5. Your Wallet

To think a smartphone could replace your wallet is a little far-fetched, if not a little scary. In reality, your identification is already digitally stored by government databases so why wouldn’t you be able to store all of your cards and cash digitally?

As we have mentioned above, smartphones may soon have the capacity to take mobile payments and banking apps are already available for devices such as the Apple iPhone. Being able to access, authorize and make payments using your smartphone is a very real possibility.

Smartphone screens are beginning to harness AMOLED technology, delivering clearer and significantly brighter images. This could open the possibility to simply wave your smartphone in front of a reader to access travel routes and identify yourself in sensitive areas.

Soon you could leave the house with your phone and your keys, leaving your wallet at home.

6. Car Keys

The automotive industry are beginning to move away from physical car keys, instead utilising wireless fobs and proximity sensors to unlock and start a car.

The most popular smartphones don’t have the capability to remotely start a car but it has been successfully implemented in Japan. Japanese car giant Nissan, along with NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan’s biggest mobile operator, worked together to incorporate an “Intelligent Key” into it’s mobile phones. This allowed Nissan car owners to open their car doors by standing in close proximity of the car and turn on the ignition when the driver was sitting in the driving seat.

Knowing the technology is already there in Japan, it can only be a matter of time until car manufacturers and mobile operators combine to do the same on a large scale in Europe and The Americas.

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