no one dare say or the (paid) apple fan boys down vote you.<p>what they don&#x27;t realise in these times of paid shills down votes are a badge of honor :)
On January 5, 2007, 4 days before the iPhone was introduced to the world, Apple filed a suite of 4 design patents covering the basic shape of the iPhone.<p>ie they patented a phone in a small box with a screen and no keyboard.
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electronics_Co" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electr...</a>.<p>personally I find that great addition to the world not exactly revolutionary or that exciting. never have.