MWC envisions the mobile phones of the future

Industry mobile phone believe me, you are experiencing a new moment iPhone. More and more large companies in this sector are integrating information systems. artificial intelligence (AI) on your devices to provide them with new features. It could be revolution looks like a flagship Manzana or will it be a passing hobby? Brands are, of course, betting on the first ones and taking advantage of the celebration Mobile World Congress (MWC) to show the world a trend that could shape the future.

The most obvious case is the case Samsung. In mid-January, the South Korean giant introduced Galaxy S24“smartphone” of the latest generation and the first to implement Twinspowerful model AI from Google. This alliance translates into new features that can be very practical, such as a language translation system and real-time transcription, as well as search engine improvements. So, if you see something that interests you and you want to know more about, like a shoe in an Instagram photo or a person in a YouTube video, you just have to circle it with your finger and results with related information will appear. “Integrate Generative AI “The core of mobile phones will be completely revolutionary,” explains David Alonso Nieto, director of Samsung’s mobile business in Iberia, in an interview with EL PERIÓDICO. “We’ll go fromsmartphone‘ to ‘AIphone'”.

Other companies are also betting on AI. This is the case of the Chinese giant Xiaomiwhich within MMC 2024 introduced its newest mobile phone Xiaomi 14 and 14 Ultra. This model, the most powerful in its class, uses this technologies enable amazing new features. His application For example, AI Portrait allows you to create a portrait against a background you imagine. So if you upload 15 photos of your face and write that you want to be in Paris, a new image will appear next to the Eiffel Tower or Notre Dame Cathedral. With another ‘application‘, you can also take a conceptual drawing of a flower and turn it into a much more complex realistic image. The company’s intention is for its mobile AI to be “embedded in a 360-degree ecosystem” that also includes autonomous car to home appliances,” explains Nelly de Navia, head of marketing at Xiaomi Iberia.

Innovative formats

Mobile phones of the future may be radically different from the ones we are used to. There are even those who imagine them without the physical screen that occupies our hands. This is the case humaneAmerican company, which at the end of last year surprised the world with the launch AI pin. This small “gadget” that attaches to an item of clothing you wear operates using your voice and can carry out commands you request, such as sending a text message, calling a contact, taking a photo, translating what you say to others languages. or provide you with information on a topic. The device is equipped with a laser that can project results onto your hand.

Other companies choose innovation in other formats. American company Motorola It also features a mobile phone with a screen so flexible that it can be folded in half and turned into a bracelet, as if it were not an electronic device full of complex integrated circuits. Other brands such as Chinese Lenovo or Samsung are also experimenting with similar concepts that were presented at last year’s MWC and which were discussed and touched upon in this issue.

For now, and no matter how much they are sold as the inventions that will retire mobile phones, these alternative models are far from becoming popular among the masses. However, they may be the first phase of an evolution that the telephone industry may follow in the next decade.