Flashback: iPhone 4, the phone that made Apple a camera and display powerhouse

Apple introduced the latest generation of its smartphones, iPhone 11, and it reminded us of one of its predecessors - the iPhone 4 introduced in early June 2010. Like the 11, this phone brought a change in Apple's naming scheme and design language and its best features were its camera and its display. The iPhone 3GS had a smoothly curved back made of glossy plastic. Jony Ive's design for the iPhone 4 called for an exposed aluminum frame sandwiched between two panes of strengthened glass - a recipe that has been copied by just about every phone maker since. The iPhone 4 introduced...