Below we will see some of the reasons that show us that new ideas on smartphones will probably become less and less, along with their demand. The era of "I have an expensive device that does everything" (regardless of whether I use it only for Facebook) seems to be over forever.
What about smartphones in the next time?
The Death of Smartphones. What's next?
If that sounds pessimistic to you, ZDNet's Jason Perlow already reported that “We've reached peak functional system on smartphones,” reasoning of course, his statement.
Today, after almost a decade of intense change, the smartphone has managed to reach its full potential. It is our continuous digital companion, having merged the capabilities of computer, camera, television, sat-nav and others into a device that circulates on the street, and in our pocket.
Does innovation need a cloud?
Everything happens in the cloud. All innovations need the cloud. There are applications, for example, biometric systems, smart room programmers, exercise trackers and nutrition managers, that still have a long way to go before they become as useful as they can be, cloud-based, or so to speak. better, to the analysis of data by some AI operating in the cloud. The computing power needed is unlikely to be seen in a smartphone in the near future...
A cheap phone does it all?
Smartphone hardware is a commercial product like the computer market in the last decade. Cheap phones below 200 dollars can have many of the tasks we expect from more expensive devices, such as having great cameras. These devices are already almost available, and we see new ones almost every month.
There is an oversaturation in the market, with new devices constantly arriving. The hardware is being upgraded in the blink of an eye, so we have seen expensive high end devices not outperform so much of the budget smartphones.
Can applications provide value and differentiation?
The value of hardware does not count anymore as it depends on cloud-based applications that provide value and differentiation. The innovation of telephone equipment is growing, but applications supporting the cloud have room for too many innovations.
Only smartphone arrives?
While the smartphone was once a device that came for everything, we should also expect a number of secondary devices to connect to smartphones. Not smartphones do it all (explain below).
Do vendors impose apps?
Microsoft may have the answer for developing smartphone apps more than Google and Apple have. Microsoft has become a tool and infrastructure vendor and not just an operating system vendor as it used to be.
Vendors enforce applications by supporting their platforms exclusively, see Office and Windows. This reflects how gaming companies are trying to distinguish and acquire buyers on their platforms.
Are you interested in safety and privacy;
Which fits security and privacy? Is the world interested? Some do, but not for everyday things. However, personal and financial data need exceptional protection, which may not be available through smartphones, especially when we already know that major manufacturers do not promote updates.
And now what will happen?
At one point it seemed like wearables would be the next big technology. It turns out that it's very difficult to fit enough processing power and battery life into something like a smartwatch. So it probably can't become a viable alternative like a phone. Even if these two problems overcome, the screen is never going to be big enough for us to adopt for our connection to the digital world.
Leading candidates: augmented and virtual reality
Smartphones such as Samsung's Samsung Galaxy S8 (and almost certainly the next iPhone) can already function as VR players when connected to the appropriate device.
This in itself, although it is not an autonomous use of the VR, will give consumers an idea of what is going to come.
So in the future (medium term), when the idea of AR / VR becomes more popular, smartglasss will make an impressive comeback. Although there is still resistance to the "glasshole" phenomenon from "asshole" (many would not like to wear glasses, especially when someone is reading something in the lens instead of watching a conversation) it seems to be the next evolution of personal technology.
Smartglasses will come as smart contact lenses or even as a mind reading technology that Facebook announced last week. Elon Musk has already talked about something similar.
Smartphones will not die completely naturally. Old technologies do not die, they just find a different priority in our lives.
The closest device that has changed its priority is the PC: from rapid adoption we reached the level of saturation, and then a stagnation for a long time, followed by a slow burst of innovation before letting it go home.
The next five with 10 years will be the same as the smartphone.
But all of these emerging future technologies, such as the VR, and the idea of using reader sensors, pose huge questions about privacy, proper use of technology and its impact on society.
These questions have already arisen since the smart phones, such as the need to be able to locate each of us at all times, or what it means for society and our relationships with others to spend so much time interacting through our phones. We have not solved these yet.
However, with smartglass technology or even mind reading technology, which will make our relationship with technology even more familiar and easy to navigate, we will probably remember the complications of the smartphones season with nostalgia.
But all of these emerging future technologies, such as the VR, and the idea of using reader sensors, pose huge questions about privacy, proper use of technology and its impact on society.
These questions have already arisen since the smart phones, such as the need to be able to locate each of us at all times, or what it means for society and our relationships with others to spend so much time interacting through our phones. We have not solved these yet.
However, with smartglass technology or even mind reading technology, which will make our relationship with technology even more familiar and easy to navigate, we will probably remember the complications of the smartphones season with nostalgia.
To see how they will take Selfies wearing the Virtual Glasses….
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