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The 13 gadgets that had the biggest impact this decade

Tyler Sonnemaker   

The 13 gadgets that had the biggest impact this decade
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Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs poses with the iPhone 4 during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, June 7, 2010.

Robert Galbraith

Former Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs poses with the iPhone 4

  • Business Insider ranked the gadgets that had the most impact on consumers' lives over the past decade.
  • We considered which products most successfully changed the way we interact with technology.
  • Apple dominated the list with five products.
  • Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

No question about it, our technological lives have changed dramatically during the 2010s. As we say good-bye to them, Business Insider took stock of the gadgets that had the most impact to come up with this list of 13 that changed our lives the most.

There are endless ways to rank the "top" gadgets that dominated the decade. For this list, Business Insider limited the contenders to consumer gadgets. We looked at the devices that broke new ground, changed how we interact with our digital world, or set an industry standard. Some were easy calls - others, more controversial.


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