Cellphones and computers have exploded in popularity in the past few years. New releases happen every year, with the most recent ones being the most popular.
But have we lost innovation? In the mid-2000s, apps were the new thing. Apple and Google rose to prominence because of their apps, while flip phones and Blackberry floundered. In the 80s and 90s, computer programs on floppies and CD-ROMs caused Microsoft's rise. People had genuine excitement for new software, but now it's different.
Once Android and iOS got their basics done well enough (camera, messaging, calling, browser, and a few utilities), things that used to be genuine improvements had to lean back on third-party apps and specs to drive improvement.
That worked well enough for a few years as camera technology got better, battery life and sizes improved, and storage increased. Niche features such as fingerprint scanning, face recognition, and optical zoom cameras were introduced. But now what?
Phones have gone from 1,500 mAh to plateauing at 5,000 mAh. Storage is now at 1 TB, even though offline media that was touted on the original iPhone has gone the way of streaming YouTube and Spotify. Cameras have more or less plateaued in terms of specs, and simple pictures for social media could be served with the iPhone 6s.
Now, phones are more powerful than most laptops from a few years ago, but to what end? Sure, my phone has 12 GB of RAM and an efficient processor, but if the top applications (once hailed as our savior) or web clients for social media and shopping websites and the top games are ad-riddled arcade games that worked well on the Note 5, these specs are useless.
Most users only use a few third-party applications. Companies have nailed the basics, so what's next? The solution to this is new, more powerful apps, but even if we open up to computer programs, those are dying as well.
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