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Many phones are dropping the 3.5mm headphone jack already, and those things will be ancient history by 2030 – it would be a surprise if many phones even in 2020 kept the port.Īs more users flock towards wireless headphones over wired ones, the amount of phone users who need to physically plug their headphones into their smartphone will reduce, and in 10 years, after years of advances in Bluetooth technology, we’d be surprised if many people use wired headphones at all. Goodbye portsĪn Oppo prototype with no ports (Image credit: Future) In the next few years, and especially into 2030, we’d expect this trend to get more established – selfies are one of the main types of picture you’ll take on your phone after all. So what about the camera itself? Towards the end of 2019, we've seen a few smartphones use two front-facers, one to take a picture and a secondary snapper for depth sensing, for more accurate background blur.

This method removes the front snapper from view, so it won’t take up screen space but also won’t take up lots of internal space either (like pop-ups do). Oppo has shown off this tech already, and it’s likely other companies are working on it too. Well, it’s possible that future phones will have none of the above – the front-facing cameras could actually be under the display. One of biggest differentiating features between different smartphones nowadays is the front-facing camera – does your phone have a big notch like an iPhone, a teardrop notch like plenty of phones use, a punch-hole cut-out like many Samsung phones, a pop-up like several companies have embraced, or something else entirely? The Samsung Galaxy A80 with a pop-up array (Image credit: Future) Towards the end of the decade, we could even see mentions of 6G (Donald Trump has already been demanding it), but we’ll have to see how much people take to 5G, and if we really need even faster connections, before knowing for sure. That’s less because people need a high-speed phone, and more just because most of the devices on shelves will be 5G, with few (or no) 4G options The added speed doesn’t mean much for people in high-speed areas, where 4G is already faster than most people need, and no apps have been launched that really make the most of the high-speed connection.īut in the coming years, companies will launch more 5G phones and fewer 4G handsets, following the pattern of every new generation of connectivity, to the point where it’s ‘normal’ to buy a 5G phone, just as you’d buy a 4G phone now. 5G is already out and about in several countries, although at the close of 2019 it still remains to be seen how long it will take for people to get on board with the tech.