The appearance of mobile (cell) phones have evolved almost beyond recognition over the years. They have moved from being the size of fax machine to items no bigger than a cigarette lighter in many cases. That said, there was a marked reversal in this shrinking progress as phones took on more and more functions and applications, such as being used as video cameras and personal organisers. Handsets such as the iphone and other ’smart’ phones did have improved styling, but are considerably larger than many of the previous generation handsets. However, this is soon set to change.
There is no longer a need to have every one of your phone’s files and functional programs loaded onto your handset, and this is down to advances in wireless and 3G connectivity. Instead of the phone hosting all the information, your games, files and applications can be fed in from somewhere else when required. What this means then is that phones can be stripped down to their bare bones essentially, and they will actively adapt to suit the needs they are required for at the time.
A central hub will be needed and this can be either be located in your home or with your service provider. On the central hub you will have all the software and individual files that you need for your phone to function and you will be able to access these using your handset at any time. You will still need a certain amount of hardware in the phone, such as a camera and other electrical components, but you will be able to save huge amounts of space where memory, processors and mini fan accessories would normally be found. This means then that phones could be not much bigger than cable ties and you could even wear them as accessories such on a necklace or as a wrist-band. As phones would not be constrained by previous standard conventions, their evolution in terms of appearance could be almost limitless.




