Posted by u/Weak-Representative8
So, the smartphone has hit it’s peak form, what comes after this?
I have been racking my brain on what the next “smartphone” product will be. In the early 2000s, we had this massive combination of different phone form factors. We had the flip phone, some more quirky phones, and then the iPhone came into the market and standardized the core form factor of what the modern-day phone would be. In a nutshell, a 6-inch screen. Every iteration post this has just been internal and feature updates: a better processor, a better camera, and I hear Apple is going to create their first foldable phone this year. What I am trying to understand is, what do you think will eventually take over the smartphone as we see it today? For example, there has been a push for AI and hardware. We saw how the Humane Pin went (it didn’t). We see Meta trying to push for glasses (which, yeah, I see some people getting, but not as a replacement for the phone in its current form). The Metaverse Zuck tried to create has failed or has significantly wound down, partly because no one owned the VR headset needed, and I think most people didn’t feel compelled to buy one, along with Apple’s attempt. My friend and I were talking in depth about this. She said the phone is basically an extension of the human body. It’s a “third arm.” It has to feel natural and integrate into your day-to-day life seamlessly. Another person said that, as the phone exists today, the form factor has been figured out, and we’re just going to see other features. Personally, I don’t see anything we have today really replacing it. I see the usefulness of ChatGPT. Personally, I see AI as hype, which yes, will be useful, but this massive “everyone is going to lose their job” narrative, no. What do you think the next frontier will be? How long do you think it’ll take to happen? What do you think will initiate the obsolescence of the modern-day phone we see today, for whatever X product will take over? What interaction takes over the smartphone?
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