(The Evolution of The Cell Phone Industry) Taken From Cellunlockerpro.com
The mobile phone industry has evolved immensely in the past decade or so, where mobiles at the very beginning were once used only to make phone calls but now they are considered as personal-pocket computers that can run various applications and perform a number of tasks at the same time.
I remember acquiring my first mobile phone back in 2004, the Motorola V300, it could only store 2 songs in its music folder and automatically deleted texts on its own. Upside was it had the dual screen feature which was considered new at the time. But now when I look back at my first mobile phone and the one I have today, it amazes me how far technology has come in order to provide consumers with a device that suits all their daily needs.
(Motorola V300) Taken From mlstatic.com
In 2005 Sony entered the field with their Walkman phone. It was the first device that was considered more than just a mobile phone because it had the memory capacity to carry more songs.
(Sony Walkman Phone) Taken From Regmedia.co.uk
2006 was the year where mobile phones are all of the sudden treated as an extension of one’s personality and character. LG played a major role in that with their introduction of the LG Chocolate which was all about style rather than functionality.
(LG Chocolate Phone) Taken From Techdigest.tv
2007 was the year of the Apple iPhone. One of the first devices that actually made touch-screen Smartphones popular. It introduced consumers to the world of apps and had its own operating system and advanced camera features.
As Palmer (2012) wrote in his book Studying Mobile Media: Cultural technologies, mobile communication and the iPhone, in chapter six iPhone Photography, that the iPhone was able to introduce a whole new world of computational photography, in which cameras have more to offer when paired with different apps and features as appose to doing their regular residual activities alone.
(the Numerous Functions the iPhone’s Camera Has to Offer) Taken From Dashburst.com
In 2008, more competitors entered the market such as the HTC G1, which was the first Android phone. It came fully equipped with a novel keyboard and state of the art operating system.
(HTC G1) Taken From Wikimedia.org
From 2009 onwards mobile phones became more bigger, because consumers demanded bigger screens that fit their needs of watching things on their devices. Touchscreens became more and more the desired direction for all mobile manufacturers.
In 2011 the big winner was the Samsung SII, it offered a high-tech camera, a touchscreen and an advanced Android operating system. Not to mention, it was considered less than 1cm thick and can easily do anything a computer can.
(Samsung SII) Taken From Androiddunya.com
The year 2013 brought to light new Nokia Lumia 920 which intended to contend with the more established Androids and iPhones. It had a different operating system which was the Windows 7 Mobile Edition as well as offered an optically stabilized 8.7-megapixel BSI image sensor.
(Nokia Lumia 920) Taken From Photobucket.com
As Vasamatics (n.d.) argued in his article The Revolution of Communication and its Effect on Our Life, that we have reached an unprecedented age of advanced mobile technology, where we can receive information (news, photos, apps, etc) easier and faster than ever before from any side of the globe.
So to sum it all up, In just a span of 10 years, many improvements were made on mobile phones. They have developed in many ways both in style, functionality and personalisation. For many people, a mobile phone is all they need to both work and entertain themselves for hours and hours. It is like having a mini-computer that can be carried around anywhere and fits in your pocket. And of course over time, these devices are bound to evolve even more, and who knows where this field may be going in another ten years.
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