The 7 most anticipated smartphone trends this year: virtual reality

Tencent Technology News February 9th, according to the technology website PCWorld reported that with the gradual maturity of the industry chain, the threshold of smart phones has become lower and lower, and the experience has begun to gradually homogenize. In order to come up with more new selling points, various manufacturers have also made great efforts. This year, smartphones will take it to the next level in terms of interactivity, fun and intelligence.
In the high-end market, smartphones will catch up with the turbulent virtual reality. In addition, the seamless docking with PCs and the introduction of 4K entertainment will also become the highlight. In the low-end market, cheap smartphones will also use high-resolution screens, and their graphics graphics and network connectivity will be greatly improved. Here are the 7 major trends that are most worthy of everyone's expectations this year:
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality With the release of various types of head-mounted VR devices, smartphones have become one of the entrances to the virtual world. This year, Project Tango, which is co-operating with Lenovo and Google (microblogging), will take the VR experience to the next level and provide users with more abundant data information.
In addition, the sensors in the Tango phone will track the user's movements and gestures like Microsoft Kinect, which also has indoor navigation. In the future, Tango phones will also play a role in engineering and medical fields. In terms of entertainment, Tango phones will also provide users with a good augmented reality gaming experience. It is reported that the phone will be officially launched in the middle of this year, priced at 650 US dollars. The good news, however, is that developers can buy cheap Tango phones, and Intel has introduced a bundle of software development kits and 3D cameras for $399.
High-speed wireless network With the acceleration of 4G network construction, the network speed limit of smartphones is constantly refreshing. At the upcoming Mobile World Congress, we will see many flagship models equipped with the Snapdragon 820 processor, which integrates the latest LTE technology, with uplink and downlink speeds of 150Mbps and 600Mbps respectively.
The processor will also fully support the latest LTE-U technology to solve the contradiction between current network speed, capacity and user demand for equipment, and achieve the convergence of LTE and Wi-Fi. In addition, the Snapdragon 820 is also equipped with WiGig technology, which makes it easy for users to quickly transfer large files at home (up to 3 times faster than the existing 802.11ac).
Cognitive Computing This year, Qualcomm will also vigorously promote the application of machine learning on mobile phones. The company said that mobile phones equipped with the Snapdragon 820 processor can learn the user's usage habits by analyzing and recognizing the user's voice, location, pictures and other data. This cognitive computing power comes from Qualcomm's Zeroth nerve chip. With special algorithms and circuits, the picture recognition capability of smart phones will become stronger in the future.
At the heart of the more powerful graphics chips, smartphones have become the center of home entertainment. With the development of virtual reality and 4K entertainment, more powerful graphics chips have also been put on the agenda. High-end mobile phones will fully support 4K playback, and users can project videos and games from their mobile phones on the TV for the whole family.
The more beautiful screen can be said to be the most important component on the smartphone. This year's 2K screen will become the standard for high-end machines, and its beauty will reach an unprecedented height. In addition, Morgan Stanley analysts believe that we will usher in a foldable OLED screen in the next two years. At this year's CES, LG will showcase an OLED screen that can be rolled up at will.
USB Type-C and other hardware upgrades This year's USB-C interface will usher in a big outbreak, regardless of whether the high-end and low-end phones will be fully equipped with this interface. In addition, the new interface solves the connection problem between smartphones and monitors or external storage. Samsung has specially developed a portable SSD. After connecting via USB-C, the Android phone can be transformed into a large hard disk.
How can the improvement of the hardware performance of the rushing processor reduce the heart of the processor? This year, the processor will make a big breakthrough in the process, the chip will become smaller, more powerful and more power-efficient. In addition, some smartphones will also be equipped with low-power DDR4 memory, and the data transmission speed will be greatly improved.