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Mobile Device Component Technology & Solutions

Smartphones and wearables provide the gateway to a universe of information and services.  The latest devices boast more features and greater processing power than many computers, which introduces complex connectivity needs. Whether designing and manufacturing wired or wireless solutions, Molex has over 30 years of experience in creating micro connectivity for mobile devices, smartphones and wearable technology.

Overview


The smartphone has become one of the most advanced personal devices of recent decades. With the advent of the latest 5G network enabling low latency communication, and the growth in popularity of wearable devices, smartphone technology has become an essential tool for our everyday lives.

In this highly competitive marketplace, designers need to continuously develop innovative smartphone solutions to attract customers. This means manufacturers must maintain the fast pace of new product releases, with as little as 12 months between each succeeding generation. 

As smartphones and wearables find new roles in exciting applications such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), designers are facing complex challenges in delivering the latest features for customers. Smartphones need greater processing power and faster communications, requiring greater performance from chipsets to batteries, and everything in between. At the same time, users expect smaller and slimmer form factors to hold this extensive functionality. 

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"Emerging 5G capabilities are transforming consumer and industry communication capacities beyond previously imagined limits."
Tim Gagnon
Principal RF Engineer
Molex

Designers need to work with companies who can provide products that can drive competitive advantage in the next generation of mobile devices. With more components than ever packed into smaller spaces, connectors play important roles in protecting signal integrity and minimizing the effects of heat generation. The rise of new form factors such as the folding smartphone, introduces the requirement for flexible connection systems that deliver the reliability customers expect from today’s products.

Beyond handsets, wearable devices offer new ways for smart technology to bring new value-driving functionality such as AR/VR to market. These features have already found applications in the lifestyle and leisure industries, and their potential continues to grow. Drawing from a 30-year legacy of close collaboration with the world’s leading mobile device brands in the field of micro connectors, Molex has the experience and technology to support customers in creating cutting-edge solutions for this dynamic market.

By the Numbers

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~7B

Smartphones  Worldwide 

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< 2 Years

Typical Release Cycle

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99%

Less Latency with 5G

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$5 Trillion

Value of Metaverse


The Future of Mobile Devices

The mobile industry is one of the most dynamic in the world. Molex talked to the leaders in the industry to ask “what comes next?”

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What is Shaping the Phone of the Future?

To start creating a picture of the mobile device of the future, Molex asked more than 200 high-level decision-makers, suppliers, and manufacturers in the smartphone industry what they think the mobile phone of the future, or its replacement, will look like. The results highlighted some key areas of potential impending change.

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AR and VR Will Transform the Digital Landscape

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) promise to be as innovative and disruptive as the telephone and the Internet. Delivering new ways to interface with data through immersion into the metaverse, AR/VR technology is right around the corner.

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Quad-Row Board-to-Board Connectors

Molex and Masonite Unlock Innovations in Connectivity and Power Technology to Bring the Smart Door to Market

Bridging the Distance Keeps People Close

Additional Resources


REPORT

Timing is Everything: Carriers and the State of 5G

5G will usher in a new era in turbo-charged connectivity, and we’ll all feel the impact in our daily lives. While consumers and manufacturers will be a big beneficiary of 5G’s advantages, it’s the carrier sector that will make it possible.

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INSIGHTS

Molex and 5G Technologies: Planning for RF Success

Molex RF antennas and connectors for 5G support evolving wireless applications that demand faster data rates at higher frequencies and require quicker total throughput times for data.

5G technology with various icon internet of thing over the closeup Bangkok cityscape, Wireless communication connection network concept.

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The 5G Antenna Technology Challenge

Antennas are at the heart of mobile devices, and Molex has years of experience in developing the right solutions.

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Augmented Reality and the Mobile Device

Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) offers new and exciting opportunities for our mobile devices.

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Cracking the Code of Future Mobile Devices

Molex works with leading innovators to help translate their visions into reality.

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Will Wearables Redefine the Mobile Landscape?

From the latest fitness tools to advances in augmented reality, wearable devices are growing in popularity. Could they change the mobile device market forever?

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Quad-Row Board-to-Board Connectors

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5G mmWave RF Flex-to-Board Connectors

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SlimStack Fine Pitch SMT Board-to-Board Connectors

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Easy-On FFC Connectors and FPC Connectors

Easy-On FFC FPC Connectors

Combo Antennas

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