The word “mobile” means which has ability to move or be moved freely or easily. Mobile word also uses for moving objects and the wireless cell phone is also moving technology. In the context of technology, 'mobile' usually refers to a portable electronic device that can be carried and used anywhere, such as a mobile phone or tablet which is the reason why people say “mobile”. The innovation of mobile was back in April 3, 1973 AD when Martin Cooper made first handheld equipment to call DR Joel S. After the success of this event, Millicom subsidiary Comvik in Sweden in September 1981 introduced mobile phone. Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. In 1983, Motorola DynaTAC 8000x was the first commercially available handheld mobile phone.
Previously, mobile was used to make or receive calls but with the advancement of technology, mobile has now become a smartphone which has capability of not only call but included various features like messaging, gaming, camera, accommodating web browsers and navigational systems. Now-a-days mobiles comes with various new feature to attract their customers. Analog network like 1G and digital cellular technology like 2G was introduced in 1979 AD and 1991 AD respectively but the advancement on network helps to create 3G and 4G network as the growth of bandwidth-intensive applications increased rapidly. The first mobile phones were so bulky as they were not carried in the pocket and used primitive RFID and wireless system to carry signals from a cabled PSTN endpoint. Later, mobile phones belonging to the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network became capable of sending and receiving text messages. As the devices evolved more features were added which was demanding. From only used for calls in past, now a mobile device has ability to do lot more things.
If the present case is taken into consideration, we as a user are so much used to in smartphone. It is used by every person whether for entertainment purpose like gaming, watching movies and all and for educational purpose or for technical field or to browse social media and connect with friends.
Considering about present scenario, most used operating system for mobile are Android OS and IOS. Beside from this, other components found on all mobile phones are:
These are the basic components which can be found on every smartphone.
One survey done by statista.com shows the result for mobile user from 2016 AD to 2022 AD with the forecast from 2023 AD to 2028 AD where the increment happened in every year showing how popular the device has become.
Fig: Number of smartphone mobile network subscriptions worldwide from 2016 to 2022, with forecasts from 2023 to 2028 (in million)
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/330695/number-of-smartphone-users-worldwide/
From the chart, we can assume the growth of smartphone user will increase day by day. Within 5 years, the subscription will be around one billion more.
We can conclude, mobile phone is so popular in present context. One can buy any kind of product within their budget. So, the increment will be sure for future which allows mobile companies to add more new features to attract the customer.
