Diffusion of Innovations

 Throughout history innovations have shaped the way people live, work and communicate. Among the most transformative technologies in recent decades would be the smartphone. Once a nice new smartphone has come out, they have been almost indispensable in daily life nowadays. By examining the spread of smartphones through the diffusion of innovation, we can better understand who this technology caught on.

Who adopted it early and why some still resist. We can also weigh the benefits against the downsides of it all.The diffusion of innovations theory  explains how and why technology spread through the cultures.The processes are typically broken  into five categories.Innovators, adopters. Early, majority, late majority, and laggards, each group adopts an innovation at a  different stage  influenced by personal factors.Innovators are typically the risk takers and were the first to embrace the iPhone. The innovators see potential in combining the phone, camera and computer in a portable device for everyday life. They valued novelty, status, and cost as well as occasional glitches.The early adapters are then ones that follow closely and recognize the iPhone potential; improving in productivity, social connectivity and entertainment.or non-adopters, are typically more resistant to change and skeptical of new technologies. Their hesitation may be influenced by concerns about privacy, mental health, misinformation, or a desire to maintain face-to-face relationships over virtual ones. As they showcased the benefits for a smart phone the early majority began  adopting the technology, driven by pure influence, falling prices, and growing app eco systems.lastly. The late majority waited until the phones became way more affordable and had gone down in price after a bit. Often older, more traditional or less tech savvy individuals resisted adoption until it became almost unavoidable or under the models that emerged and became way more popular as time went on.