No less than 25 years ago Samsung launched its first mobile with an analog screen. It was the SH100, and it probably marked a before and after in the world of mobile telephony from the year 1988. At that time, “brick” telephones were the order of the day, and what today is a completely outdated product, at that time it was a novelty that only a privileged few could access.
Six years later (in 1994) it was the turn of the SH-770, a mobile that included a spectacular novelty for those times: a screen divided into three levels in which icons, numbers and letters shared space. If we were to compare that screen with today's smartphones, it would probably not cover even a fifth of the size of the high definition screens of more than five inches that are used today in mobile phones.
The year 1998 marked the arrival of the SCH-800, a folding phone that allowed us to do something very little seen until then: send SMS messages to other mobiles.
The year 2000 continued in the line of folding telephones with the SCH-A2000, with the peculiarity that this mobile also included a small screen on the outside of its cover. This screen allowed us to see the time and allowed us to check if we had any missed calls. Undoubtedly, this mobile design was very popular during all the following years (who does not remember those famous Motorola folding?).
We reached the year 2002, and with it we welcomed the color screens with open arms (yes, until this year the screens were in black and white with some variations in green and blue, but they were still only two colors). The SCH-X430 featured a color display and a simpler display on the outside of its lid. A few months later, the SCH-V300, another mobile with a 2.04-inch color screen, was also launched on the market (and nowadays any smartphone that is below four inches is already small).
We come to the year 2005, the golden age of many European countries. During this year Samsung surprises us with a mobile the less daring. It was the SCH-B250, which included a rotatable 2.2-inch screen that also allowed access to live television broadcasts.
Already in 2009 we entered what would come to represent the current generation of smartphones. The SCH-W850 was the first mobile from the South Korean company Samsung to include a 3.5-inch touch screen.
From that moment, mobile phones that we all know began to reach the market. First was the Galaxy S in the year 2010, a smartphone with a screen Super AMOLED of 4 inches and resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. Two years later came the Galaxy SIII, a smartphone with a screen HD Super AMOLED with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.
And what can be said of the year 2013 ? First was the Galaxy S4 with its screen five inches Full HD Super AMOLED with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Then the Galaxy Note 3 with its 5.7-inch Full HD Super AMOLED screen and S Pen (stylus).
What would the following image be like for 2020 mobiles? Will they change radically or instead is it practically impossible for smartphones to continue to evolve in their design?
