News Smartphones have reached their peak, so what could possibly be next?

[AC News]

Smartphones aren't perfect, but we've reached a point of diminishing returns. So we can't help but wonder what's next, whether it's AI or something different entirely.

Smartphones have reached their peak, so what could possibly be next? : Read more

 

[notforhire]

there's not one thing that's cutting edge about me. but I'll say that the most underutilized/developed aspect of the smartphone is the desktop. I have used DeX since my S8 Active. it remains underutilized, and as far as I know, only Moto has a comparable feature. I literally carry my "PC" in my pocket.

 

[Apollo18]

there's not one thing that's cutting edge about me. but I'll say that the most underutilized/developed aspect of the smartphone is the desktop. I have used DeX since my S8 Active. it remains underutilized, and as far as I know, only Moto has a comparable feature. I literally carry my "PC" in my pocket.

When Microsoft and Nadella abandoned Windows Phone, they also abandoned Continuum. If development had continued, we could have been carrying a fully functional pocket Windows computer that would dock to a large display and become a desktop computer. What might have been.

 

[PoorInRichfield]

there's not one thing that's cutting edge about me. but I'll say that the most underutilized/developed aspect of the smartphone is the desktop. I have used DeX since my S8 Active. it remains underutilized, and as far as I know, only Moto has a comparable feature. I literally carry my "PC" in my pocket.

This was one reason I was sad to see Windows Phones die. I was able to connect my phone to a docking station and use it as a desktop. For so many people today that just own a phone, and with phones getting "powerful enough", I do think using them as a dock-able desktop should be pursued as a feature.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

Two letters, significant or not, impactful or irrelevant; ' AI '

Any new features will have AI tacked on. Some of it might be helpful, others pure marketing crap.

A true evolution could be phones playing actual games, not just games that are popular because whatever sad whale out there is dumping money in P2P/P2W. If we can emulate games, which is more taxing than native processing, we can no problem run native games if there was commitment to it.
Console/PC in our pockets. Even though it's a gatcha or w/e it's called, I have to give the Genshin creators props for what they created.

 

[gr8bkset]

I'm forever looking for the one computing device/screen to rule them all. Currently my 6 devices, from small to large include: smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, TV, movie theater screen. I've recently tried out a Meta Quest 3 that such a device (or smart glass) can replace all those devices, but in its current form has the well-known drawbacks of weight, battery life and price. Since Google is coming out with Android XR, I hope that smartphone makers can design a light, inexpensive headset that will dock a high end smartphone running XR as its computing guts. The dock could contain additional battery and worn across the shoulders, keeping the headset light and cheap at $200-$500. The smartphone would cost $1000 and can be upgraded independently from the headset. Not only would this headset replace multiple screens, it would provide many windows, AR, VR, 3D capabilities and be portable.

 

[Apollo18]

Anyone remember the PowerBook Duo? The laptop slid into the docking station like a VHS tape and you had a full size monitor and keyboard to go with it. I'd like a thin phone that could slide into a compartment in a 15 or 16 inch laptop. Same principle. Just smaller. But "one device to rule them all" would be great.