The mobile phone market is experiencing constant change. Although last year’s phone trends are still visible they are not influencing the manufacturers as much as the latest trends arising in this industry. Due to the increased competition present in this market and the ever-growing demand for phones, manufacturers are motivated to develop better and more durable phones.
The following phone trends are worth taking into account since they will not only influence this year’s phone releases but, they will also put their mark on the 2020’s devices.
In-Display Features
A bigger screen-to-body ratio has been every manufacturer’s chase. Larger screens are not useful if the screen estate doesn’t increase as well. To accomplish fully bezel-less phones, manufacturers tried to implement a countless number of solutions.
Moving key features such as the fingerprint sensor under the display allowed manufacturers to minimize the bezels present on modern smartphones. Although the chin got eradicated almost totally, the upper part of the phones still feature plenty of bezels. Apple’s solution to this issue was to introduce the infamous notch. This was meant to minimize the bezels while still hosting features such as the camera and face unlock sensors.
Samsung’s hole punch design is another idea meant to minimize the bezels. However, both of them are only temporary solutions meant to represent a transition phase. Fortunately, companies such as Oppo and Xiaomi promised to deliver a definitive solution by placing the camera and the other sensors in the display.
Their phone models with in-display cameras might arrive on the market as soon as 2019 or early 2020. Manufacturers such as Samsung are expected to adopt such technology quickly. However, Apple might be unable to implement this design since they might have to downgrade their camera and sensors. Considering Apple’s pride for their face-unlock feature, they might decide to keep the notch.
More Flagship Devices
The smartphone market is moving into an interesting direction, creating budget devices that are still highly professional. If once top specs were only available at premium prices from manufacturers such as Apple, now they are available at more entry-level prices. Apple is still ruling in developed countries such as the US. However, companies such as Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi are taking over in Asia and second world countries.
Users are more conscious about the phones they utilize and have started to go for less-known brands. Fewer and fewer people use Apple nowadays. Steve’s company is now in third place from a market share perspective. Apple might fall even further considering that Xiaomi and Oppo are less than 1% far from the third place. This competition and desire for flagship devices pushed Samsung and Apple to create more budget options.
The best part is that such flagship devices are still very powerful. Even the phones from the lower bottom of the entry-level market can perform resource-intensive tasks such as gaming or designing. Most smartphones released nowadays are great for gaming.
Even the budget options can run quite complex games. The online games represent an option for all flagship devices. Games such as the online games are less resource-intensive and can be played on most phones. Although in the flagship category, many devices from Xiaomi and Huawei can access even more powerful games.
Conclusion
The smartphone market experienced a lot of positive change over the years. Even if once the accent was placed on performance, RAM and CPUs, the latest trends are more about design, features, and accessibility. These trends will dominate the industry for the years to come and dictate the production of the phones arriving in our hands.