Future smartphones in 2035 may not require regular removal from your pocket: a detail that underscores their advanced compactness.
In the next decade and beyond, smartphones are set to undergo a significant transformation, thanks to advancements in AI, AR, and display technology. According to tech forecasts, these advancements will significantly alter how we interact with our devices.
Samsung, Motorola, and OnePlus are at the forefront of this revolution. Their AI implementations aim to streamline the user experience by connecting various services, suggesting routines, and minimising the number of clicks required for tasks. For instance, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 represents a slimmer, more pocket-friendly smartphone design.
OnePlus's AI and Oxygen OS are working on linking and connecting different services to help accomplish tasks across them, while Samsung's Galaxy AI is focused on understanding what is meaningful to users and personalising tasks accordingly, making them more intuitive.
The AI implementations are designed to learn user habits and suggest personalised routines to save time. AI will become crucial for personalising tasks and seamlessly connecting different apps and services.
By 2035, smartphones may not require physical screens. Instead, holographic or mid-air 3D projections could be used to display visuals, allowing users to interact with content projected in space without touching a device.
Augmented reality (AR) glasses are expected to serve as the primary interface, potentially replacing traditional smartphones. These smart glasses will combine AI and AR, offering hands-free interactive displays, environment-aware sensors, and real-time health tracking. Google’s recent AR glasses demo exemplifies this trend.
The future paradigm is expected to shift from a single smartphone device to a multi-device ecosystem (e.g., glasses, watches) that work together, supported by ambient computing and brain-computer interfaces in longer term visions.
AI assistants by 2035 will be multimodal, blending voice, vision, text, and sensor data to provide real-time, empathetic support, reading tone, sentiment, and even physical states, thereby enhancing communication and personal productivity beyond current capabilities.
Chris Patrick, senior vice president and GM for mobile handsets at Qualcomm, predicts that shrinkage and power improvements will continue to happen in smartphone hardware. Meanwhile, industry leaders like Jeff Snow, head of AI and software mobile experiences at Motorola, and Arthur Lam, the director of OnePlus AI and Oxygen OS, suggest that smartphones will remain central but work alongside wearables and connected ecosystems.
In summary, by 2035, the combination of AI, advanced AR glasses, and holographic displays demonstrated by Google’s AR demos will transform the smartphone experience from physical handheld screens to immersive, context-aware, hands-free digital environments with smarter, emotionally intelligent AI assistants deeply embedded in daily life. The smartphone may evolve into a "hub" for other devices like XR glasses.
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