Consumer electronics is one of the areas in which we see the greatest amount of advancement and where it occurs most quickly. The advances that occurred just a year ago are already overshadowed by those that have been going strong in 2016 and are defining by leaps and bounds what will be the trend that both manufacturers and creators of operating systems will follow in the short term and that ends up having an impact on consumers, who are ultimately the ones who decide the success or failure of these novelties and the devices that incorporate them.
During the last months of 2015 and especially, in the first weeks of 2016, they began to glimpse new functions y tools available for tablets and smartphones that, although they had been developing in the shadows for several years, they appeared in a big way at world-wide events such as the CES held in Las Vegas in early January, or the MWC from Barcelona a few days ago. In these appointments, we were able to attend the firm commitment to elements such as virtual reality, which, however, will not be the first or the great advance that we will see during this year. Here is a list of other instruments that will accompany us in the short term and that will further involve portable media in our day-to-day life.
Millennials, the main target
Today, the bulk of consumer electronics consumers are made up of millions of born users from 80 decade of. Despite the fact that the use of tablets and smartphones today is something common to almost all age groups, the commercial strategies and launches of most of the firms are directed towards this group that has been found in the new portable stands, a perfect expression channel and essential in your day to day thanks to the fact that they are terminals prepared to enjoy elements such as social media, platforms audiovisual content and games, among others. The importance of this group is decisive since they are current users but also, those who will continue to have the dominant position over the next few years, hence all the advances are directed towards this group.
1. Higher connection speed
A couple of years ago, we witnessed the implementation of the 4G speed in the most populated areas of our country. Although high speed has not yet been fully consolidated, the areas where it is available are expanding day by day. However, this is not the limit as it is expected that for 2018-2020, the 5G, which is already in the experimental phase in some regions of South Korea and would allow discharge peaks of almost 10 GB compared to the 2 that we currently find.
2. Goodbye to PC`s?
In a few years, our tablets and smartphones have become devices of reduced dimensions compared to other platforms that, however, have features that in many cases exceed these terminals. On the other hand, the existence of very wide application catalogs and other features, it is possible to perform a large part of tasks in them, from read the newspaper or thousands of literary works, until controlling bank accounts and expand our academic, which makes other supports dispensable that, however, will still take a while to disappear if they finally do.
3. 8K, Really useful?
Currently, we can already find leading models in terms of their image characteristics it means. The combination of a series of technologies in this aspect gives rise to the fact that we can enjoy audiovisual content with a sharpness and resolution never seen before and which, however, also has its shadows: A excessive consumption of the resources of the models that house them and that is still pending resolution, and on the other hand, the operation of the human eye itself, which, due to its composition, is not prepared to support resolutions such as the 8K, of which its presentation is expected during this year and that we will begin to see in the next ones with more frequency.
4. Goodbye to cables
Finally, we find an element that can be very beneficial for users. Phones are no longer tied with long cables decades ago and now it is the turn of the tools that connect to both tablets and smartphones. Currently, firms such as Samsung are already preparing terminals that work through induction charging, which roughly consists of placing the device on a platform that, equipped with current, allows the batteries to be refilled. At the same time, we are also witnessing the development of w, which already saw the light with force in 2015 and other objects such as auriculares.
As you have seen, virtual reality and the appearance of modular devices that will allow users to take the personalization of their terminals to maximum levels, are not the only novelties that we will see over the next few months in the field of tablets and smartphones. . After learning more about what the sector holds, do you think that these are advances that will have a positive impact on users or do you think that there is still a long way to go before the news has a real effect on millions of consumers? You have more related information available such as operating systems that we will see during this year so that you can give your opinion.