SmartPhones

Michael D. Kardzhilov - 3PBA 1
Smart-phones
Jan Chipchase
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, a former Principal Scientist at Nokia once said
“Three objects were considered essential across all participants, cltres and !enders" ke#s,
mone# and mobile phone$%
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, this become more and more tre as the #ears ha'e passed$
-Smart-phones impact on society
Smart(phones ha'e taken s b# srprise, it)s not to lon! a!o when phones had cords and
antennas, bi! and hea'# as bricks$ Smart(phones ha'e introdced a lot of new jobs and job
opportnities, some !ood and some not so !ood$ Phone ha'e become the new “celebrities%,
before a new phone is released there are alwa#s “papara**i% tr#in! to catch a !imps of it to
e+pose to the world,an e+ample wold be the iPhone - in &.1./$ 0hen a new phone is
released people sta# in lines for da#s, sometimes weeks to be one of the first to own it$ This is
sall# somethin! fans do for fn, bt this #ear with the lanch of the iPhone 1 it was
completel# different$ The lines in front of the New 2ork 3pple stores were not the sal t#pe of
crowd, it was filled with elderl# people of 3sian decent, man# of witch did not speak 4n!lish$
These people had been there for weeks, in inhmane conditions, some sleepin! in plastic
ba!s to keep ot rain, and sta# warm$ 3ll of these people wold b# as man# iPhone as was
allowed and then walk ot, then handin! o'er their ba! to a middle man who wold sell man#
of the phones$ 5t was earlier amsed that the Chinese 6afia was in'ol'ed, bt that was later
rled ot[7]$ Smart(phones ha'e also done man# !ood thin!s, for e+ample the# ha'e been
sed to power satellites[8]$
-What impact have smart-phones had on politics?
9rin! the :S elections of &.1. the ;bama campai!n had created an app for the iPhone,
“<ree ;bama.7%[-]$ The app offered news feeds, and a list of ;bama)s positions, and a wa#
to or!ani*e contacts to help spporters call friends in crcial electoral districts$ Since then
there ha'e been a nmber of apps released with the intent to reel inn a demo!raphic that was
hard to reach, mainl# #on! adlts$
Smart(phones ha'e had a si!nificant impact on politics, bt the most noticeable has to be
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their in'ol'ement in the prisin!s of =ib#a, Tnisia and 4!#pt$ Protesters wold carr# their
compact smart(phones and se them to rail p to!ether and or!ani*e, later the# wold se
them to captre e'idence of what the !o'ernment wold do to tr# to stop them$ The phones
had the abilit# to send files between each other, makin! it so that the e'idence e'entall#
fond its wa# to the internet$ 0hen it !ot on the internet news networks were able to show the
western world what was !oin! on, and this cased a bi! commotion$ Seein! the e'idence
man# of the western contries offered their spport towards the people, pttin! pressre on
the !o'ernments to !i'e p$ Seein! somethin! in a 'ideo or pictre is a lot more powerfl
then to jst read abot it, had the western contries jst read abot it, it cold ha'e simpl#
been i!nored$ Seein! somethin! like that reminds #o that the people bein! talked abot are
people, jst like s[>]$
-What has the evolution of the smart-phones been so far?
Smart(phones ha'e come a lon! wa#$ 5n the earl# da#s what we think of as smart(phones
were called P93)s ,Personal di!ital assistants/$ The# became poplar drin! the 8.s, and
were intended for bsiness ses$ P93)s cold access the internet, send and recei'e emails,
and e'en open and edit docments[1]$
The first smart(phone ,that bein! a phone with comptin! possibilities and a toch screen/
was the iPhone in &..?$ The ne+t #ear the first phone to se 3ndroid was released and it was
called the @TC 9ream$ ;'er the #ears these smart(phones ha'e become faster and faster,
re'ilin! some simple compters$ The# ha'e also added new featres, sch as fin!erprint
scanners and N<C,Near field commnication, it can be sed to pa# at stores like #o wold
se a credit card/$
-What major developments are expected in smart-phones over the next few years?
3s the #ears will pass the smart(phones will become faster and faster, as the# ha'e been so
far$ The# will also !et better screens and cameras, the# are also likel# to add new featres
sch as projectors$ 5n third world contries we will see the increase in the poplarit# of
pfablets$ Pfablets are a commnication of smart(phones and tablets, the# are reall# bi!
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phones, that are sall# faster then smaller ones$ The in poplarit# will be de to that the
phablets are !ettin! faster and faster, and in third world conties the# are often sed instead
of PC)s[?]$ 6an# companies are startin! to prodce sch pfablets, the latest one bein! 3pple,
with the iPhone 1 Pls$
-How many smart-phones have been sold world wide?
There are and ha'e been man# companies startin! p o'er the #ears, some ha'e been
sccessfl, while others not so mch, !oin! bankrpt in man# cases$ This bein! the case, it is
not eas# to !i'e e+act nmbers, man# manfactrers operate in china, and do not pblish
their sales fi!res$
5n &.1A it is estimated that the world wide shipments of smart(phones ha'e topped 1 billion$
That one billion consists mostl# of android phones, holdin! 7-$?B of the marked share and
iPhones with 11$?B of the marked share[A]$

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