Paradigm shift in Cell Phone technology

Cell phones have become more of a personal product these days. Life without a cell phone is unimaginable. Popularity of cell phone began in early 2000s’ where communication gap was a big problem for human race. Cell phones, as such had multiple iteration and innovation, that, today we live in a world of smart phones that are capable of doing many thing. If we look closely, the success of cell phones is directly associated with technology. Today this technology is growing in a rapid pace and the industry is moving forward. This article will discuss some of the latest growing technology in the cell phone industry.

Cheaper. Cheaper.. and Cheaper…!

The major success of cell phones is because of mass production and ease of availability. Today a customer can purchase a cell phone for as low as $10 and make his first call in no time. This low cost is one of the reasons for quick cell phone adoption worldwide. Even though we have iPhone as the costliest mobile phone available, still the record for maximum number of cell phone sale is Nokia 1100 which was low cost cell phones.

Free phone calls:

As this technology grew, there were number of startups opened services claiming to offer free phone call. We may wonder why any company want to offer such a service but there is deeper business benefit associated with this. Even Gmail has an option of calling mobile phones and land lines for free to customers in the US and Canada.

Apps:

What is the primary activity of smart phone customers? The direct answer for this is app. Today the App market has changed the world to a great extent. Apple App market alone has more than billion downloads ! The amount of growth that apps are facing is thrilling indeed.

Side effects of this boom in cell phone technology:

Well, one side this technology is facing an amazing growth, but on the other side people complain that how these technologies are spoiling human life. There are number of examples that could be quoted. One common one is privacy and anonymity. People try to take advantage of these systems to call others for not so good reasons. While we still have technology answers like phone number lookup, not all public are aware of it.

It is also rumored that excessive usage of cell phones harm human brain cells. There are even researches conducted to prove this data.

Bottom line:

When it comes to technology, it is like a two edged sword. There are good and at the same time there are bad effects. It is up to the public to segregate this and use cell phone technology for good and social reasons.