You might be forgiven, then, for thinking that there’s nowhere left for smartphone technology to go. You’d be wrong, though – very wrong. Even at the time of writing, there are several exciting new developments on the smartphone horizon, with some truly futuristic technology awaiting further down the line. In the short term, as processing power becomes better and more refined, we can expect better all-round performance from new smartphones. Battery performance is set to increase dramatically in the near future, thanks to new developments in power amplifiers expected to double the average smartphone’s battery life. It also won’t be too long before gamers are going to be able to make the most of their device, with graphics quality expected to rapidly catch up to consoles in the next few years. Improved camera quality is also likely to feature, with the emergence of models with built-in cameras that can compete with dedicated digital cameras. Mobile devices are expected to become sleeker, faster and generally better at doing all the things they already do, then. But what about the things they don’t do (yet)? If we take a look at the more experimental side of the smartphone industry, we see a number of technologies that sound far-fetched enough to feature in the latest sci-fi movies, and yet some are already in development. Whichever way you look at it, the future of smartphone development is bright. With the combination of improvements to existing technologies and the introduction of several new ones, our mobile devices of the future will become our indispensable companions – even more so than they are now.
