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The iPhone 4, released in 2010, was a significant iteration in Apple's smartphone line. It introduced Apple's "Retina display," marketed as the sharpest smartphone display at the time. A key innovation was the inclusion of a front-facing camera, enabling video calls through the FaceTime app. The iPhone 4 featured a 5-megapixel camera and ran on iOS 4, which allowed for multitasking. Its successor, the iPhone 4S, released in 2011, included an 8-megapixel camera and the virtual assistant Siri.123

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