Here's Your Smartphone in 2030

              Here's Your Smartphone in 2030

• Wow, just think about it! Only 10 years ago, cell phones were equippedwith a measly 5-megapixel camera, a low screen resolution, and 3G Internet. Blew our minds back then, but now they’reall considered ancient relics compared to what we have today. 

So wait, how awesome will our phones be in10 years’ time? Well let’s see… You had a hard day at work, don’t feel likecooking, so you decide to order out. You pull your phone out while a driverlesstaxi takes you home. Your device has some similarities with a standardmodel from 2020. It's thin and has a large screen. But as soon as you look at it, internal motionsensors with a hidden 36-megapixel dual camera catch your eyes’ direction and turn on thephone.

 It’s also completely transparent – yousee your hand clearly through the phone's body. Yet it still displays all the necessary iconsand widgets: time, weather, texts, calls, etc. You choose the delivery function from yourfavorite nearby restaurant, and the food will be there in 10 minutes. Not only can you see the delivery person movingon the map, but you can also watch them through the built-in camera installed on their scooter.

 No stealing a fry or two from your food! You ask the taxi how much further it’llbe. The pleasant voice of the A.I. answers, “Just5 more minutes!” You decide to play a mobile game to pass thetime. You open the phone like a book. Now it looks like a small tablet. The graphics in the game are so cool thatit seems like you’re watching a video of a real race. You steer the car and get so worked up thatyou bend the phone. But the screen is okay and keeps showing thatclear image. 

Phones with a flexible screen and batterywere introduced back in 2018. Developers' attempts to make the screen largerwill lead to it occupying 100% of the phone space in the future. You can watch movies and videos from thisportable TV screen anywhere! The taxi pulls up to your house. You exit the game. But you don't swipe across the screen to doit – you just swipe your finger through the air. 

The camera reads this and closes the app. Then you fold the tablet back into a phoneand bend it around your wrist like a bracelet. With this bracelet, you walk up to your houseand say, "Open the front door." The phone reads your voice, face, and eyecolor, and you’re home sweet home! A flexible bracelet-phone isn’t the onlycool gadget that may appear in the next 10 years. The development of tiny elastic smart braceletshas already started. 

You just wear it on your wrist, and the braceletcreates a hologram of your phone’s interface. You can manipulate this interface with yourfingers, watch videos, text, make calls. It’s like a phone screen on your forearm! There are only two problems that could preventyou – er, this 2030 version of you – from having such a cool hologram phone bracelet:a small flexible battery that can hold a long enough charge and high-quality hologram thatcould read your commands. 

If it appears by 2030, then it might onlyperform the functions of ordinary fitness bracelets, no more. Well, be patient – they’re working onit! You put your see-through phone on a wirelesscharger. And this one, unlike the 2020 chargers, juicesyour device up much faster. In 10 minutes, you’re already up to 100%. And this battery can easily hold a chargefor 2 days. 

Also, some modern gadgets have a built-infunction to charge using solar energy, but they aren’t that good, especially in placeswhere sunshine isn't as bright or frequent. Charging by friction with your body will beginto gain popularity. A kind of kinetic energy. Rub the back, and you’re good to go! The pizza is already here! As you’re elbows-deep in pepperoni and cheese,you get a notification on your phone. Without touching it with your greasy fingers,you open your message with a hand gesture. A hologram with an 8K video appears instantlyabove the phone and shows a message. 

Your friends are at a party, and they can’twait for you to get there! Hurry up! You promise to come soon. These phones don’t struggle to load suchhigh-quality videos in seconds. It’s not because Wi-Fi is now availableanywhere in the world (though, that’s nice!). It’s that you have a new type of mobiledata. But first, a refresher! 1G connection with a speed of 1.9 kilobits/secappeared in the ‘80s. In 1991, we saw 2G with a speed of approximately9-14 kilobits. In 2002, we got 3G with a transfer rate ofup to 3.4 megabits. Starting in 2008, 4G gave us 1 gigabit. In 2018, 5G came around with its 6.5 gigabits/sec. Mobile data improves every 8-10 years. So 6G should be expected in 2030, and thedata transfer rate will increase to 1 terabit/second. 

That would be like downloading 250 moviesin one second! And watching your favorite shows and flickswill be like looking out the window. The picture quality might even be better thanreality! But…could your phone even hold that muchdata? Sure can! Two words: cloud storage. In 10 years, it’ll be more, with almostunlimited memory. But flashcards and internal phone memory willchange too. Scientists have already created 5D discs. These are small thin transparent discs thatcan withstand fire and ice and store 360 terabytes of data for billions of years! Such discs will become as commonplace as regularflash drives in the nearest future and will be embedded in smartphones. 

You grab another autotaxi to your friends’party and watch a beautiful sunset outside the window. You get your phone, turn on the camera, anddo 100x zoom. The camera shows you a crystal clear image. You clearly see a flock of birds flying towardthe departing sun. You see their beaks and the color of theirfeathers glistening. The phone immediately gives you a notification:"This is a common pigeon." “Still beautiful to me,” you think, andsnap a picture weighing 5 gigabytes and upload it to your social media. All within seconds, of course! You’re checking for Likes when you feelthe taxi come to a sudden stop. A.I. informs you that there’s a problemwith the engine, and the repair service will be there soon. But you don’t have time for this! You do have the tools for it, though – rightin the palm of your hand! Or around your wrist… It’s your phone. You get out of the car, open the hood, andsee what's inside. Engine, wires, shiny things - nothing is clear. 

You go into the app with augmented realityand point the camera at the inside of the car. The app carries out diagnostics and indicatesto you the broken part of the machine through the screen. It shows how to fix it too. Fortunately, the problem isn't serious, andyou repair the engine manually. In 2020, augmented reality apps help us choosefurniture, clothes, designs. 

You can get good advice and recommendationson repairing and decorating an apartment just using your phone. In the future, this function will developconstantly. You can use your phone in all areas. Starting with fixing a car or some electricalkitchen appliance, ending with an external medical analysis of the body. You get back in the taxi and finally arriveat the party. Music, drinks, food, a little fountain inthe yard. Wait, that’s Bobby posing with a gardenhose. Ha. The house is full of happy people… but allof them are staring at their phones. They’re texting, taking and liking photos,scrolling feeds. Nobody’s talking to each other. You recall how good it was in 2020 when therewere no transparent screens or unlimited Internet speed. When the battery would drain after a few hoursand there was much less dependence on gadgets. After a few seconds of nostalgia, you go onyour phone to chat with your friends… But, you can’t help wondering… how willgadgets develop further? What will this party look like in, say, 2050? Most likely, humanity will completely getaway from phones.

 All the functions of the smartphone will bebuilt into ultra-thin lenses controlled by the power of thought. Virtual will mix completely with reality,and artificial intelligence will be able to replace a real person in communication and,quite possibly, will become your best friend! And I’ll be out of a job. It’s a strange thought. I guess we’ll have to wait and see!

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