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One camp with the non secure and non privacy focused phones. iOS and ordinary Androids. In ten years they will continue being a nightmare from this perspective, but average Joe people will still buy them.
The second camp will be secure and privacy focused phones. For companies that have some form of development, research or other sensitive activities. And ordinary people that want to avoid getting spied on by totalitarian governments. Like US authorities, that already have forced internet companies to reveal users that search for abortion clinics. That is so messed up. My prognosis is that Fairphone will be the first one to release a phone like this, since EU is about to force all manufacturers to become like Fairphone - so Fairphone need a new angle..and that will be privacy and security. And after what Snowden revealed about US gov doings and what the Israeli companies are selling to both Democratic and non Democratic government my crystal-ball is showing more physical switches on the phones. And deGoogled devices that still function OK. Kinda like what we have today on all business-laptops, but on smartphones. The ability to easily physicaly turn off cameras, microphones when not needed etc.
Motorola did something similar with the ThinkPhone, but I don't think these devices will ever become mainstream. The regular Joe, as you pointed out, doesn't care about security.
Depend on where in the world you live. While most governments are getting more and more oppressive, in ten years it most probably will be at a whole new level than today. Right now most people are OK with current situation, but it's slowly getting worse. While most companies involved in some kind of research or development would most probably want these kind if phones today if been available.
EU already wants to have backdoors in encrypted communication. US that have the biggest surveillance apparatus in the world keep expanding it's reach to extreme levels. China, Russia, Israel etc are also working on their ends but have more limited reach in the western part of the world.
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I suppose phones in 10 years would be mostly the same, but I do have a few predictions as well:
I guess there will be two camps.
One camp with the non secure and non privacy focused phones. iOS and ordinary Androids. In ten years they will continue being a nightmare from this perspective, but average Joe people will still buy them.
The second camp will be secure and privacy focused phones. For companies that have some form of development, research or other sensitive activities. And ordinary people that want to avoid getting spied on by totalitarian governments. Like US authorities, that already have forced internet companies to reveal users that search for abortion clinics. That is so messed up. My prognosis is that Fairphone will be the first one to release a phone like this, since EU is about to force all manufacturers to become like Fairphone - so Fairphone need a new angle..and that will be privacy and security. And after what Snowden revealed about US gov doings and what the Israeli companies are selling to both Democratic and non Democratic government my crystal-ball is showing more physical switches on the phones. And deGoogled devices that still function OK. Kinda like what we have today on all business-laptops, but on smartphones. The ability to easily physicaly turn off cameras, microphones when not needed etc.
In 10yrs
-Charging speeds won't be a huge selling point, everything will charge in less than 30 min
-4k screens will be the norm with 2k screens being "budget/value/lite"
-Gaming phones will get it right with the camera (better Software/hardware) & be the top phones year after year
-There will be a such thing as a Streaming phone. Think front ring light, lapel mic etc.
-There will be more phones that docks into a DSLR Frame. Like the Xiaomi 13 Ultra but more mainstream for vloggers
-The post processing & on device editing in videos & photos will be almost desktop like.
-Under display front cams will be the norm
-Device security will be WAY better
-Wearable devices will have more sensors & there will be some new standard where you can send a health report to your Dr
Motorola did something similar with the ThinkPhone, but I don't think these devices will ever become mainstream. The regular Joe, as you pointed out, doesn't care about security.
Depend on where in the world you live. While most governments are getting more and more oppressive, in ten years it most probably will be at a whole new level than today. Right now most people are OK with current situation, but it's slowly getting worse. While most companies involved in some kind of research or development would most probably want these kind if phones today if been available.
EU already wants to have backdoors in encrypted communication. US that have the biggest surveillance apparatus in the world keep expanding it's reach to extreme levels. China, Russia, Israel etc are also working on their ends but have more limited reach in the western part of the world.
History repeating itself. Cell phones gone, back to corded, rotary dial phones, party lines.