Buying a new
electronic device now days have been a challenge especially in
deciding which kind,where and from whom to buy.
Here are some common
things to consider while planning to buy a new smartphone:-- Your wallet size: here am talking about the amount of money you have to spending in buying the smartphone. There are various kind of smartphone with different price tag ranging from few thousands to hundreds of thousand shillings and the price of smartphone always determine the quality and capabilities of smartphone.
- Manufacturer: there are different manufacturer of smartphone in the market and each manufacturer offers a smartphone with a specific feature in favor of other manufacturers.Manufacturer limit and determine the quality and capabilities of the smartphone. To days best manufacturer of smartphone are Samsung, LG,HTC, Sony,Microsoft Widows phone, Huawei, TECNO and Apple just to mention few randomly.
- Operating system(OS): Operating system is the main software in a smartphone which enable the smartphone to function and give room for other applications to be installed in a smartphone. Todays smartphone comes with a varieties of operating system include Android, Apple iOS, Widows OS, Blackberry OS, and Firefox OS just mentioning the most common and popular.
- Screen size: Smartphone screens differ in size and range from two inches to five inches. The screen size will affect user quality of experience, choosing screen size will depend on user basic need for the smartphone, if you will like to watch movies and playing games in your smartphone you should go with large screen smartphone but if you like more potable smartphone you will choose one with small screen.
- Screen quality and resolution: Screen quality involves the strength of the screen to resist scratches and damage in case your smartphone fall down. Screen resolution determines the quality and appearance of pictures and videos on the screen. High resolution will give high quality or High definition(HD) view and this is determined by the number of pixels per inch.(pixel density).
- Processor: Processor speed and processor type are among the most determinant of performance of a smartphone. Smartphone with higher processor speed will make it possible to run applications very faster than one with low processor speed. Smartphone processor speed range from some hundreds megahertz to some gigahertz.
- RAM size: Random Accesses Memory (RAM) affect the speed of running applications in smartphone because RAM hold instructions and data temporarily before been processed by the processor. If your will like to do gaming in your smartphone you must look for smartphone with higher RAM because games run faster in smartphone with high RAM and Processor speed. RAM is measured in Gigabytes(GB).
- Internal storage size: Some times we refer it as hard disk, this is a place where you will store your pictures, musics, videos and documents. Having large internal storage means more information can be stored in the smartphone. Internal memory range from IGB to 32GB few to 128GB. Most smart manufacturer give additional slot to add external memory card and increase the storage capacity.
- Camera: Primary camera(rear) and secondary camera(front) size in Mega pixel(MP) determine the quality of pictures taken with your smartphone. If you like taking pictures and selfies you should look for smartphone with large camera and focus options without forgetting flash light as you will like to take pictures in dark.
- Network connectivity: Here you will check if you want a smartphone with the latest communication technologies such as 3G and 4G LTE. The factor will affect the speed of streaming and downloading media from the Internet.
- Pairing technologies: Here we consider blue-tooth,Near Field communication(NFC) and other recent technologies.
- Battery:If your smartphone battery conks out, all the snazzy features in the world won't be able to help you. Manufacturers have begun to recognize the critical importance of battery life and are squeezing greater-capacity batteries into their phones. Typical phone batteries start in the neighborhood of 1,700mAh and can go all the way up to 4,000mAh.Manufacturers list battery performance in terms of talk time, standby time, or how many hours you can expect a device to perform tasks such as playing video and music.Other features include curved screens, water proof,finger print and voice command.
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