Smartphone case makers will need to think of an
innovative option to come up with when it comes to covers because now phone
makers are focusing on making the rear of the phone useful as well.
Hardware innovation that’s been forced to
slow elsewhere, with the front of the phone becoming locked
down with as near an edge-to-edge display as is technically
possible, is moving in on the back of phones, an under-developed, mostly
overlooked landmass ripe for spicing up.
Examples of interesting backside smartphone developments
in recent times include some at the margins of the market, such as Jolla’s
Other Half — an NFC-powered backplate that snaps onto the
mobile-maker startup’s device to allow users to customise the
look and feel of their smartphone theme, thanks to the NFC connection betwixt
the two.
The NFC connection on the Other Half also allows users
of the handset to get access to branded content, such as a news feed or
product catalogue from an Angry Birds or Makia co-branded Other Half.
There are a lot of developments happening in this area
of the phones. What would be the next best innovation is yet to be seen!
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