Decades in retrospect: Development of mobile devices

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In the last ten years, smartphones have developed from the latest technology to a border area that is indispensable for our daily life. The retrieval of e-mails and social networks on the road was a novelty thanks to data restrictions and slower roaming speed for a long time.

Fast forward in a decade, and smartphones have become an indispensable thing for both normal people and the online professional, be it to play, for sending emails to customers, to stay in contact with family and friends, To get to know new people, to order food, to get in a taxi The list is really endless, and our daily life has begun to turn the use of apps that were rarely and widespread at the beginning of the decade.

And as our use of mobile devices has changed, the devices themselves have changed. From this cumbersome transition from keyboard shortcuts to all-touch screens to the constant extension of the screen sizes. Here is the short version, how mobile devices have developed in the last decade.

Phones with buttons

Back to the early days of the decade and smartphones, there were certainly an established thing, as Android hovered around version 4.0, but they were still not so common as today - and they were not so uniform. They all tried their own unique selling point.

Many smartphones from 2010 have keys, whether they believe it or not, but not only at home, back and menu. No, some had navigation blocks, a complete number pad or maybe even a pull-out keyboard - in the present time practically unthinkable.

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My first smartphone was 2011 Sony Experia Mini Pro with a tiny screen and a pull-out keyboard that is ideal for programming buttons in emulators. Flowering time.

But at some point all smartphones would begin to homogenize. At most a home button, a large touchscreen and all thanks to the iPhone.

iPhone influence

The iPhone was a sensation when it came to the market in 2007, but its influence on the mobile market was not immediately felt. Instead, it was a slow combustion over time, in which all other device manufacturers are connected.

The iPhone was elegant and the App Store immediately offered a lot of content - a large part of it was at least for free. Concepts were used, which we had already seen dozens of times, as the video chat we already had on MSN Messenger and Skype, and they were renamed as iPhone exclusive innovations. However, the greatest innovation that Apple has made was to make smartphones to a modest for technologically interested parties and make the benefits of technology accessible to less interested parties.

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Where Iphones went, other manufacturers followed. The technology was no longer so ugly and quickly became a must. Apps were far easier to use than conventional computer programs. To the point where parents who could hardly use DVD players, suddenly vacation photo albums on Facebook.

The devices themselves also quickly turned into a series, with large screens, elegant design, and even in recent years, a larging waiver of the AUX headphone jack in favor of adapters and wireless headsets. And now we see that Kerbte phone designs become a new trend of Apple, for good or bad.

Game telephones and gimmicks

At the end of the decade, the mobile market had changed in a absurd way. Now foldable phones are finally reality. The Samsung Galaxy Fold is repaired and redesigned, and the upcoming Motorola RAZR 2020 is also innovative in Puncto Design.

And with the development of the devices, of course, the games have evolved. Early riser sensations Angry Birds and Papi Jump are a distance remembrance, replaced by comprehensive experiences such as Fortnite and Call of Duty Mobile, who are now playable for on the way, and gaming devices finally come up with the market, as the Razer Phone of Asus Rog Phone and the Black Shark series.

But Smart Devices has stagnated for several years. We finally enter foldable territory, but they are inexpertly expensive. The most modest and affordable devices provide only additional cameras on the back or nonsense functions that make the repair of the device more difficult. I look at you Samsung with your edge display.

The future of mobile devices is difficult to predict, but if the last ten years pass, we can certainly say that all devices we currently own will become useless in the next few years. To comfort, some things never change.