Enough time has passed in 2016 to note a couple of mobile tech trends that deserve your attention. I'm calling it now: these three trends will be the source of hot discussion for the rest of the year, and are sure to top everyone's "2016 tech trends" lists at the end of the year. Look at you, all ahead of the curve already.
The top 3 mobile tech trends of 2016
#1: Ridiculously amazing cameras
The cameras on the latest smartphone releases have been ridiculously good. Take the Samsung Galaxy S7 as a perfect example - in theory and in specs it’s actually weaker than the one on the S6. In practice, however, it blows almost every phone camera out of the water.Slowly but surely, cameras have reached the point that they’re just as good as point-and-shoot cameras, making the latter obsolete. Why carry a POS (point and shoot, don’t let your imagination carry you away) camera with you when you can snap all the pics you want right on your phone, and share them in an instant?Plus, a ton of other photography tricks have been embedded in phone cameras, making them that much more attractive.- Timelapses and hyperlapses are a tap away
- Burst mode now creates nifty animations that can even be shared on Facebook or Google+ (yes, people use Google+. There’s dozens of us! Dozens!)
- Low light photography has started to excel in phones. When I got my hands on the Nexus 6P I was blown away at how well it took pictures even with the flash off. Then the Galaxy S7 came along and its low light performance was even better.