Reusable smartphones with 5G + Industrial Revolution 4.0

It is no more a surprise, nor is it unfathomable that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is here to stay. This time its all about connecting the dots which were been ignored for a long time and were concealed under gluttony and shades of desire. These dots might range from extracting Graphite which resides in your phone batteries to Silicon which makes up for your processors; also they might range from considering 'Global Warming as a reality' to 'beating Plastic Pollution'. Industry 4.0 is and will be made to address all of these and similar concerns.

On similar lines, considering the ever increasing need of 'SMART'-phones, every consumer demands new phones every few months which has huger batteries, huger RAMs & huger Processors to run AI-powered apps which can improve their selfie quality and at the same time play PUBG smoothly :P!

However, everyone fails to notice this one common thing while sufficing their self-satisfaction: hardly any important data is been stored in their local phone storage anymore since they are already using apps like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc.

Now let's consider all of the above mentioned 'huger' things one by one -

1) Huger Batteries - This is definitely needed since no one likes to stay glued forever to charging plugs or rather keep their phones on so-called wireless charging pads.

So the main concern here is:

Can this battery drain issue be addressed in some way?

Answer is YES!

How? : Two futuristic options - 1) Install Supercharger stations similar to what Tesla does, to replace your batteries on the go, either by picking it up from stations as you walk or by ordering online so that the delivery guy waits for you on your next subway station. 2) Check this out - A true sense of wireless charging which wi-charge claims to provide (Any comments on this?)

2) Huger RAMS - Everyone expects huge & faster RAMs to keep their apps in-memory and avoid app crashes.

So the main concern here is:

Can this RAM hunger be ever satisfied?

Answer is YES!

How? : Two futuristic options - 1) Why do you need all of these apps in the first place? To read news, read blogs, view photos, play videos and games? Absolutely yes! But ever wonder if all of this could be done not on your phone, but instead someplace in some cloud store - You ask your phone to read news for you, it will read out loud; you ask it again to show photos from your Drive, it will show you photos, and so on. This is like calling data from external sources every time you wish to. Well, why not? You already are paying for these via apps and anyways, 5G is fast, isn't it? You will need less RAM and less apps! 2) Considering blogs, photos, video content and similar stuff is all covered online, but what about playing games? Yes, install these in your cloud. Instead of buying games on phone, let the cloud carry this burden for you and hep you play in online. You hit a punch here, and your enemy is down there. You are connected via 5G, isn't it?

3) Huger Processors - Now tell me is this really worth discussing :D ?

4) Huge Screen Displays - We need huge displays to watch clearer content with broader aspect ratios.

So the main concern here is:

Do we really need a Tablet, a smartphone, a Laptop all at the same time?

This time the answer is NO!

How? : There is only one solution to this - Flexible Displays; Pull your screens as far as you want. Make a home theater out of it, or just shrink to slip into your pocket. All sizes in one display.

5) Cameras? Motherboards? Sound systems? - These all cannot be stretched, charged or kept on cloud. But keeping the concept of Phonebloks in mind, phones can certainly be designed in a way so as to replace only a part of the phone which is not needed anymore. This is how we get to revamp our device, scale it or shrink it as we want.

Keeping all of the above possibilities and the current pace of innovation in consideration, this is certainly possible and worth it. This will address many of our current issues by:

• Reducing usage of nonrenewable energies
• Reducing exploitation caused due to extensive mining
• Reduce electronic wastage
• This will pave way for new markets, new industries, new trends w.r.t charging stations, wireless energy supply, etc.
• New job opportunities
• New technical advancements
• One more step towards conserving the natural richness of our planet

Now the major doubt which stays in mind is:

If everything stays on cloud, will the cloud not consume more RAM, more processing power, more battery storage? Considering current situations, it surely will. But with the advent of faster programming languages, scalable architectures, micro-services, asynchronous programming and smart memory consumption, this will soon be an addressable & viable option.

Any feedback or responses to this concept are welcomed. Thanks!