BENEDICT EVANS: 'Mobile is eating the world'

In the 9 years since the first iPhone launched, the mobile phone has gone from a nice-to-have communication and work tool to a must-have for everything from entertainment to shopping to games.

Just take a look around your world and you'll see people looking down at their phones on the street or raising their phones to take a selfie.

It's an industry that's evolved quickly, and Andreessen Horowitz partner Benedict Evans' job is to predict where it will go in the future.

In his annual update to his "Mobile is Eating the World" presentation, the mobile expert argues that we're going into a new "deployment phase." It's not a question of whether mobile will work, but what will be built off of it in the future.

Evans recently delivered his presentation at A16Z's recent inaugural summit event and let Business Insider republish his slides with permission.

Here's what Evans has to say about mobile and what's beyond: