Half of users say smartphone will be gone by 2020

Half of all smartphone users expect the devices will be a thing of the past by 2020, while 80% would like to use technology to improve their vision, memory and hearing.

The fifth Ericsson report on the top 10 trends for 2016 and beyond shows that consumers believe artificial intelligence will soon enable them to interact without the need for a smartphone screen.

The broadest trend in the study is representative of 1.1bn people in 24 countries, whereas the narrowest represents 46m urban smartphone users in 10 major cities.