Once, you could have any telephone, as long as it was black.

Subsequently, the original AT&T (a distant relation to the current AT&T) and GTE charged extra for colors and more fashionable designs.

Now, manufacturers beguile us with smartphones loaded with every conceivable feature. Smartphones replace nearly all nonprofessional cameras and dedicated navigation systems.

A few manufacturers teamed up with famed camera companies, such as Sony and Nokia with Ziess and OnePlus with Hasselblad.

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