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10 years of iPhone marks a new era of tech storytelling

The digital traces we leave behind create a wealth of data about our lives

The Apple iPhone7 and AirPods are displayed during an Apple media event in San Francisco, California
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The Apple iPhone7 and AirPods are displayed during an Apple media event in San Francisco, California

Victoria Mapplebeck | The Conversation

There are now more mobile devices than people on the planet. You only have to glance around on trains, in the street, or in cafes to see how increasingly lost we are in screen time. We don’t just hold our phones, we cradle them.

It is ten years since the iPhone’s release to the general public. And so now seems a perfect time to reconsider our love of technology.

I’m fascinated by our relationship with mobile phones, both past and present. Nokia has recently released a new version of the classic Nokia 3310. Originally launched in