Five Things We Want to See in 2016

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As the year comes to a close, we look back on the developments of 2015 and wish for something better this 2016. Mostly, we just want things to improve and be more affordable. Here are top 5 things we wish will become a reality in 2016.

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Fiber Internet for 999. Fiber internet has been around for a couple of years but the service is either too expensive or limited to selected locations. While the area of coverage is continuously being expanded, we wish it would be more affordable to regular residential subscribers. Even a 15-20Mbps fiber connection for Php999 per month would dramatically change the experience which will allow people to access better or high-quality content. It should also significantly improve our ranking in the region in terms of average internet speeds.

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Gigabit Paid Public WiFi. While mobile internet has become the most common point of access for nomadic users, it would be nice to see more paid public WiFi becoming more accessible especially to heavy users. Public WiFi will help ease cellular network congestion and provide much faster bandwidth.

Malls, coffee shops, restaurants and public places are best candidates to hook up with fast gigabit internet. We’ve seen this being done by Globe in the Serendra area in BGC (we personally tested it and got around 100Mbps) on an experimental basis so we think it’s viable as long as the hourly rates are still affordable (around Php30 per hour should be reasonable).

We’ve also seen this in other countries where carriers provide complimentary WiFi access to mobile data users. This encourages subscribers to switch from using 3G/LTE connections to local WiFi when in designated areas.

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Smartphones with 5,000mAh batteries. As more powerful smartphones are introduced every month, the only other feature that does not seem to go along with the improvements would be the battery. As such, users tend to gravitate towards the power outlet or grab a powerbank a couple times a day.

Perhaps, if smartphone manufacturers can find a way to get higher capacity batteries into the smartphones they introduce. There have been a few who managed to do this but they’re mostly the exception rather than the norm.

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Android-Windows 10 Mobile Devices. Wishing for a smartphone running both Android and Windows 10 might be over-reaching but there is a valid case use for it. Android can be the default operating system when mobile but once you want to switch to a more productive task, you can switch to Windows 10 and run Continuum so you can hook the mobile device to a monitor and attach a full-size keyboard and dedicated mouse to do some office productivity tasks (like MS Word, Excel or Powerpoint). That option would certainly convince some people to leave the heavy laptop at home.

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Wider Support for USB Type-C. We’ve only used at least 3 mobile devices this year that uses USB Type-C (i.e. Asus ZenPad S 8.0, OnePlus 2, Huawei Nexus 6P) and during those times we’ve used them extensively, we always long for compatible accessories — extra charging cables, connector and adaptors as well as docking stations. We know USB Type-C will become more common in the future but we wish it would be sooner than later. At the very least, we want to see more 3rd-party cables become more widely available and at a cheaper price.

That’s about it. Do chime in on the comments if you have other tech wishes you want to happen next year.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

12 Comments

Kenneth says:

9 years ago

I hope na this 2016 eh palitan na nila yung gamit nilang Dictionary at baguhin na ng Globe at Smart ang totoong definition ng UNLIMITED. -_-
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dark says:

9 years ago

lumia 950XL’s continuum still in prototype expect a bit laggy and refresh screen hungry, believe me I already used it – darkmoon.sventwone
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BIKTIMA KAMI LAHAT NG SUN CELLULAR says:

9 years ago

SA 2016…

GUSTO NINYO BA
MAGING MIYEMBRO
NG SAMAHAN NAMIN ?

SIMPLE LANG ANG PARAAN…
MAG-SUBSCRIBER LANG AGAD KAYO
SA SUN BROADBAND PLAN.

AT SIGURADO…
SA MAIKLING PANAHON LAMANG
AY MABUBUWISIT NA AGAD KAYO !!!

MABAGAL ANG SUN SIGNAL
MAG- COMPLAIN MAN KAYO
WALANG RING MAAAYOS !!!

KAPAG BAYARAN NA’T PUMALYA KA
SIGURADONG UUSIGIN KA
FEELING MO PINAGBABANTAAN KA !!!

HINDI MAGTATAGAL AY
MALAMANG SUSURENDER KA NA !!!

TULOY, MATAPOS NUN
SA SOBRANG INIS MO
SIGURADO AY MAIISIP MONG
SUMAPI SA AMIN !!!

GUSTO MO ???
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Easy E says:

9 years ago

Affordable (around php6k) android wear stand-alone smartwatches.
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Andre says:

9 years ago

Gigabit wifi is overkill. Most wifi devices in existence are G or N only. If public wifi can consistently deliver 10 Mbps that would be fantastic already.

999 fiber Internet will likely come… in 2026.
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Summer says:

9 years ago

You are mistaken if you think we need fiber connection yet for 20 Mbps only. We need fiber for Gbps speed though UTP can handle that as well.
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Abe Olandres says:

9 years ago

Just a clarification. Fiber connection for 50Mbps, 100Mbps, 200Mbps and 1Gbps is already available in the Philippines. What we are wishing for 2016 is that the same fiber network will offer more affordable plans that deliver 10 to 20Mbps.

BIKTIMA KAMI LAHAT NG SUN CELLULAR says:

9 years ago

IN 2016 :

TELSTRA IN…

SUN CELLULAR OUT…
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steve88t says:

9 years ago

flying car
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Mel says:

9 years ago

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) so you can switch network providers while keeping your mobile number the same.
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GOTY boy says:

9 years ago

smartwatch with 3g capability.. no need to buy backup phones anymore..
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c says:

9 years ago

This is already done by Ubuntu phones

“Android can be the default operating system when mobile but once you want to switch to a more productive task, you can switch to Windows 10 and run Continuum so you can hook the mobile device to a monitor and attach a full-size keyboard and dedicated mouse to do some office productivity tasks (like MS Word, Excel or Powerpoint).”
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