What will mobile phones be like in 2020

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By the end of the year 5G coverage had expanded to 31 cities and towns and coverage continues to increase in early The benefits of 5G include faster speed.

Data transfer speeds are expected to be about 10 times higher with 5G than is possible with 4G. Downloading a HD movie takes10 minutes with 4G, but can be less than a second with 5G. Future innovations have been predicted. Flexible, bendable and foldable phones are expected. Phone capable of projected holographics are another idea.

With the increaseing use of the IoT and smart technology it is also believed that smartphones could be remote controls to manage much of the world around us. Of course the environment is a huge issue across all business sectors at the moment so expect innovations in green technology in the production of phones and their use. Remote working and dispersed teams are the norm, so mobiles help workers to stay in touch with colleagues and clients.

Phones seamlessly integrate with calendars, business and personal contacts, and apps suited to each business. Researchers have found that smartphones can add an extra 2 hours of work to each day, as wor can be done outside of the office, while commuting and from almost anywhere. Mobile phones are now powerful computers that fit in our pockets, which most of us find it hard to live without.

It will be amazing to see what they are capable of in another 40 years. Such interfaces raise possibilities of "personal viruses" that could let individuals hack and steal specified information from each other.

Intelligent operating systems will make us question what it truly means to be human. Before evolving beyond humans and leaving us behind, says Bell, figures like Hal in Stanley Kubrick's A Space Odyssey and Samantha, the female talking operating system in the Spike Jonze film Her will have meaningful relationships with us—"again, raising the issue of what it means to be embodied.

For the past three years, Bell has followed the work of cell phone repair technicians in Washington, D. They fix broken smart phones and other mobile devices, and in doing so, reverse-engineer devices that can be updated and modified but aren't often overhauled due to consumer culture and warranty deals. These technicians, says Bell, are spurring novel insights into how to manipulate devices built by larger corporations.

Part of the "Maker Culture," or the "DYI" movement, they are also reminiscent of the global network of makers and hackers that flourish in South Africa, Asia and Africa.