10 years ago Samsung released a trailer
of a concept folding smartphone it was
completely CGI it looked like something
out of a sci-fi movie like there was no
way on Earth that it was actually going
to happen and yet I'm sitting here right
now holding a smartphone that is that
but even better and so it's got me
thinking what's next so I've scoured the
web pouring through company documents
research and patents that they filed to
bring you the seven coolest future
smartphones that we know come companies
are actually working on behind the
scenes so number seven you've all seen
foldable phones right now they're all
kind of the same from the outside but
what about 5 years down the line well
Oppo thinks that they have the answer
with the slide phone it's still
affordable but instead of being split
into two sections this thing is split
into eight and because the screen is
flexible you can fold it along any one
of those sections you can tell alos put
a lot of thought into this they've even
turned their rough patents into an
actual trailer and you can see in that
trailer how it's barely larger than a
credit card when completely folded how
if you unfold say two sections you can
display a clock if you unfold some more
it makes the cameras face the front so
you can take selfies and then how when
it's completely unfolded it is wide
enough to be able to do three separate
tasks at once I do have concerns like
the fact that yes displays they are
flexible but batteries aren't are you
going to split the battery into eight
separate miniature segments but I do
rate Oppo for the out the box thinking
and I actually do think there's a
reasonable chance that something like
this does come to Market in a few years
now another company that's almost famous
for the out the box thinking is w and
over the last 10 years one of their key
Focus areas has been screen curvature
their Flagship phones were originally
completely flat they then made them
curved they then made them super curved
with their waterfall display technology
and I've now found out that they're also
testing the idea of an all round 270°
curve paired with an underscreened
selfie camera to make the entire panel
uninterrupted it's called The Arc
display and while I do get the concern
of accidental screen touches on these
sides if the company figures out how to
eliminate them with intelligent software
I think the concept has enormous
potential with the right quality of
vibration motor you can make digital
buttons simulate the feeling of physical
buttons and the benefit of them being
digital is that they can change based on
the app that you're in you could have
media and volume control while you're
watching videos you could have shoulder
buttons while you're playing games you
could have your notifications while the
phone is on standby the only slight
killjoy here is the fact that this whole
Arc display thing is huawei's patent and
because the US ban has made it almost
impossible for this company to do
anything we got to wait for someone else
to buy the patent before we can see
anything come of it but it gets crazier
because behind closed doors Samsung is
working on a transparent phone I mean
companies have been trying to figure out
this concept for no joke decades at this
point but just a couple of years ago
Samsung filed for a patent that not just
described what their transparent phone
would look like but also how it would
work they documented how they would use
a transparent luminous panel that would
have pixels just as bright as their
normal screens but ones that go
invisible when they're off and bear in
mind companies have now developed
practically transparent batteries and
transparent cabling which would be able
to create a completely see-through
middle section of a phone the point is
this completely wild idea is actually
plausible now but I don't think we'll
ever see one on the store shelves for
the simple fact that transparency is a
gimmick it doesn't really have any
benefit apart from looking cool and
gimmicks don't sell phones because
smartphones are such expensive items and
because people tend to only buy one of
them which they'll need to rely on to
access their entire digital lives it's
not the kind of product where you want
to compromise just to have a more unique
looking one and it compromise you would
have to to go for a transparent phone
you'd have to have a lower capacity
battery much smaller camera sensors
antenni in less optimal positions there
is so much that would have to be nerfed
but I can't be the onlyone who still
kind of wants one it's almost like the
hand on the other side is saying
something subscribe hey Samsung asked
not me so how do you talk that then well
it's time to turn to Via over the last
decade this company has has kind of
built a reputation for just going to the
absolute extreme they made the world's
thn smartphone the world's first full
screen smartphone the world's most
stabilized camera on a smartphone and
now if we look at their Pats they're
playing with the idea of a drone camera
smartphone allow me to drone on so you'd
have your phone and then with the Press
of a button that phone will eject a tray
from which a tiny little drone launches
and that drone is basically your camera
it could follow you around and capture
everything that you see it could whip
around in front of you and take a shot
of you and everyone else that you're
with you can see why this idea has sent
people into a bit of a frenzy with over
50 million views on a wordless video
that only teases a render of it
however it's a really dumb idea and for
vivo's own sake I I kind of hope that
they scrap it before it reaches
production mainly because it's trying to
solve a problem that doesn't exist all
you need to do to take a photo right now
is to hold your arm out and click a
button but introducing a drone into the
mix it creates like 50 new variables
you'd all of a sudden have to start
factoring in a second battery that needs
constantly topping up propellers that
get stuck wind direction getting it
stuck in a tree the list goes on and you
can pretty much replicate the
functionality of this drone by just
asking someone else to take the photo
but for a future camera system that is
not just cool but also useful I found a
fascinating project that Huawei is
working on just a few months ago Huawei
patented a 3D scanning camera system
which features a screen in the middle to
act as a mirror of sorts and that's
flanked by three cameras which are far
enough apart apart from each other to be
able to create a 3D model of your face
and your skin it is super weird the
company's filed a 43 page document all
about how it will be able to tell you
everything from how well you've applied
your sunscreen to whether you've
actually removed your makeup properly to
even the texture of your skin your pores
your spots your wrinkles and how to
actually improve them I am struggling to
imagine queuing up to buy something
that's just going to tell me how ugly I
am but it is yet another reminder of how
capable our phones could be in just a
few years
all right just before number one then
it's time for a device that has been
talked about for years piles of papers
and patents and rumors have talked about
a foldable iPhone in the future and
turns out we have basically confirmation
that Apple has actually built two
working prototypes internally one
Bookstar foldable similar to Samsung Z
fold series and one clamshell foldable
like Samsung Z flip series and what the
analysts are saying is that between the
two apple prefers the clamshell and if
we look at Apple other documentation it
shows how they're considering using
Sapphire for a crack resistant display
how they're planning to make a hinge
that doesn't leave a crease behind when
unfolded and as much as this does sound
like hearsay I actually think if by the
end of this year we see that the
foldable Market has grown yet again the
apple will commit to a clamshell
foldable iPhone if the demand keeps
growing they'll kind of have to but also
that they won't release it until they
can do it the Apple Way like they're
never going to be the first company to
release new EXP experimental Tech just
because it's cool when Apple sells a
phone they need to make absolute sure
that it's ready for the mass market and
so they will wait until there's no
glaring reliability issues and also
until there's a very clear purpose for
having aordable phone for a mainstream
user and and both of those things Point
towards a 2025 launch alongside the
iPhone 17 lineup okay are you ready for
the weirdest mobile you've ever seen in
your life this is Samsung's Tetris phone
no problem for guessing where that name
came from but it's actually a
surprisingly good idea so basically one
big screen on the front just like a
normal phone except at the top that
screen goes much wider and bends around
the back and there's a lot of companies
who've played with this idea of a second
screen on the back of their phones
because it can be super useful for
notifications or taking photos with your
camera but in the past they've either
been too low quality to see clearly too
small to be able to do anything that
useful on or so large that the phone
itself itself becomes impractical to use
but this this is like the perfect middle
ground and because the back display is
part of the front display you get the
exact same high resolution high quality
panel all the way around the screen
stops partway down the phone so you
still have a place to naturally rest
your fingers without touching it and you
can even use this bit of screen on the
side as an interactive notification bar
in Samsung's patent they did also show
the back screen being able to kind of
flip out to the front but to be honest I
don't think you need that if they
release this phone as it is right here I
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