Differences between iphone and smartphones?

-iPhone is the flagship phone developed and manufactured solely by Apple.

-The device operates on Apple's iOS operating system.

-Smartphones are any mobile phones that are similar to a mini computer. 

-Smartphones offer a variety of features that allows advanced computing capability and connectivity.

-iPhones are one of the most popular phones that are currently available on the market and is single-handedly providing competition to Android, Windows and many other operating systems available in the market. 

-A smartphone is a phone that allows computing capabilities and has an operating system. 

-The iPhones allows 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi and many other capabilities and runs on the iOS operating system. 

-The latest phone was the Apple iPhone 8, launched on September 2017. 

-The first generation or the original iPhone was announced by the company in June 2007.

-The idea of a multi-touch screen that allowed users to directly input data on to the screen, thus eliminating the need for mouse, keyboard or keys, was conceived by then Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.

-The iPhones have been praised for their looks, design, performance and their tight security; however, they lack customization ability, they are strict in terms of guidelines, they are quite expensive and even if damaged, repair is quite costly.

-Smartphone is a mobile phone that operates on an operating system, similar to a mini computer.

-They offer a variety of features such as calling capabilities, computing capabilities, video conferencing, online surfing, cameras, media players, GPS navigation units, etc.

-Smartphone are powered by operating systems such as Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, etc.  

-The term smartphone' was introduced into the market by Ericsson in 1997, when it used the word to describe its GS 88 Penelope' concept as a smartphone. 

-There is no clear distinction that decides which phones are smartphone and which phones are not. 

-However, with the increasing technology and offerings in a phone, the category has expanded to include all the new features that are currently available in the market.

 

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It is just a sub set of the smart phone category.

According to Google, the definition of smartphone is 

"A mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface, Internet access, and an operating system capable of running downloaded apps."

I think iPhone fulfills all of the above criteria.