These were the best phones... before the iPhone

At the 10-year anniversary of the launch of Apple's original iPhone, we take a walk down memory lane to see the best phones that people could buy right before the iPhone came... and changed the landscape completely. 

From the devices with a full QWERTY keyboard to the best Nokias and the devices coming from the fruitful partnership between Sony and Ericsson, these phones seemed in one or other way superior to the iPhone, at least on paper. Some had a 3G connection, others claimed to be better for work, yet others shipped with superior cameras. And ...