Important things to check before buying a Smart Phone.

People base their decisions on getting a mobile phone from advertisements or friends’ referrals.  What is most important are these few items below which will help you to decide the phone that best suits you and help you in achieving great results.

Operating System:

Operating System that is used on a Smartphone or tablet is yet another major feature to be considered before you buy. Smart phones and tablets runs on Operating System and the choices are Android OS, iOS, Microsoft Phone 7, Blackberry OS, webOS, Symbian etc. Android OS is very popular and used in a wide range of models.

Security:

Phones stores many confidential details like, password for all social media logins, bank details, and many more. This is the reason we should take security factor strongly into consideration. With new biometric security features all smart phones are much secure. iOS is having it touch id authentication and Android is having Google’s fingerprint system. Your fingerprint will be your id to unlock your phone if you are using these two operating systems.

​Camera:

Several specifications such as camera aperture, ISO levels, pixel size, autofocus and more are essential because Just having more number of megapixels does not mean that the smart phone camera is better.

More number of pixels means more the size of the image, which becomes sharper when seen on a small screen. A photographer enthusiast might want a camera with 12 or 16MP sensor under f/2.0 or lower aperture for speedy shots even in low lights. A casual shooter can go by even with an 8MP 0r 12MP camera with f/2.0-f/2.2 aperture.

Battery Life:

This is an important feature to look out for, especially if you are always on transit! The lower the battery capacity, the faster it dies out on you. When browsing through specifications of phones on the internet, always look out for talk time. Anything less than 12 hours (half a day) on 2G, forget it. So go for smart phones that have history of durable lasting batteries for your benefit. But above all, the battery usage differs from user to user depending on the way he/she uses the smart phone.

Storage:

A large part of the smart phone’s storage is taken away from the OS and the apps the device comes pre-installed with. A 16GB/32GB/64GB or more don’t really come with exact mentioned space. If you like to keep less number of apps on your devices, you can go for 32GB storage.

Users who like to keep higher number of apps can go for 64GB or 128GB variants. You can also buy a 16GB model that supports microSD card as well.

 Budget:

The single most important deciding factor in purchasing your next mobile phone the cash at hand. Whether the phone is an expensive, mid range or lower range, it all depends on your spending power If you have the cash for a mid range phone, you should spend it instead on an older model high end mobile phone. For example, if you can’t afford a Samsung Galaxy S2, get the Samsung Galaxy S instead. It’s half the price and it will stay relevant longer than if you were to spend it on a Samsung Galaxy Ace.