Join the discussion: What would phones be like in 10 years?

We will be f in 10 years; climate change, fewer jobs because of AI and the discrepancy between the rich and the poor will be higher as it was during feudalism, but now better, it's with AI and tech, nobody will afford phones down the line.

When I look at Samsung Note (1) and S23 Ultra, there are not so much radical changes. Bigger battery, faster processor, bigger screen, ... Everything is new, but it is the same old Note.

We (readers) don't have access to labs that make new phones, so... ...without that kind of info, we cannot predict future. ;)

Whoa, that's a grim prediction right there...

There are interesting patents from time to time (actually, they're public), so there's at least a glimpse at what we might expect :))

"Everything is new, but it is the same old Note"

Not even a little bit. The first Note (compared to the S II) was literally just a big ass Android phone with a stylus that provided features that were only available on the Nexus (screenshots & some other feature that I can't remember), bigger battery & slightly better processor. There wasn't really a gap between the Galaxy Note & Galaxy S (as well as other Android phones in general) until the Note II/S3 & it kept growing from that point until the Note 7 recall, then dwindled a little; but there are still major differences.

I think the UDC will be perfected, but that's about it. Definitely nothing close to the Tony Stark holograph projecting phones.

I love these types of discussions! So... 10 years both seems like a lot and also not really.

Obviously, technology will be even more ubiquitous and we will engage with it more often. These are the areas which I think will witness the biggest changes:

1. Cars and mobility - the switch to electric cars will come along with a switch to a smarter car that can drive itself, and that will of course be sold as a subscription. The micromobility revolution with e-scooters and e-bikes will transform the urban environment for the developed countries.
2. AI will start to make a real big mark on society in ways we cannot quite imagine yet. This will be a wake-up call for strict regulation.
3. Smartphones will remain mostly the same - the fundamentals will improve, foldable phones will become way more common
4. Hopefully, we get to see some breakthrough in personal health and fitness. Smartwatches will play an essential role, but we need the kind of "personal healthcare" breakthrough that we had with "personal computing"
5. AR - I expect this to remain a niche for the next decade. Technology will develop slowly, smartphones will remain our main device.

Overall, I am most excited about the evolution in mobility, smartwatches as well as a new kind of personal health insights.

Not sure what phones will look like but I'll tell you what i don't want. I don't want a duopoly like what exists here in America. I'd like healthier competition so that futuristic techy phones and other amazing forms of connectivity can be developed and adopted. I'd like for numerous operating systems to be present so we can have more options and alternatives to pick from. I just want many healthy options to pick from.