Originally Posted by Faust:
“The buzz word currently in the mobile industry is 'evolution not revolution'. That's because the tech advances have slowed right down and in anticipation of that the industry has to manage the publics expectations/frustrations.
This is why when you get a phone launch and the public look glum and say 'is that it' you will get some industry pundit pointing out just how good this or that a somewhat mediocre feature is. In essence they are trying to talk the market up, but in reality not a lot is happening.
It's a saturated market and with the current tech available the avenues for development are limited.”
I disagree that 'evolution not revolution' is a buzzword, or particularly current. Its just the laziest tech journalism cliche that has been getting bandied around for years now.
It gets trotted out with alarming regularity, as though any new phone that isn't somehow revolutionary is a huge disappointment. The market has matured so much now, to the point where we have these incredible little computers in our pockets, that I'm not sure what sort of revolution people are holding out for.
A couple of things that have been touted might be foldable screens, but I really don't see the point. If I'm out and about, I don't really need a weird phone with a folding screen. Or iris recognition to unlock a phone - to me there is no practical advantage over a fingerprint scanner. In fact, holding a phone up to your face to scan your iris would be more of an effort than resting your finger on a scanner as you take it out of your pocket.