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12 key technologies that make your smartphone work
What makes an iPhone an iPhone? Tim Harford tells the story of how the iPhone became a truly revolutionary technology and what it takes to make a smartphone. Surprisingly, Uncle Sam played an essential role in the creation and development of the iPhone.
First broadcast on 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy, 24 March 2017.
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