About 10 years ago, the evolution that smartphones would have seemed unthinkable. However, what seemed impossible has become reality: the technology of the smart phones it accelerated at a gallop, so that the first smartphones seemed primitive.
Currently, the smartphone transcends the limits of communication and has become the first platform for accessing information. Years ago, we used countless devices to check the weather, edit photos, or access our email or calendar, to name a few. However, today we find everything in our smartphone.
Today we can say that cell phones have become an extension of us and ourselves and have changed our lives forever. 80% of the population owns one and more than a billion units are smart phones. We consult our mobiles on average 150 times a day; Moreover, there are people who experience a feeling of intense anxiety when they forget about it.
Far from stopping in their development, smartphones will continue to evolve in the years to come. There are those who predict that they will become real remote controls for our lives, others they think they might disappear on portable deviceslike glasses or watches.
Screens should also be brighter and bend in different ways; the cameras will be so advanced they’ll threaten to catapult high-end SLRs, and the digital assistants inside will be even smarter.
That said, let’s take a closer look at what our phones might look like in the next 10 years. Let’s try to guess.
Wireless charging: say goodbye to wired chargers
Imagine you’ve run out of battery and don’t have a charger with you. This will not be a problem in the coming years, as it is expected that the next smart devices can be charged with over-the-air wireless solutions. The technology used would go through radio waves, which would also mean greater respect for the environment.
Elon Musk, for his part, recently said that he plans to launch a smartphone, the Tesla Model Pi, whose battery can be charged by sunlight. This device would be classified in the high end and would have terribly futuristic aspects.
Musk also intends that his future project of smartphone contain proprietary applications that may be linked to Tesla vehicles. Musk’s project, which is said to be priced around $1,000, is still unknown when it will be released.
6G technology: you can download a movie in seconds
6G, as its name suggests, is the sixth generation of mobile connectivity. Although 5G has not yet been able to reach all territories, the Samsung companyin collaboration with the University of California, is already testing the prototype of 6G wireless communication, which would mean that the maximum data speed could be 50 times faster than that of 5G.
Quite a challenge at the technical level, since it would be necessary to extend the spectrum up to 3,000 GHz, build new antennas and continue high-tech research.
Recently, a group of Chinese researchers succeeded in sending 1 TB of data in one second at a distance of 1 km. The Tsinghua School of Space Engineering, in Beijing, managed to simultaneously broadcast more than 10,000 high-definition videos. China therefore currently seems to be in the lead in this type of technology, since more than 40% of patents in this field come from this country.
That said, for practical purposes, what would the arrival of 6G mean in our lives?
Much faster browsing, lower latency, the ability to download a movie in seconds, greater power efficiency, truly immersive extended reality including holographic communications and automated, interconnected artificial intelligence.
6G technology, expected to begin commercialization around 2030, would have the ability to connect to much more complex devices, such as self-driving cars, flying vehicles, and drones, among others.
Folding Mobiles: Will They Become Popular?
A flip phone can change the way content is consumed. It is a mobile device that adapts to the right size to perform a specific task. So, for example, our smartphone It could be unfolded and changed from a small smartphone to a type of device Tablet, If necessary. mobile and Tablettherefore, they merge.
One more time, Samsung is the leader in folding technology, considering that 9 out of 10 that have been sold so far are theirs. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 has been the crowd favorite foldable with a 52% market share.
Likewise, brands like Huawei, Motorola O Apple They have also been working on the development of their foldable phone for a long time.
At present, the folding sector does not compete with “normal” mobiles, there are a few years left for this type of device to lower its prices even more and enter the market with greater force. By 2030, foldable phones are expected to account for nearly 10% of all smartphone sales.
Artificial intelligence (AI) even smarter
Artificial intelligence will become even more powerful in the next 10 years and will play a very important role in our lives. If AI is already key in today’s world smart phonesin functions such as voice assistants, photography, augmented reality or real-time language translation, future devices will be equipped with a large number of new features.
The artificial intelligence of the future could make more complex and human-like decisions. It could be the center of a suite of smart devices such as entertainment, connected car or home automation, make restaurant reservations for you, recommend new experiences, tell the kids a bedtime story, manage your schedule or organize your purchases.
In the not too distant future, artificial intelligence might even understand our emotions. Huawei is already working on it. Your device could act as a psychologist: it will cheer you up if you feel sad, it will advise you if you feel overwhelmed… It could even become your friend or confidant.
Holographic displays: no longer science fiction
Holograms have been a part of some sci-fi and futuristic fantasy films in recent years. star wars, Blade Runner 2049 O Iron Man are examples.
Smartphones in 2030 will also have holographic display technologies.
Holographic displays could render 3D images or videos that would float above the device and be viewed from any angle without the need to wear 3D glasses.
smartphones no ports or buttons
Another trend in the coming years is to create mobile devices without ports or buttons, only with screens. In fact, today many of the smart phones they’ve removed the 3.5mm headphone jack and use Bluetooth-enabled wireless headphones.
The USB port of mobile devices should also disappear completely.
Alive and Meizu These are the brands that have already developed the first prototypes that meet these premises, and once again China is strongly attached to this technology.
Substantial camera upgrade: is it possible?
It is expected that in the coming years, mobile phone cameras will have such high image quality that they can even replace professional cameras. The biggest change is expected in the number of megapixels.
Electronic tattoos, merging humans with machines… What if the smartphone disappear forever?
We cannot predict exactly what technological changes mobile devices will bring with them in the next ten years, but what we do know is that smart phones They have become an essential element in our lives.
At PCWorld, we wonder what will be the next technology to replace smartphones, especially since Bill Gates recently declared electronic tattoos to be the new device used to usher in the next generation of technology. This technology, still to be developed, would consist of printing chips on the skin in order to monitor and collect personal information, such as medical or sports data.
Extensive studies are currently being carried out on the possibility electronic tattoos with the collaboration of companies such as Google or Chaotic Moon Studiosan American company in which the tycoon invests because of the potential he sees in the development of this technology.
Elon Musk, for his part, assures that at some point we will merge with the machines, to be able to change bodies when ours no longer serves us or transplant our memories in case our heads stop working. In his own words: “If we don’t do this, artificial intelligence will render us useless.” Moreover, this technology is already developed in the universities of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Washington. Incredible true?
Many of these predictions are just that: simply predictions. And by 2030, we may see very different technologies than what we envision today. I wonder if all this will finally happen and if the human being will be prepared for it.
The debate is open.
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