How to Buy A Smartphone: The HITMOBILE Smartphone Buying Guide.
"Which phone should
I buy?" This is the single most common question readers like you ask phone
reviewers like us every day. and this is really a big challenge especially
when you are getting lots of smart phone with numerous features. But depending
on your price range and what's available in
your range.
If you understand
exactly which features and capabilities you'd like to see in your new phone, it'll
help you avoid paying too much for those you don't want or need. Some, like the QMobile Z12,
have it all -- including a large, curved screen with its own user interface
controls.
Buying a cell phone
means entering into a deeply personal relationship with a highly portable physical
object. That's why you should think hard about how it's designed, since you and
it will be spending plenty of quality time together. Make sure you're
comfortable with the way it looks and -- this is important -- feels in your
hand, and make sure that your phone-to-be reflects your personal sense of
style.
Cell phone types
Smartphone.
At the top of today's
handset pecking order is the Smartphone. These devices typically have the most
power, and top-notch components: the fastest processors and Wi-Fi; the highest
image resolution and memory capacity and the most pixel-rich screens. By
definition, they run true mobile operating systems; think Apple iOS and Google
Android, but also Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile and (to a much lesser extent)
BlackBerry 10.
Messaging
or feature phones
Many feature phones are made primarily for text messaging and email,
though you won't be required to buy a data plan. Several of these designs sport
full QWERTY physical keyboards. With a raft of cheap, available Android and
Windows devices, feature handsets are fewer and farther between.
Know when You have decided to buy SmartPhone here are some
Key consideration points
Screen size
Large screens (5.5 inches or greater)
Medium screens (5.0-5.4 inches)
Small screens (4.5-4.9 inches)
Smart phones are getting bigger and bigger
these days, depending on the usage either you wants a big screen for extreme
gaming and HD quality videos than you might prefer to switch to a large screen.
Processor
The beating heart of any
device is its processor, or CPU. It provides the computing power to churn
through various tasks, like opening and running applications. A fast processor
also has a big impact on overall performance, such as how smoothly a phone
handles flipping through menus and running home screens.
Traditionally, clock speed,
listed in gigahertz (GHz), has been the quick way to judge CPU power. These
days a chip's architecture, specifically how many computing cores it has, is
becoming a more reliable predictor. Another factor is that older processors
tend to use less efficient designs, making them worse performers while being
harder on batteries than their newer counterparts. We talk more about
processors below.
Qualcomm Snapdragon
The current CPU smartphone
king, Qualcomm's Snapdragon family of processors shows up in many Android and
Windows phones around the world. Right now, theSnapdragon 810 is the chip to
beat for the kinds of heady task-processing we see today. However, Qualcomm is
readying itself for the upcoming roll out of its nextSnapdragon 820 processor,
which is expected to appear in the next generation of flagship smart phones in
early 2016.
MediaTek
MediaTek
is a Qualcomm rival whose chips are typically found in smart phones for Asia
and for emerging markets.
Samsung Exynos
As well
as displays and memory components, Samsung makes its own processors under the
Exynos brand. Its most recently announced Exynos chip, the Exynos 7 Octa uses
64-bit computing, and has turned up in some of the company's top phones, like
the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5. Other Samsung phones do continue to use
Qualcomm's chipsets, however.
Camera
A phone's camera quality depends
on a whole host of variables. More megapixels will always sound better on a
fact sheet, but we know some good 13-megapixel cameras that take better photos
than a bad 20-megapixel shooter. (Read on and see the bottom section for more
details.)
Also
important are the lens quality, which could aid the sensor by exposing it to
more light. The sensor itself might also offer a lower pixel count, but be more
sensitive to illumination, resulting in better performance in low-light
conditions.
Many
phones -- such as those from HTC and Microsoft (formerly Nokia) -- ship with
fancy image processors that promise high image quality, plus the horsepower to
drive the camera and auto focusing systems faster. The end result is nimble
shot-to-shot times with minimal shutter lag.
Battery
If your cell phone 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, like the QMobileM350 with 5000mAh
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.
Mobile networks and 4G data
The wireless
network technology at the backbone of your smartphone is a veritable alphabet
soup of acronyms and industry buzzwords, and you could spend an eternity
studying how cellular infrastructure is built and works. Here's a basic
overview of what you need to know.
4G and LTE
The launch of
3G 4G services in Pakistan has boosted the Smartphone industry LTE, or Long
Term Evolution, is the current generation of faster data connectivity .Often
referred to as 4G or 4G LTE; it's the speediest data throughput you can get
right now. LTE Advanced, a step beyond LTE (but still part of the same family)
gives data speeds still another boost, and is rolling out in bits and pieces.
VOLTE, which stands for Voice Over LTE, relays voice service over data
channels, allowing you to surf and speak at the same time .
Making and
receiving calls over local Wi-Fi networks (the same kind that's set up at your
home or local cafe) is nothing new. Apps like Skype and WhatsApp offer this
functionality, and they're useful when you're in an area with weak or
nonexistent cellular coverage. In addition, certain mobile networks already
support this service built-in with some of their handsets. But there are a
handful of carriers that exclusively employ Wi-Fi networks as the default
method to patch calls and enable users to surf the Web. The most high-profile
of these services is Google's Project Fi, which is only available in the US for
now. Because data usage is minimized, phone bills can be generally cheaper. But
users are limited to what devices they can use depending on compatibility.
Screen/ Display Technologies
LCD
LCD screens,
short for liquid crystal display, have come a long way from the alarm clocks
and digital wristwatches of the 1980s. Today's smartphone LCD panels offer HD
resolutions of up to 2,560x1,440 pixels, with the exception of the Sony Xperia
Z5 Premium, which has a 3,840x2,160-pixel resolution (or 4K) display. LCDs use
of an external backlight for illumination, which often results in more shallow
viewing angles and lower contrast compared with AMOLED displays. On the other
hand, colors often appear more natural.
Retina
Display
Apple
uses what it calls Retina Displays in its latest iPhones. This is essentially a
clever marketing phrase to say the iPhones (the iPhone 4 and up) sports LCD
screens with minimum resolutions of 326 pixels per inch (ppi).
AMOLED
Long
billed as the screen technology destined to replace LCD, active matrix organic
light-emitting diode displays (AMOLED) use organic chemicals as the material
that generates light. Much like neon light fixtures and plasma HDTV screens,
AMOLED displays use OLEDs to create light when they're exposed to an electric
current. Since they don't rely on backlights for illumination, AMOLED screens
tend to have higher contrast and more vibrant colors than LCDs. LCDs use liquid
crystals that twist shut and block out light from LEDs placed behind them.
Samsung is on the forefront of AMOLED panels.
Operating system
iOS
Apple's iOS has a well-integrated ecosystem, a
very full apps marketplace and a fairly intuitive interface, but you're pretty
much locked into iTunes for content. If you already have a Mac, an iPad and/or
an iPod, it's probably easiest to go with an iPhone.
iPhones
have the advantage of receiving the same OS upgrade at the same time, and the
newest OS is usually available on multiple devices. We're currently up to iOS
9.
Android
For its part,
Android is the most customizable OS and a wonderland for tinkerers. However,
most manufacturers and carriers add a specialized twist, which can lead to
slower OS updates, and to an interface that may require a little more ramping
up to do straight out of the box. On the other hand, phone makers can use that
custom layer to add a lot of software features that others just don't have.
True Android
devotees should spring for the latest pair of Google Nexus handset, the 5X and
6P. Android 6.0 Marshmallow is the latest OS version.
Windows Mobile
Then there's Windows 10 Mobile, née Windows Phone. Microsoft's OS has a simple, appealing interface, and Windows Phone 8.1 helped level the playing field with the debut of the Cortana voice assistant and a notifications center. With the company's latest Lumia 950 flagship, Windows 10 Mobile officially launched. Power users still may not find it quite as deep or as flexible as Android, and its app ecosystem isn't as robust. Still, solid hardware choices give Windows Mobile a lift (especially on the budget end), and it has strong integration with Office and with Microsoft's other services.
BlackBerry
10
BlackBerry,
once the premier brand of mobile communication devices, has been in dire
straits lately. While many BlackBerry owners in the US have jumped ship and
gone with iOS or Android smartphones instead, the struggling company is still
releasing phones like the BlackBerry Passport and Leap. In a move to adapt to
the increasingly limited OS market, BlackBerry released the Priv, its first
handset to run Google Android.
Conclusion
There are lots of other factors
that you need to be concerned with while selecting a best phone for your needs
.for a average user a 4 to 5 inch Lcd display a quadcore procesoor with a 2gb
or atleast 1gb ram with some 5 to 8 megapixel camera and last but most
important and easy to understand OS like android could be adopted for better
long term experience.
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