4 technologies worth waiting for on modern smartphones

Flexible screens, fingerprint sensors hidden under the screen or long-range optical zoom technology will soon appear on upcoming high-end mobile phones.

Smartphone technology is evolving at a rapid pace with new cameras and processors appearing every year. Not long ago, features like fingerprint sensors, dual cameras, and contactless payments were considered high-end, but recently, they have become common even on mid-range phones.

Now is the time to move towards newer, more unique technologies.

Flexible screen

The bendable display is considered the next big thing in mobile phones. Although the idea has been around for about 5 years, no manufacturer has actually put a bendable display into a real product.

Currently, Samsung and Lenovo are the companies that have made the most progress with this technology. Putting a flexible screen on a smartphone is too risky. Therefore, it seems that Samsung is thinking of putting it on a smartwatch first.

There have also been rumors of a Galaxy X model arriving this year. However, recent reports claim that the device may have to be pushed back to 2018, as has been the case with previous delays. However, the harder it is to make, the more big names like Samsung want to prove their class. The launch of a flexible screen phone is just a matter of time.

Fingerprint sensor hidden under the screen

With the launch of smartphones with bezel-less designs, manufacturers are forced to solve another problem: Where to put the fingerprint sensor? The placement on the back, next to the camera cluster of the S8 is considered unreasonable. It would be best if they could hide this sensor under the screen, allowing users to unlock by touching a certain area, or even more ideally, the entire screen.

Samsung, Apple and Vivo are all racing against time to unveil this technology on smartphones.

Optical zoom lens on smartphone

Dual cameras are the technology of 2017, with a number of high-end and mid-range phones featuring them. Some manufacturers, like Apple, have used this setup to increase the zoom capabilities of their products. The iPhone 7 Plus, Oppo R11, and OnePlus 5 all now offer up to 2x optical zoom.

In the near future, manufacturers will push this number up. For example, Oppo has introduced a 5x dual-camera zoom technology called Precision Optical Zoom. Huawei also announced the Kirin 960 chip line that supports 4x optical zoom.

Telephoto lenses have been around as third-party accessories for quite some time now, but they're a bit of a pain to carry around.

Virtual reality applications

While voice recognition and virtual assistants offer faster search and better memory, virtual reality applications are expected to change the way users experience smartphones.

Google Lens is one example. Based on what a user is looking at, it can provide information about that object, such as distinguishing a type of tree, a landmark, or a review of a restaurant you stopped at.

Google, Microsoft and Apple are all serious about virtual reality technology. Very soon, users will be able to witness highly applicable products that utilize virtual reality from these giants./.

According to Zing