and the occasional eyebrow raise By Ben Stegner Aug. 11, 2026 1:30 pm EST Anastasiia Sapozhnikova/Shutterstock Smartphone progress has become so incremental that you might struggle to spot any differences between the latest two models of a given device. But when you zoom out and survey longer periods, it's much easier to see what's shifted. You might want to know what an upgrade offers you, or perhaps you enjoy iPhone history for nostalgia. Beyond the obvious increased internal power, the iPhone has evolved in the past half-decade.
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