Mobile Phones Selection

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Mobile Phones Selection Criteria

Currently, there are hundreds of smart phones in the market; some are meant for just calling and messaging wh

others are multi-purpose. Few mobile phones have advanced camera capability while others are sold with gami

as their U!. "here are huge-display bearing smart phones too which are suitable for e#ecutive who are always

the go and thus need a device that would not only serve as a mobile phone but also can act as a computing device

$n a nutshell, mobile phones can be categoriesed into different genres, each suitable for some purpose. %ut sin

each genre has several contenders, finding the one that would suit your re&uirement is certainly an arduous ta

"hus to help you find the suitable phone as per your needs, we at "he 'obile $ndian tried to segregate differeaspects of a mobile phone in this article.

creen i(e)*isplay

'easured diagonally, the screen si(e of a mobile phone is the most important factor. Currently, smart phones

coming with screens ranging from +. inch to . inch. %elow is a general segregation of the smart phones on t

basis of their screen si(es and their appropriateness for you.

/ess than 0 inches1 2o for it if they have a physical keypad too, else neither you could enjoy the tou

screen benefits nor the fruits of a keypad.

0 to inch1 screen based smart phones are decent for the average user but don3t go for it if you are look

to play games a lot or to do emailing and checking documents.

- inches screen1 mart phones with - inch screen si(e are considered as the best as they are neither t

big nor too small.

inch and bigger1 screen bearing smart phones are really bulky and tend to have lower battery back up. 2

for these if you are comfortable carrying a bulky device all around but many prefer such big devices as th

find these as a replacement to their notebooks4

5eypad

"here are various types of keypad which serve various purposes.

Alpha Numeric:$t is not very common to smart phones and are traditionally found in older and featu

phones. "yping on such keypads are very tiresome and time consuming

Half Qwerty:"hough considered better than alpha-numeric keypads, these too are becoming e#tinct a

are found in few feature phones

Physical Full Qwerty:"his is the most popular keypad form where each button carries one word th

making it easier to type.

Touch screen:6ith increasing si(e, most smart phones these days come with touch screen keypads wh

can be a full 7werty one or an alpha numeric one 8 you can switch between them at will. ome advanctouch screen keypad applications also claims to make typing faster by recogni(ing your typing pattern.

Battery:

%attery life or talk time is important for any smart phone user, as some batteries hold a charge longer than others.


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Type

i!"on # i!Po:Usually smart phones these days come with either /ithium $on or /ithium !olym

battery. "he later considered to a bit advanced; for a given mass, the /i-!o battery said to be sleeker a

hold more charge than their /i-$on counterparts.

$emo%able&Non!remo%able:mart phones with non-removable battery are tend to be sleeker than tho

with removable ones. 9lso, non-removable battery means there is e#tra security as the back cover would

more secure and there is less chance of water getting into the phone and damaging it. :owever, in case

removable battery based smart phones, you can take out the battery to restart the phone 8 a facility thatnot possible in handsets with non-removable battery. 9lso in the long run, you cannot change batteries

non-removable battery based smart phones.

Si'e! Si'e of the battery (oes matter !the bigger the battery, higher would be the running time of the smart pho

:owever, with increasing si(e, weight of the smart phone would also increase considerably.

$f you are buying a smart phone with . inch or bigger screen, look for a battery that should be above +

m9h. "he bigger, the better it would be.

:andsets with -. inch screens should have


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are not meant for $ndia as in our country apart from ?ideocon all other operators are set to offer the F*-/"= versof 2 while in most other international markets like the U and the =uropean countries "*-/"= version is bei

launched.

Connecti%ity:

"here are various other connectivity options mentioned below1

/iFi!6ith this feature you can connect your smart phone to a nearest 6iFi hub to access internet or to share file

/iFi Hotspot!$t allows you to create a 6iFi hub and to share your mobile phone internet with others

Bluetooth!$t is another kind of wireless technology using which you can e#change data over short distances w

other %luetooth enabled devices without using wires

0SB port!Usually micro U% ports are found in smart phones using which you can transfer files from your sm

phone to your !C or vice-versa &uickly

NFC!>ear Field Communication or >FC a set of standards for smart phones and similar devices to establish rad

communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into close pro#imity, usually no m

than a few inches.

H1M"!6ith this you can connect your smart phone with your :*'$ "? via an :*'$ cable. :owever, no smphone as of now come with full :*'$ port for si(e concern but many these days come with ':/ port wh

allows you to connect the device with the :*'$ "? via a ':/ cable. Few also come with mini or micro :*

port

1NA!*igital /iving >etwork 9lliance or */>9 allows you to wirelessly connect your smart phone to an :*"or other */>9-enabled device. "his is ideal for sharing movies, videos, and pictures on your :*"?. F' receiv

6ith this you can listen to F' radios

+PS!"o take full advantage of maps applications like 2oogle 'aps and 'ap 'y $ndia, your smart phone sho

have 2! or 2lobal !ositioning ystem that helps you accurately pin-point your current

Camera1

$f you are planning to use your smart phone as your first choice of camera, then give due attention to vario

features mentioned below1

$esolution!$t is usually measured in megapi#els. 9 higher number of pi#els means the camera3s light sensor h

more receptors per given area, which results in higher-&uality images.

$ear camera:Currently even the cheapest smart phone come with atleast + megapi#el rear camera @

highest being < megapi#el of >okia /umia


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0* Capture 8 Few smart phone with dual rear camera can capture 0* videos.

Autofocus 2"his feature allows the smart phone to automatically judge which subject in the frame of view to fo

on. ome cameras include face detection that helps with taking pictures of people in groups. "hus it is a high

desired camera feature in any mobile phone.

Burst Mo(e 2"his will allow you to capture a short, rapid fire burst of photos over a few seconds. "hus it is veuseful when you want to capture images of a sport event or of something moving

3oom!"here are two types of (oom 8 optical and digital. 'ost smart phones come with digital (oom which

basically an in-camera adjustment where the outside of a picture are cropped. :owever new genre camera sm

phones like 2ala#y Boom come with optical (oom where lens is adjusted to take a close picture of the sh"hus optical (oom is better than digital (oom.

$mage tabili(ation- "his feature reduces blurring associated with the motion of a camera during e#posure.

Panorama 2$t is a feature which stitches multiple images together to create a wide, panoramic image.

Soun( # Shot 2>ew age devices have this property which allows a phone to record a video with sound bytes

the background.

4i(eo $ecor(in5!'ost smart phones can record videos with their rear camera but check out at what rate they c

do so. "he best rate so far for smart phones is 0 frames per second. >ote higher the frame rate better the vid

would be to watch. 9lso check whether the front camera can record videos or not.

Processor:

No of Cores: peed and multi-tasking level of any computing device including smart phones is direcproportional to the number of cores its processor has. o a dual core processor is e#pected to be faster than a sin

core processor and so forth. Currently smart phones come with single core, dual core, &uad core, and even octa co

processor @amsung 2ala#y , >ote 0A. $f you are buying a phone for gaming go for &uad core or octa cphones. *ual core phones can also handle most available mobile phone games.

Cloc) spee(! $t is the speed at which the processor could e#ecute instructions. >aturally higher the clock speed

better the performance of the phone would be

Type!ou would come across a range of processors like napdragon, >ivdia, $ntel, 'ediatek etc 8 each of th

processors have their own disadvantage and advantages. 'ediatek chipsets are cheaper and you would find thesemost low cost handsets while >vidia3s "egra processor are considered as best as of now for gaming.

'emory1

$AM! mart phones like any computing device need random access memory to e#ecute programs. "hus higher

D9' amount, the smoother performance would be. :owever, in smart phones you cannot upgrade D9' as ycan do in computers

*67 MB!"his is the bare minimum for a smart phone. *evices with + '% D9' are slower and cannot do mu

tasking.

68* MB!9 well-optimised smart phone can handle mild games and do multi-tasking @+-0 programs at a timeA this is considered as only the average amount of D9' one should go for in a smart phone


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8 +B an( abo%e- For current level of computing in a smart phone, < 2% and above amount of D9' is sufficie%ut go for

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