While Apple can pride itself on having introduced the very first smartphone, the iconic iPhone, in 2007, these days companies that use the Android operating system like Samsung have a bigger global market share. Even in the United States, a clear majority of the population uses phones with Android OS rather than iOS, according to Statista.
But while millions of people rely on their smartphones to help them do just about everything—or even do it for them—many of us don’t know all the ins and outs of these devices that are so central to our daily lives.
