How Much Better Can Smartphones Really Get?

We love ‘em, we hate ‘em. But regardless, we use ‘em everyday. We’ve gotten used to constant upgrades and new exciting features every year, but what’s in store for the next few years? Let’s take a look. Or not. Up to you.

Twitter: @KnowledgeHubTy

[AlternateHistoryHub]

I still use a 1980s cell phone. Cant use it for too long without my nose bleeding but it works fine

[asneecrabbier]

damn people want 5G and gigabit wifi and i still have 77 KB/s wifi

[KriegZombie]

Aren't you worried Paramount is going to copy-strike you for using all that Sonic movie footage?

[juangabrielify]

Five years ago, when I was still in highschool, I used to dream about how the future would look like in 30 years. I have come to the conclusion that it will not be as different as I once thought.

[petersmythe]

1950s: "we will have flying cars in the future."

2019: "We will have flying phones in the future."

[channelantoneon]

What scares me is this could prompt manufacturers to put the practice of planned obsolecence into overdrive

[tonyrobinson]

"You can play full-scale AAA games."
*picture of crudely-drawn Pikachu*

[ADCD-djgz]

Phones will get bigger and bigger until we’re back to room sized

[triplecastsleep]

You glossed over overheating and battery life, but I'd say those are the two biggest issues facing phones right now. They're horrendously inefficient, requiring regular recharging, and the overheating issues cause phones to wear out and break faster. You know the incessant memes of sending an email on an iPhone and losing 10% of your battery, and things like that.

Modern smartphones are also extremely fragile. I would like something I could accidentally drop down a flight of wooden stairs and not have to worry about it shattering.

[autotechxbox]

Instead of focusing on cameras, I'd like them to focus on storage capacity. It's rather annoying that apps keep getting bigger by the day but, the storage space for said apps remains the same.

[joshuasalem]

I still have an iPhone 6s Plus
It performs well, no slowdown, great camera
And I refuse to give up the headphone jack

[evanburgoon]

New on Alternate History Hub: What if smart phones never existed

[dfwai]

Take a shot everytime Cody says "we'll get to that, we'll touch on that later, ect."

[TinklestheGoat]

Phone repair industry is thriving. I replaced my USB port and got a new battery for $150 including labor. Its like buying a new phone and everything still works on it a year later.

[mrbull]

Smartphone development is slowing down for various reasons and, in my opinion, that is a good thing. The VCR was around for two decades without the tech evolving much and became a reliable go to device.
Not everyone enjoys completely relearning and getting accustomed to "break out" amazing technology every three to five years. It's disrupting to say the least.

[cnlbenmc]

Archival footage from 2007 of an Apple Desktop attempting to run Crysis 1 at 0:05.

[WitchVulgar]

Xiaomi and Oppo both revealed prototype phones with under-display selfie cameras about 2 days ago

[ShardNetwork]

Tyler, I could've lived a good long life without all that Sanic in my eyeballs.

[seanjhardy]

What I think could/should be added in the distant future:
1) holographic display/ projections
2) artificial intelligence/ improved assistant functionality
3) medical diagnostics/drug delivery
4) portable genetic editors/3d printers
5) haptic feedback from games/ smell stimulation
6) camera with telescopic/microscopic capabilities
7) allowing users to control dreams and simulate virtual worlds in the processor/mind of the user with a wifi brain-chip interface
8) Hive mind/ downloading google information seamlessly into the mind with a brain chip
9) morphable phone to change shape from a watch to phone to tablet to monitor or into a robotic limb with intelligent motion
10) universal language translation (pretty much almost here)
anyone have any others they want to share?

[lowsecnoya]

Thank you Vladimir Lenin for teaching about smartphones