The world was held to a standstill in 2020 because of the pandemic. However, the mobile phone and tablet market continued to do well because of the need for these devices. The success of the mobile phone market over the past two years did not reflect in 2022. The past year is one of the most difficult times in the mobile phone market. The pandemic, shortage of parts and other issues plagued the market last year. Nevertheless, mobile phone brands still brought some decent technologies to attract users. In this article, we will look at some of the best techs that the mobile phone market had in 2022.
A few years ago, mobile phone brands were not so keen on custom chips. Custom chips are chips that mobile phone brands make to meet specific needs in their mobile phones. Huawei is probably a pioneer Chinese brand to focus on custom chips. However, since the ban on Huawei, other Chinese brands have taken its place and made good progress in coprocessors represented by self-developed NPU, ISP, and charging chips. In terms of imaging, OPPO has Mariana X, Xiaomi has Surge C1, and Vivo also has the latest V2 chip. All these chips can be mass-produced for commercial purposes. Although regular users may not feel it, these chips significantly improved the performance of mobile phones.
Satellite Messaging is another feature that hit mobile phones in 2022. Huawei and Apple now have new gen. flagship mobile phones that support this feature. This feature allows mobile phones to send messages through satellite when there is no WiFi and cellular network coverage. However, the Chinese version of the iPhone 14 series does not support this function. If Chinese users want to use this feature, then they will have to buy the Huawei Mate 50 series. Huawei Mate 50 series supports the Beidou satellite message function. The device can send text and location info to contacts and provide timely help in emergencies.
In addition to satellite messaging, another new tech that comes with the iPhone 14 series is the car accident detection feature. According to Apple’s official statement, the iPhone 14 series phones have built-in multiple sensors which can detect a new dual-core accelerometer up to 256 g-force and a high dynamic range gyroscope which can detect severe car collisions. The feature can also contact emergency services and give them the location of the victim.
From the description, the feature is quite practical. Also, there have been real use cases to prove that this function is very useful. However, there are also several reports that the feature needs an upgrade. It is not working well at the moment. This feature has sent false alarms to emergency services in Canada as well as the U.S.
When it comes to ray tracing, most host/PC players are familiar with it. Since the first game that supports ray tracing, the ray tracing tech on the desktop has been developed for several years. In comparison, the ray tracing tech on the mobile phone is only recent. At present, MediaTek Dimensity 9200 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 chips support hardware-level light-tracing tech. This tech greatly improves the image quality of mobile games and brings players a more immersive gaming experience. Of course, ray tracing tech is not only used in gaming but also in other areas such as video, VR etc.
