The Phone of 2015

[Faux Carnival]

Foldable screens, so foldable phones.

 

[wjlafrance]

Everyone will be fitted with a Codec

Everyone will have a compression/decompression algorithm implemented in them?

 

[Fernandez21]

Here are a couple things I'd like to see:

1: A way of using the phone as a remote control, or perhaps as an electronic car key, allowing one to disarm/arm a car or house alarm, perhaps having a duress function in case of carjacking or invasion.

2: A way to be used via the latest Bluetooth spec (which has provisions to use very low power burst transmissions) so the phone can be used as replacement for a HID badge.

3: A standard for secondary access, like a SecurID card, or a Blizzard Authenticator app, but standardized so any website can use it as an option. This will help mitigate keyloggers present on a lot of Windows machines, and limit damage to what a compromised machine can do.

4: ZTIC-like functionality. This way, a Web browser that is completely compromised would not mean that one would have their bank accounts cleaned out by a thief.

5: Credit card confirmation of transactions. Couple a well made fingerprint scanner (one that can tell a real finger from a gummy bear impression), and this would slow down credit fraud by a good amount.

Wow, pretty close on your predictions.

 

[willmtaylor]

Wow, pretty close on your predictions.

Yeah, some were quite close (mobile payments, health data, etc.), but so much talk in 2010 about 3D displays.

We all still have wishful thinking about battery life.

 

[Jsameds]

Just reading this thread. 2010 doesn't seem that long ago but the 3GS (2010) seems ancient!