Telecom giant Huawei recently announced that it envisions the emergence of "superphones" by around 2020, opening up an age where digital and physical realities will be further integrated.
The statement came from Shao Yang, president of Strategy Marketing, Huawei Consumer Business Group, who spoke on Thursday during the Huawei Innovation Day Asia.
Shao further remarked that the advent of the "superphone" will be instrumental in building a new world where all things are digitally interconnected. The age of the said next-generation mobile phones will also feature seamless intelligence integration.
"Inspired by the biological evolution, the mobile phone we currently know will come to life as the superphone," Shao said.
"The intelligence of the superphone will continue to evolve and develop itself into digital intelligence, capable of empowering us with interactions with the world," the executive added. "Through evolution and adaptation, the 'superphone' will be more intelligent, enhancing and even transforming our perceptions, enabling humans to go further than ever before."
Shao also emphasized that the physical world, through the emergence of the "superphone" age, will be reconstructed to digitalization.
In a bid to prepare the firm to this new technological age, Huawei has been active in entering strategic partnerships with major automobile brands. Shao revealed that the firm has partnered with Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Audi.
Huawei has also been adamant in its pursuit of developing cloud computing services.
The telecom giant has also established a cooperation with the University of Manchester. Shao said that through this agreement, the two parties will explore various ways of using graphene's applications in consumer electronics as well as mobile communication devices.