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LG released a capacitive touchscreen phone before Apple by a month. The technology was out there and was always going to get used by someone.

Here's a modern review of the original LG Prada, from the noted iPhone lovers at Android Authority. You be the judge.

>The LG Prada was the first mobile phone with a capacitive touchscreen, but there are reasons why you don't remember it.

Didn't say the iPhone wasn't an improvement on the status quo with regards to UI. All I said is that it didn't invent the form nor the hardware.

In my first post on this thread, I said Apple improved the packaging of smartphones (ie. form, UI, ecosystem).