--- title: 2023 in smartphones: it was the little things | daily.dev description: The year 2023 saw smaller innovations in the smartphone industry that could have a big impact in the long run. Android and iPhone users experienced a more... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/2023-in-smartphones-it-was-the-little-things-nylvkmdca twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 2023 in smartphones: it was the little things | daily.dev og:description: The year 2023 saw smaller innovations in the smartphone industry that could have a big impact in the long run. Android and iPhone users experienced a more... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/2023-in-smartphones-it-was-the-little-things-nylvkmdca og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NylVkmdca.png og:image:alt: 2023 in smartphones: it was the little things og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 2023 in smartphones: it was the little things **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The year 2023 saw smaller innovations in the smartphone industry that could have a big impact in the long run. Android and iPhone users experienced a more seamless group chat experience, thanks to a change in iOS 17. Foldable phones also became more practical with larger outer screens. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro introduced new photo editing tools using generative AI. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#photo-editing](https://daily.dev/tags/photo-editing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/2023-in-smartphones-it-was-the-little-things-nylvkmdca) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"2023 in smartphones: it was the little things","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2023-in-smartphones-it-was-the-little-things-nylvkmdca","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/2023-in-smartphones-it-was-the-little-things-nylvkmdca"},"datePublished":"2023-12-20T13:35:02.238Z","dateModified":"2025-09-06T02:45:32.053Z","description":"The year 2023 saw smaller innovations in the smartphone industry that could have a big impact in the long run. Android and iPhone users experienced a more...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8ba4a5148bfbd32d9c0570f4bd29eaa4?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8ba4a5148bfbd32d9c0570f4bd29eaa4?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Verge","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Verge","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/eacb57b3570d4f04b1f0dc8f834d8135","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theverge"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/2023-in-smartphones-it-was-the-little-things-nylvkmdca","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"genai,mobile,photo-editing","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Verge","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theverge"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"2023 in smartphones: it was the little things"}]} ```