Samsung: No one in the world will use smartphones for another 5 years

Kang Yun-Je, Samsung Electronic Group's chief design officer, said in a recent interview: 'Smartphone design has almost reached the limit of creativity, that's why We decided to create a folding screen phone.

Samsung is currently struggling to bring its 'future' phone - Galaxy Fold - to market with commercial scale as soon as possible, and more importantly, Korean manufacturer. The country sees this device as an important pillar of the bridge connecting to a completely absent future of smartphones worldwide.

'Smartphone design has almost reached the limit of creativity, which is why we decided to create a folding screen phone. However, we also do not forget to focus on other devices that are starting to create a wider impact on the market of mobile technology products, such as smart headsets and smart watches. Within 5 years or a little longer, people won't even realize they're wearing a mobile phone, and smartphones like yours are now going extinct, 'said Kang Yun-Je, team leader. Samsung Electronic Group's design said in a recent interview.

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Samsung: No one in the world will use smartphones for another 5 years Picture 1 Samsung: No one in the world will use smartphones for another 5 years Picture 1 CEO DJ Koh

Agreeing with this view, another important figure of smartphone maker Kim Chi, CEO DJ Koh, also said that the era of smart phone boom has actually happened 10 years ago and is gradually showing signs of cooling. Starting from 2019, a completely new era of globalization mobile is emerging with the core platform is the popularity of the Internet of Things (IoT), the next generation wireless connectivity standard. 5G, and artificial intelligence. All of these technologies will work together, creating a comprehensive change to the face of the global mobile industry. 'The new era is right in front of us,' said DJ Koh.

In the opinion of engineer Diego Cibils, co-founder of AI Kona software company, the future of the technology world will look very similar to the context of the Star Trek movie, blockbuster fantasy Minority Report of actor Tom Cruise. 'Smart phones are a great device, which contributes greatly in the process that I call the transition between desktop models and free computing, online -' computing freedom '. paradigm '.

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Samsung: No one in the world will use smartphones for another 5 years Picture 2 Samsung: No one in the world will use smartphones for another 5 years Picture 2 IoT will contribute to changing the face of the global mobile industry

Instead of carrying smartphone or tablet devices with screens as big as 'slippers' every day, in the future, connected and multi-screen smart devices will be as small as one. Wrist watches, allowing people to perform all tasks that are normally displayed on the phone just by using online information sources and attaching flexible screens on walls, vehicles, and around wrist, or even 'weave' straight into clothes.

From watching videos and listening to music, to reading messages and replying to work emails, you can work anywhere, anytime.

In order for the flexible screen technology mentioned above to be used worldwide, it may take several years. However, the co-founder of AI Kona believes that once 5G and the Internet become all the essential technological platforms of life, humanity will gradually think of using other smaller, more convenient products. Smart phones for daily work. And it is the disappearance of smartphones that could open the door for more modern, more convenient new devices that we often see only in science fiction movies.