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Re:The end of smartphone innovation by ChuckMcM on Saturday March 25, 2017 @02:09PM (#13956817) 

   > Is it really unthinkable that smart phones that you carry around in your
    pocket are the dominant platform for the next 50+ years?
Yes it is :-). We have not yet entered the age of carbon (still in the Silicon age) and when we get there (and it will be in the next 10 years or so) you'll see a large increase in computer power per watt. Combine that with the fact that we have imagined a more interesting future than the one we're in, and it pretty much insures evolution in personal technology.
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Re:The end of smartphone innovation by oconnore on Saturday March 25, 2017 @05:02PM (#13957547)
The world we're in is one where the dominant use of pocket supercomputers is to send pictures, video, and messages around to our friends.

Extrapolating to massive improvements in computing power per watt, and the main question is still: are augmented reality UIs and neural interfaces better at snapchat and poop emojis?

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Re:The end of smartphone innovation by GrinningFool on Saturday March 25, 2017 @07:09PM (#13957998)
I would expect new AR versions of those things to supplant the current iterations.
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