These are the leading mobile device innovation plans for 2020

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Companies in the smartphone and mobile device space are looking to innovate on form factors and device features to continue the apparent reversal of the global downward trend in annual smartphone shipments and build on a 0.8% increase year-over-year in Q3 2019.

There’s little left to innovate on with the now-traditional slate-style smartphone, with the screen spanning from edge to edge and internal hardware capable of meeting nearly any typical consumer’s needs, and that extends to most other mobile devices, like tablets, as well.

Here are a few ways companies are looking to add tech to push consumers to upgrade their devices heading into 2020.

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