Top 10 Best Features Smartphones Will Have In 2017

This year was a great year for most smartphone
manufacturers apart from Samsung. With the current
developments in Mobile Technology, I must say that
many Smartphone users have a lot to look forward
to in 2017.

Devices will be slimmer, faster, and a little more
intelligent than you’d like.

Virtual reality is also going to spread to budget
smartphones, and there will be improvements in
graphics, higher resolution screens, and more
storage.

With apps like Android Pay expanding to many
countries trust me , you’ll be using your smartphone
to pay for products and log into websites.

Google's Deep learning could help smartphones
detect a user's behavior and considerably improve
the mobile experience. Expect to see a renaissance
in smartphone designs, and some manufacturers
may use wireless audio to replace headphone jacks
in more of their devices handsets. USB-C will
replace older connector and charging cables.

Here's a quick round up of the Top 10 Features
Smartphones will have in 2017:

1. New designs :Leaks keep coming up everyday
on different websites with new smartphone designs.
There's a rumor that Apple will be giving a facelift
to its 10 year old iPhone design and also Samsung
will be unveiling a foldable smartphone. I'm not
certain these will happen, but like every year, expect
something new.

This year, two of the hottest trending smartphones
like the Moto Z and LG G5, were partly inspired by
Google’s now defunct modular project (Project
Ara) . Some innovations were also unveiled this
year. This includes Lenovo’s Cplus a foldable
prototype smartphone that can also be worn like a
watch. LG and Samsung also talked about
smartphones with folding displays.

2. Faster processors : Graphics will certainly be
smoother, and applications will run much faster on
many smartphones released next year . Qualcomm
has already announced the Snapdragon 835, which
could be installed in some premium Android
smartphones from top mobile companies. Some
may decide to opt for Mediatek’s Helio X30, which
has 10 CPU cores (deca-core) , the highest number
among mobile processors. That’s a lot of
processing speed, and mobile devices will move
closer to computers in overall performance.

3. Virtual reality :The main point of speeding up
mobile devices is to allow them to run virtual reality
apps , which demand heavy resources. It’ll be
possible to plug handsets into Google’s DayDream
View VR headset to watch movies, play games, or
roam in a VR universe.

VR is currently limited to a few handsets like
Samsung’s Galaxy S7, but it’ll come to more high-
end and mid-range phones next year. The VR
smartphones will also need to have high-resolution
displays to deliver a stunning visual experience.

4. Faster LTE :4G LTE speeds will get a serious
boost with new modem technologies. Smartphones
like the Galaxy S7 and Apple’s iPhone 7 can
download data over LTE networks at a maximum
speed of 600Mbps (bits per second), and upload
data at 150Mbps. Download speeds could reach
close to 1Gbps with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon
X16 modem, which should reach devices in the
second half of 2017. Achieving that speed also
depends on the network capabilities of the service
provider .

5. USB-C :This is the year USB-C will be replacing
the old micro-USB 2.0 ports in Android handsets.
USB-C is very versatile. Apart from charging, it can
also be used to connect mobile devices to high-
definition monitors, headphones, flash drives, and
external storage devices.

6. Wireless audio :There’s a huge chance that
majority of smartphones will still have headphone
jacks, but like Apple, some may make get the
“courage” to remove it. Those handsets will then
have to switch to Bluetooth earphones. That means
the extra stress of buying and always charging the
wireless headsets, but getting rid of the headphone
jack could result in thinner and lighter handsets.

Some LeEco and Motorola devices have already
been released with wireless audio.

7.Faster charging :Smartphones will also charge
much faster with USB-C cables, which carry more
power to a battery. There’s also new technology
like Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 4, which will help
smartphones run for five hours after just five
minutes of charging. That technology will reach
smartphones next year.

8.Smarter Phones :Lenovo’s Phab 2 Pro augmented
reality smartphones powered by Google Tango can
recognize objects, map out rooms, and present
relevant information about objects in sight on a
handset’s screen. That’s a really good example of
how smartphones will evolve to enrich the user
experience.

Deep-learning techniques in smartphones could also
contribute to making smartphones friendlier. For
example, a device could learn how hardware is
being used by a specific application, and over time,
better modulate power usage to improve battery
life. Smartphones can already recognize images and
speech recognition via online services, but deep-
learning enhancements could bring those
capabilities offline.

9. Bluetooth 5 :Devices could soon get the new
Bluetooth 5.0, which will have two times the speed
and four times the range of its predecessor,
Bluetooth 4.2. A Bluetooth 5 connection could
stretch up to 400 meters in a clear line of sight, but
with obstructions, a 120-meter range is considered
more realistic by analysts. You will be able to use a
mobile device to operate a wireless Bluetooth
speaker or unlock your a car from a farther
distance.

10. More Storage :Having an extra storage on your
smartphone never hurts, whether it's to store videos,
photos, or games. Currently, internal storage tops
out at 256GB and SD storage at 512GB, but SanDisk
this year showed a prototype 1TB SD card. The
company didn’t provide a ship date for the product,
but higher-capacity SD cards will be unveiled soon.
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