iPhone 4 (2010)
Few phones were ever as hyped as the iPhone 4.
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It was the first to use HDR, revolutionizing what we though mobile cameras were capable of.
Galaxy Note (2011)
You probably know why the Galaxy Note is on this list.
But now such a display would be considered diminutive.
The Galaxy Note was the gear that helped us realize we could get real work done with our phones.
This was thanks to its no-nonsense approach to customizing Googles OS, which is to say virtually no bloatware.
OnePlus One (2014)
OnePlus came into the market with a bold claim.
It could make a flagship killer phone for just $300.
Xiaomi Mi Mix (2016)
We have Xiaomi to thank for bezel-less phones.
It made what was once the fancy of concept artists an honest-to-goodness tangible product.
It was also probably the biggest leap in smartphone image quality since the iPhone 4 introduced HDR.
It also, unfortunately, popularized the notch.
Unfortunately, the iPhone X was also the beginning of the $1000 phone era.
The Mate 20 Pro was Huawei at its most ambitious before the company was crippled byTrumps blacklist.
But palms influence is undeniable.
