smartphone era
Age of apps
The smartphone era is the period beginning roughly in the late 2000s when smartphones became ubiquitous, fundamentally changing how people communicate, consume media, and navigate daily life.
The phrase typically frames discussions of social or technological change: In the smartphone era, nobody memorizes phone numbers anymore.
It implies a distinct break from earlier times, often with undertones of nostalgia or concern about constant connectivity.
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
- appsMobile software, briefly
- app storeDigital software marketplace
- mobile gamingEntertainment on portable devices
- scrollingMoving display content vertically
notifications · push notifications · selfie · charging · social media · texting · swipe · face unlock · emoji · battery life · low battery · cracked screen · airplane mode · mobile · Instagram · group chat · streaming · digital addiction
- 2010sInstagram, Snapchat, Uber, Airbnb, Bitcoin
- Steve JobsSteve Jobs, Apple, iPhone, iPad, iPod
- 2000s History9/11, September 11, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Arab Spring
- Computing Erasdigital age, vacuum tube era, information age
- Modern KoreaSouth Korea, Seoul, North Korea, Korean Wave, Hallyu
smartphone erasteam age
Period of engine-driven progress
Victorian era · medieval period · Stone Age · vacuum tube era · antiquity
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