What's next for smartphone design?

09 September 2018
As manufacturers strive towards smartphones with all screen displays, we look at how manufacturers are differentiating themselves to pull away from the pack.

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With display going over the edge literally, with idea of covering entire front and more, main design of the front will be screen tech, UI or always on style. Back will be fight between camera and gaming style, with multiple lens and colors play(be it paint or leds) and maybe external cooling support.
Would be interesting to see phones going beyond traditional boxy design just to stay different and cool, like using scrolling, folding and adding more screen not just in straight lines.
Surely some parts will leave a phone in the future, like jack and some hw buttons did, to be just made virtual or external, like watches, action cameras. With camera and screen going external, like ar glasses with cameras, all that will be left is watch like device, surely will be way better to differentiate with design.
Hopefully won't end up with adds on a phone to get it cheaper, but its very possible.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 09 Sep 2018

    Homer-Simpson, 09 Sep 2018Only Steve Jobs (if he were alive) would know what the futu... more"and all the other brands would start copying the design with lower prices"

    I think that's basically what apple did with the notch

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      • AnonD-546724
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      • 09 Sep 2018

      Well, a foldable phone would be truly refreshing, for sure

      But would it actually be good-looking ? Or nice to use ?

      To me it seems that they don't know what to do anymore, so they try to go weird. Because anything different, relevant or not, would be really appreciated

      For sure, the slab design did peaked with the Find X.
      Now anything that will came after, at least in the Slab form, will be either equal or inferior.

      About that Foldable phone, Samsung might be the first but the phone will be really expensive, about 2000$. So Innovation induced design is for the rich (Find X, Galaxy F) and generic soul-less phones are for the poor and ugly. That's not nice.

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        • Anonymous
        • IsY
        • 09 Sep 2018

        They're all the same, boring product.

          Only Steve Jobs (if he were alive) would know what the future design smartphone would be, and I'm sure that he would have created already it and put it on sale, and all the other brands would start copying the design with lower prices, or not ?.

            Samsung Galaxy X

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              • AnonD-558092
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              • 09 Sep 2018

              AnonD-784123, 09 Sep 2018What differentiating? They are all adopting the notch, and ... moreOne is bad, one is awful, one is ugly, one is disgusting, one is a pain to look at.

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                • AnonD-784123
                • IbG
                • 09 Sep 2018

                What differentiating? They are all adopting the notch, and removal of the headphone jack. I'm confused

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 09 Sep 2018

                  Anonymous, 09 Sep 2018To me galaxy S & Note series have more useful design an... moreA user named CptP*wer may come here and "attack" you on how getting rid of headphone jacks is a good thing bs and mud-slinging. Just to inform you here,

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                    • dMD
                    • 09 Sep 2018

                    Bring back visible screws (like the HTC HD mini).

                    Make a mirror back (stainless or glass), remove the selfie cam and put a decent sensor on the back.

                    Make a back that bleeds colors from the screen edges so we get a color-changing back depending on the contents....

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 09 Sep 2018

                      To me galaxy S & Note series have more useful design and nothing unusual like screen cut out, no headphone jack etc, if they had front faceing stereo speaker it would have been most perfect but I guess we can't have it all.

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                        • Avi
                        • 7k7
                        • 09 Sep 2018

                        When in camera display technology will develop like in display fingerprint scanner then no natch is required after we will enjoy full bezel less mobile

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                          • AnonD-781012
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                          • 09 Sep 2018

                          Definitely not the notch 😂

                            Certainly, the new type interfaces to dominate the next Blackberry or iPhone...I think Voice Assistances are taking one step at a time, Holographic displays could be a possibility....I feel non-intrusive interface with good battery life could be an evolutionary first step (if not revolutionary one)