4 Edge-to-Edge Design

The iPhone X is, in Apple’s words, “all-screen.” But while the 2017 flagship may be the first iPhone to sport slim bezels and an edge-to-edge display, it was far from the first smartphone to adopt the now-common signature design.

A wave of Android makers first pioneered the edge-to-edge display, from Samsung and LG to Chinese firms like Xiaomi. But the honor of the first phone to move in this direction is probably the now-forgotten Sharp Aquos Crystal, which was released in 2014.