Chart of the day: How the iPhone killed 'big camera'

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When the iPhone 3G went on sale in Australia and around the world 10 years ago today, few realised it was the harbinger of a new era in photography — one that no longer required a "conventional" camera.

Two years later, in 2010, we hit "peak camera". That was also the year of the iPhone 4 which came with a much-improved rear camera and was the first Apple phone to feature a forward-facing camera.

That iPhone, combined with the debut of the Instagram app later that year, helped launch the selfie craze and cement the smartphone as (almost) everyone's camera of choice.

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Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, photography, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, australia

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