George Held, Veon’s director of digital products, predicted that humanity will abandon smartphones within a decade. According to him, this device will be a first and will be replaced by more advanced technologies.

The expert noted that currently the mobile device is only required for user authentication and information transfer. He explained that identity can be determined differently, for example, by face or fingerprint and voice, and information can be projected onto the wall or mirror with an IoT sensor (IoT – Internet of Things, “Internet of Things”).

“So the phone is primitive, it won’t be in 10 years, it will be replaced by us, the people. And the grandmother, lost in the city center, will not have to look anywhere: she can ask the walls, “How can I get home?” And the wall will show her the route with an arrow, “- a futuristic one The guess was kept.

He concluded that the smartphone is an old technology, such as an implantable chip, and therefore will expire in ten years.