Apple put cellular into a watch…
This year was the 10th anniversary of Apple’s iPhone. The live event that showcased their newest products was exciting for everyone. They displayed their new iPhones, iOS, AR tech and the newest edition of the Apple watch. All incredible products. Over the years Apple has paved the way for mobile phones to take on the masses. They raised the standards and fulfilled the expectations (for the most part anyways).
But it seems that the attention of Apple and other developers has moved from devices that can fit in your pocket to devices that you can wear.
The Apple watch now uses LTE and is capable to function without your iPhone also being present. The watch can really do everything your phone can except for the functions that require a camera. (Somehow, I hope that changes in future upgrades.)
This is a remarkable product as it allows for people to leave their phones behind and still be connected. You can workout, swim, casually check a notification during a meeting, make calls, listen to music and the faster, smarter Siri will help you send texts on the go.
If this is the present day tech, what does our future hold?
Movies have always been good at sparking our imaginations. Giving us ideas of the potential technology we could see in the great tomorrow. For instance, watches we communicate through, personal robots, self driving cars, spy glasses, augmented reality and virtual reality possibilities…
Developers have already made these once abstract ideas available for the public to purchase. We are on our way to a world where these are not dreams, but a reality for everyone.
It is odd to think of a time in future tense, when Apple isn’t releasing a new iPhone every year. Though I imagine that Apple would keep up with the times. Creating the next best wearable tech. Would Samsung fall apart? Would Google pull ahead of the rest?
There has already been development in glasses as wearable tech in the form of Google Glass. These glasses were being tested in 2014 then seemed to be forgotten. But earlier this year the glasses were found being used in factories where they are now used as informative assistants to the factory workers improving productivity.
Cars can drive themselves and we have home assistants in the form of a small speaker. The futuristic imaginary world we aspire to have is nearly in our grasp.
But I don’t think that phones are leaving picture for a long time. I believe this because of the iPhone X. It’s not perfect yet.
The concept of your phone recognizing your face to unlock is super cool. Animated characters that are replicating your face is incredible. Animation is known for its days of work with giant teams of professionals for creating animated big screen movies. Now you can do the same thing just on a much smaller scale. It’s crazy! The iPhone X makes us feel like we are holding the future.
But it isn’t perfect yet. The phone has been hacked by family members of those owning the special iPhone. Until they perfect the phone, my guess is that we will see new ones out each year. If Apple cannot perfect the iPhone with their current technology and knowledge then we can be sure that they will not get a watch or glasses that is made to be superior to our phones.
Without phones, would the human race replace our addictive boxes with other tech, or would we use the watches and glasses as tools and not become addicted?
That is where I am unsure if we will steer away from our mobile phones. There is a limited number of games made for the watch due to its size. Could people be comfortable with leaving their games on home devices? What about Snapchat?
If we could forget about the games and lack of social media for on the go, could people be satisfied with just a watch?I imagine that the watches and glasses would be improved so they can better suit the gamers and those who need their social media.
…Could there eventually be a chip that we insert into our brains to replace all visible tech? If that becomes a reality, I will gladly be the old lady who is dedicated to her legendary iPhone refusing to upgrade to a chip.
What tech do you think we will all have on our person in the next 12 years concerning tech?
Tess Houcher
