2024-09-29 01:37:57
The year is ending and it’s time to review everything we’ve experienced. In my case, luckily, that has involved analyzing many mobile phones.
Talking about smartphones in 2024 is not something new. They are devices so present in our daily lives, so everyday, that it is like talking about our hand, it is always there. And although many people find it boring, there is still a lot of room for improvement.
In 2023 I have finally seen that folding products have achieved a very high level of quality. I have also seen the best cameras so far with telephoto lenses that seem more typical of other types of devices. And yes, I still expect a substantial improvement for next year.
More foldable, but cheaper
It is very difficult, practically impossible, to find a “book-style” folding mobile phone for less than 1,500 euros. And it is normal, despite the fact that we have had quite a few generations of flexible screens, the size and quality improvements in the screens and the hinge – for example, Oppo has achieved perfection in its OnePlus Open.
More powerful zooms
This 2023 I have seen how high-end mobile phones have finally included better telephoto lenses, with special mention to the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the Pixel 8 Pro —because this already sounds old to Samsung, having had smartphones with good zooms for years. , like its recent Galaxy S23 Ultra—.
Without a doubt, the best thing about Apple and Google mobile phones is their telephoto camera. The quality of the photographs is excellent and opens a new field in photography with which to take photos approaching elements from afar and, even better, take portraits.
More vegan leather
One of the trends in 2023 in the highest or upper-middle range of mobile phones has been the attempt to differentiate through materials in the design. One of the clearest has been the use of vegan leather to give an image of luxury, a more stylized design and, of course, more expensive.
Xiaomi 13 Ultra, RAZR 40 Ultra, POCO M5, realme 11 Pro or Motorola EDGE 40 are some examples of smartphones that have used vegan leather as a design element to differentiate themselves from the competition. And it works.
Vegan leather, often a plastic polymer that has been roughly pressed, is a detail that not only works as a design detail, it also improves the grip of the mobile phone.
More updates, for longer
With the arrival of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro also comes Google’s big commitment to maintaining an update schedule so that all its future phones receive support for at least seven years.
This is great news because it means that a Pixel 8 mobile phone—and future versions—will be updated until the last day of its use. You’re probably unlikely to see one of these devices in use for that long because it will either end up breaking or the battery will be dying.