Against what will you change your current smartphone?

Smartphone Future

If we make a note of the most disrupting events, people and technologies ever happened in the history of mankind, Mobile technology would make a place for sure in top 10. It has changed the way we have been living, interacting, eating, traveling, getting educated and many more. For a matter of fun a joke i have read somewhere said that based on the the principles of evolution and natural selection, the future generation may born with pointed thumbs or fingers. Yeh.. to handle smartphone effectively.

But the question is will smartphone evolution be slower than the natural evolution? With better screens we are already using smartphone very effectively. If you are using a smartphone with 8 megapixel camera, you may change it for a better camera or against a phone with a front camera. Few people may exchange their phones against a powerful processor and memory. But will you pay more money to exchange your phone against a phone with cable less earphones? or just for a marginal difference in screen quality? at least i won’t.

Here is a list i have compiled of the features for which i may change my phone in future. I believe majority of the people will do same.

An ever Lasting battery: Carrying additional power banks is not a smart solution. I expect the phone battery to last for weeks and months without getting charged and also to get charged with some of the eco friendly energy sources like solar cells and body movements.

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Dual display and transparent displays: See the photographs which already show how interesting and productive it would be to have displays on both the sides of the phone. Having a transparent display will bring a next design revolution.

Transparent & Dual side display Phone

The all new OS: Before 12 years it was hard to predict that there will be any OS in the market ever which can challenge the dominance of Windows. As mobile revolution picked up the momentum, new operating systems like Android and iOS not only emerged but ruled at least the mobile telephony segments. important fact to note is replacement of PC and laptop market by Phone and tablets is under progress. Apple’s Mac is getting popular and more stable and User friendly versions of Linux are coming out. Under all these pressure, Microsoft has lost a significant ground in OS space of digital devices.

Mobile OS

But…. But for how long Android and iOS will rule the market? IOT and virtual reality bring opportunity of all new OSes to disrupt the market share of Android and iOS. A fresh change is very much required even for the mobile devices market to grow further.

Water proofing: There are two perspectives here. People would safeguard their phones against water rather spending additional amount for a water resistant phone. But yes would replace their existing phone with additional amount against a guaranteed water proofing of phone. After all for decades we have been striving for Rain and underwater photography. There are already few devices available but a lot is required tobe done further.

Waterproof smartphone

Personalized and Customized Designs: Gone are the days where I would put a sticker over the back of a phone or will have a customized phone case. See some of the photos and you will love spending money, if you receive the design different than your group.

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Projector: Few devices got introduced with an inbuilt projector but the market is widely uncovered yet as none of the main stream brands offer that. Indeed it can be a great functionality for professional and personal use.

Projector Phone
3D and Holographic screens: Enough now for screen size and retina displays and HD resolution. Please come out with this 3D screens.

3D Phone
Sensors: There will be several billion connected devices in this world by 2020. More sensors inside my mobile phone will ease the life and connectivity.

I am sure you also want to spend an additional amount only if you get something worth spending for. Whats that? Write in the comments bellow.

P.S.: Images used from google image search. Thanks to all those known and unknown sites.

How Education and Entrepreneurship will help us getting benefits of Automation and Robotics in coming years

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Advancement of technology and automation puts a threat on jobs of people. And same is now happening with advancement of deep learning and machine learning. In coming years’ noise and protest is going to get intense due to increased automation and robotics into various industries and sectors.

But historically technology has created far more jobs than it ate.

1) Were there any jobs related to programming before 60 years? Today computer software industry employ more than 10 million people around the world.
2) The Mobile communication industry employ almost same number of people and far more in scattered unorganized sectors of repairs, spares and accessories.
3) The clothing industry is being considered giving more than 100 million jobs globally
4) Advancement in construction technology has bought employment for more than 600 million people globally.

And cases go on. But still almost since the beginning of industrial revolution in 19th century, we have been seeing protest against the technology and automation. And there is no sign of it ending anyhow.

Job Creation due to Technology
Advancement of technology reduces prices of goods and eventually will increase the demand, hence production and hence jobs. Technology supports job creation as well. Like technology advancement in lights has brighten this world at much cheaper cost which has helped increasing jobs and productivity.

Job Loss or Skill Shift?
Humans and animals keep getting and losing their jobs quite frequently. Starting from the 19th Century this world has seen many revolts and violence on the matter of job loss due to technology advancement. Bullocks and horses lost their jobs of ploughing the farm since introduction of tractors.

Excuse-me! who made the tractors in factories? As per the data the Technology into agriculture has created far more jobs in machines, food processing and marketing of farm produce compared to the number of farmers who lost their jobs.

So evidently when technology destroys a job it creates new job somewhere else with requirement of different skill set.

Wealth creates even more jobs
As per the data published in Guardian, there were less than 45,000 hairdressers in USA in 1911. After 100 years, there were almost 1,90,000 hairdressers. how come this growth happen? For many people technology, has created more wealth and saved time to be spent behind personal grooming.

And likewise, the additional wealth and time have created millions of jobs in the domains of travel, food, grooming, fashion, retail and entertainment sectors.

So, shouldn’t we afraid of Automation?
Not required to be afraid of but yes, we need to be advanced in our thoughts as well or else we may really loose our jobs.

Two things we can do to live in a better future with technology helping us doing so.

Keep updating our educational institutes to prepare people for future skills to take up the newly coming jobs.

We need a breed of people who keep researching on various opportunities of creating more jobs. We call them entrepreneurs.