The Old Hand: food for thought?

As a techno freak I am always looking for the next big thing that will change the way we live as a human race. I am confident enough to say that historically Smartphone’s certainly did that! Been involved in the business of mobile phones and living, eating and breathing it for 29 years, the latter years have somewhat become a little dull for me. I am sure that it’s not the case for everyone in the business but it is for me. 29 years is a long time.

After all the mobile phone has historically incorporated into its development, the internet and cloud, the pc, navigational tools, music and video and a whole dimension of applications that can make life a whole new and different everyday experience, but I do feel that its all old hat now. Our lives are so fast that it doesn’t take long to get accustomed to any type of change within it. Brexit and Trump are prime examples of that.

The problem that currently exists in the Smartphone manufacturing business is entirely related to two things, saturation and innovation. Now one without the other would be ok, but both at the same time leads us to apathy and ultimately for the manufacturer fewer and slower sales. If it’s slower for them then it will surely be slower for us, after all we are responsible for at least a third of their sales.

If we had a spark of innovation, the kind of spark that Steve Jobs gave the business when he took all the relevant technology and combined it directly into one handheld gadget now called a Smartphone then we would have a URICA moment in history that truly changed the course of humanity and went on to form the largest company in the history on man, valued at over 1 Trillion USD, yes we all know who they are. Currently this doesn’t exist and neither can I see it in the pipeline.