There will never be anything like the iPhone again

Nine years and a few days ago, Apple released the iPhone, and the world was never the same. With the iPhone's decade mark in sight, the tech world is starting to get a little restless for the next big shift in computing, even as the iPhone itself starts to look a little boring. Smartphones have revolutionized everything from retail to banking to education. Depending on who you ask, the next big thing will be robots, or artificial intelligence, or virtual reality, or health-tracking devices, or self-driving cars, or any number of other trends. The bad news is that we probably won't another big, world-shaking product introduction like the iPhone any time soon.