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24 alternatives to SMACtalk 43: Apple Goes Back To The Future

What is the future of smartphones?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SMACtalk 43: Apple Goes Back To The Future launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Bytes - What comes after the iPhone?▲62

   We talk about mobile and the future of the smartphone

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Future Is Podcast▲104

   A podcast discussing the future of tech, a subject at a time

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sage▲103

   Predict the future

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   PhonesGeek▲5

   The pulse of the smartphone world

   Nov 2025 · phonesgeek.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   iOS 11▲360

   The latest operating system from Apple

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Analyse Asia 145: An Uncertain Technology World with Ben Bajarin▲61

   What's the next big platform after the smartphone in 2017?

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Future▲146

   Calendar events around the clock

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   a16z podcast - What comes after the smartphone?▲96

   a16z’s Benedict Evans & Steven Sinofsky discuss 💻📲-->❓

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Capsule▲148

   Text the future

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    iPhone 6S▲307

    The only thing that’s changed is everything

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    iOS 8▲183

    The new iOS—Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else.

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Bread Time Ep. 5 - What comes after apps?▲64

    We look into the far future of a post-mobile world.

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Skimm Ahead▲166

    Gives you all the info you need for the future

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Soon▲286

    Never miss something awesome

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ...▲88

    ...

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    AMPY+▲86

    iPhone Battery life prediction & forecasting

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Soon▲150

    What you and your friends are doing next

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Truly ▲112

    Turn your smartphone into an actual business phone

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Safari Technology Preview▲157

    Preview Apple's latest web technologies.

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The DeLorean▲157

    Back to the Future! Or past?

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Futurecam▲118

    Send you and your friends photos in the future

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Time Machine▲172

    Re-discover the best products from Product Hunt.

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Elevate for iOS▲139

    Celebrate the small wins

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Talkk▲81

    Great conversations about any topic

    2016 · its alternatives →

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