This is how Android looked like, before and after the iPhone was introduced.
http://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iph...
Let's get the timeline right:
2002 - Steve Jobs started thinking about working on a Phone
2004 - Apple Engineers started working on touchscreen technology for a tablet PC and had convinced Steve Jobs that they could build a similar interface for a phone.
2005 - Partnership with Cingular(AT&T)
Early 2006 - Work on the iPhone started.
Dec 2006 - LG Prada was released. <===============
Steve Jobs Announced the iPhone Jan 2007.
June 2007 - iPhone released
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/16-02/ff_ipho...