Selfies: Will they stay longer?

Snapping selfies is not something unusual today. The majority of the world’s population owning a smartphone has taken a selfies at some moment in life. Celebrities, politicians, models, college students, teenagers and even elderly citizens snap their phones to take selfies. Then there is a question, will this trend last longer? Will the popularity it achieved diminish at some point in future? The simple answer is, not likely. Instead, they will be here for a long time..

Selfies are a vital subsection of today’s photography. Even though #selfies have become almost viral, it did not gain this momentum until the late 2012, which was almost a decade since #selfies first appeared in Flicker in 2004. The year 2013 can be named as the golden year for selfies. Instagram, which is known as the home for selfies, shows a 200% increase of the use of the #selfie hashtag since the early 2013. According to Instagram statistics, the #selfie hashtag has been appeared 34,924,648 times in posts during the past years. The interesting fact is that until early 2013, #selfie hashtag was not even placed in the top 100 hashtags!

Offering a user-friendly opportunity to take better selfies, smartphone manufacturers have introduced front cameras in their latest releases. This makes it easier to capture the right pose in the right angle, expanding the owner’s opportunity. Nevertheless still, there are some discomforts when taking selfies, which directly affect the quality of the photos taken. EmoFix is a high-end yet compact device used to banish such discomforts that arise when taking selfies. EmoFix is a Bluetooth controlled remote that frees you from worrying about angles, fitting into the frame, or carrying the camera always in hand. The user could place the smartphone wherever he or she wishes and capture the photo or selfie with ultimate ease!

Selfies are not going to disappear in the near future. It has come a long distance since its origin in MySpace. Social networking sites like Facebook, Instagram and twitter as well as high-end smartphones with front cameras have fuelled the crave for selfies among the public. Creating a milestone for selfies the word ‘selfie’ was officially added to the Oxford dictionary in 2013. All of these evidences point out in one direction. That is, selfies will stay longer and definitely will flourish in the years 2015 and 2016. It would be more of an art rather than an addiction in the years to come. Are you ready for the revolution? Equip with state-of-the-art gear to not to fall out from the rest.