The Different Industries Smartphones Are Revolutionising

With the advent of telephones, communication became a crucial part of our society. More and more people realised the advantages that this technology will bring to the world. But no one could foresee just how much smartphones would revolutionize the industry. 

Throughout the last 20 years, smartphones have slowly evolved into what we today call smartphones. We quickly switched from telephone keyboards to touch screens and never looked back.

And why would we look back, smartphones are the greatest invention since toast. At this moment, you have so many things available to you with a simple touch that previous generations would be looking at a smartphone as the Natives of the Americas were said to have looked at eastern ships coming in on the ocean: as if it’s some kind of magic.

Why is the world fascinated by smartphones and how have they revolutionized nearly every thriving industry in the world today?

What Makes Smartphones so Great?

Most people today couldn’t even imagine a world where they didn’t have a smartphone in their pocket at all times. Sales have skyrocketed over the years and nowadays almost everyone who can afford a smartphone has one.

This is mostly due to the ease of access that smartphones bring and all the useful information that people can access with a few touches. Anything that you can imagine has an application already developed for smartphones.

Like smartphone mogul Apple coined the term: there’s an app for that. Whether you want to play a game on the go or check your finances, smartphones have it all.

Here are some of the industries that have been hugely impacted by the advent of smartphones:

Finance

Want to check your bank account? Do you need a way of keeping better track of your finances?There are multiple apps that will help you do exactly that from checking bank balance to transferring money over to another account. You can even pay for a variety of things with your smartphone now such as shopping, insurance and even for entertainment purposes!

Entertainment

Watch whatever you want whenever you want. Choose from a huge assortment of games with tens of genres available. Having fun on a device is no longer limited to your desk. Smartphone processors have become so powerful that they now support high-quality graphics, contributing to the success and growth of the mobile entertainment market.

The entertainment industry is one that smartphones have revolutionised the most, changing the way we access some of our favourite hobbies. The mobile gaming market holds the largest market share of the overall gaming industry, showing how many are accessing their favourite games via a mobile phone. Combined with the finance industry, many gaming providers now allow players to pay instantly via their mobile device to avoid any disruptions to game play, a factor which has helped revolutionise this industry. The gambling sector in particular has found this method to be useful as providers can offer their players an ease of access when they include their payment deals. Casino mobile apps can also store and secure players payment details for future use, a trend we are likely to see a lot more in mobile gameplay.

Fashion

Even fashion has been influenced by smartphones. There are apps that allow you to try on different hairstyles or even clothes by using your phone’s camera. This has helped with many retail shops being forced to close due to the recent pandemic. Say goodbye to dressing rooms, say hello to virtual reality try-on.

These are just some of the industries that have seen the benefits of targeting smartphone users. Many more are just getting into the game and it doesn’t look like the trend will stop anytime soon.

Social media has slowly but surely infiltrated multiple parts of our lives. People are bombarded daily with everything that is going on in the lives of their friends and family.

It only makes sense that this could be done more easily through the usage of smartphones. Why use a computer to read up on what your best friend is up to when you can do it while riding the subway.

New releases of technology

With the advent of 4G and 5G networks, we also got another cool feature for our smartphones and that is streaming. You can stream music directly to your device and listen to whatever you want with a few taps of your touchscreen.

Sound technology has evolved and has revolutionized the music industry and how we consume music. If movies or TV shows are more to your liking, smartphones are there to help you as well. 

Entertainment providers have a better picture of what you like. You can browse Netflix whenever you want and watch your favorite shows while you’re on the move, and the data gathered from your perusing goes straight into film and TV show recommendations the next time you sign in.

Since 5G came out more and more people have started wondering about the impact that it could have on the smartphone industry. Bypassing the paranoid illusions that it might be harmful to your health, 5G promises better speeds.

This means that you will be able to send and receive information even faster than before. This will surely have an impact on certain industries that depend on speed. You’ll be able to stream videos in higher quality. Downloading a game will take you seconds instead of minutes.

Even something as simple as looking up what food to order will be faster since loading the restaurant’s website will be almost instantaneous. Living in the fast lane has never been so convenient.

Conclusion

One thing is definitely clear, smartphones aren’t going anywhere. Our lives have become so intertwined with these devices that some people couldn’t go an hour without using one.

Pretty much every aspect of our lives has been influenced by smartphones in one way or another. The only question left is whether we’re going to stick with them, or something even better will come along one day and blow smartphones out of the water.

For the time being it looks like smartphones are here to stay as they have become an important part of our lives.