Do you find yourself confused while choosing the right smartphone that suit your need?
Today I am here with a guide to choose the right smartphone that fits your need. This article will explain all the basic criteria to choose a right smartphone for you.
The smartphone must look cool, have a slim profile, great display, lens to capture real life images and a massive battery. Let's look at the latest developments and the key parameters to keep in mind while choosing a smartphone these days.
Today I am here with a guide to choose the right smartphone that fits your need. This article will explain all the basic criteria to choose a right smartphone for you.
The smartphone must look cool, have a slim profile, great display, lens to capture real life images and a massive battery. Let's look at the latest developments and the key parameters to keep in mind while choosing a smartphone these days.
With the progression of the smartphone industry, gradually more features are continuously being added/upgraded to do multiple tasks and there is always a question as "which smartphone should one buy and for what price". So "TechTricks" present you a comprehensive smartphone buying guide to choose the right smartphone....
The bigger is helpful in all aspect of mobile usage, be it playing games, watching videos, typing message, video chats.
We can categorize the screen size in three formats:
Between 3 to 4.4 inches
- Compact design thus is easy to carry in pocket.
- Can be easily used with one hand without stretching your thumb.
- Great for checking emails.
- Key models: Apple iPhone 5S, Samsung Galaxy Star Pro, BlackBerry Z10 etc.
Between 4.5 to 5.4 inches
- Can be used for all purpose like watching videos, playing games.
- Good battery life.
- Fairly comfortable to use with one hand
- Key models: iPhone 6, HTC One M9, etc.
- Budget Phones like Mi Redmi4 , Mi Note 4a etc.
Between 5.5 inches to more
- Great for multimedia consumption.
- Great for reading eBooks due to larger screen size.
- Require two hand operation.
- Allows to run two apps simultaneously.
- Larger battery life.
- Key Models: iphone 7Plus, Galaxy S8.
- Budget Phones : Mi Note4, LeEco 1s, Nokia 6( these are TechTricks prefered ).
Display Quality
The smartphone Industry rotates around various names to describe the viewing experience on your smartphone sccreen viz. IPS, LCD, Retina, AMOLED etc. Also check for the protective coating on screen like Gorilla Glass that prevent breaking your smartphone screen from accidental drops or Anti-Scratch Resistant/Fingerprint coating that protects the screen from scratches or fingerprint smudges.
LCD Display
- LCD panels produces a wider color gamut due to blending of primary colors but wider range is not better all the time as it produces over saturated images and images can also look distorted at times.
- LCD screen produces realistic colors but do not offer as wide a contrast ratio as AMOLED screens.
- LCD panels do not produce deep and clear blacks.
IPS (In-Plane Switching) Display
- IPS displays wider viewing angles and good color reproduction.
- IPS panel displays consistent, more accurate colors from all viewing angles.
- IPS are costlier and are most common in High-end smartphone.
- One of the disadvantages of IPS panels is they consume more power
AMOLED Display
- AMOLED displays delivers higher refresh rates and consume less power.
- AMOLED screens have brilliant color reproduction, higher brightness levels, and good contrast ratio.
- Moreover, Since the light in display screen comes from individual pixels instead of being produced from a backlight, thus to create a black color, relevant pixels are dimmed off giving deep black.
Super AMOLED
- Color gamut is high, images are much granular, high color richness.
- Easy to view in direct sunlight.
- Super AMOLED screens have battery saving efficencies.
Retina Dsiplay
- Retina Display screen are good, sharp, colorful and bright.
- These have wide, sharper viewing angles and colors are much more vivid and vibrant and the Apple's Retina display are hard to beat in terms of pixel density and resolution.
The ideal option must depend on what you will use your screen for. If you want to watch movies, play games AMOLED will be better choice . On the other hand If web surfing document viewing is more important to you than LCDs and Retina displays will be preferable as it is easier to read on screen for long periods.
Camera
If you're a photography enthusiast, don't go blindly for the idea that more megapixels will give you better pictures or promotion like best camera phone or best selfie phone.
Instead, look for phones that pack good camera optics like aperture, speed, and other relevant features
- If you want to capture decent shot indoors without using the flash look for a larger aperture. Like iPhone 7 Plus is f/2.2, while pixel has g/1.8. A lower number means a larger aperture, which typically translates to better low-light performance.
- Look for optical image stabilization to reduce blur and improve low-light performance.
- Look for higher optical zoom for capturing long distant objects clearly.
- Dual tone LED flashlight for good low-light images.
- The Panorama feature is useful when you're mostly out on vacation and want to capture a wide angle view.
- Good photos are a result of adequate megapixels, good lens, and sensor technology, as well as high end processor chipset.
Operating System
The most popular OSes are Google's Android, Apple's IOS, Microsoft's Windows Phone OS.
Benefits of Android
- Most popular OS and is available to wide price range of smartphones.
- It is an Open OS, which means is easy to customize with widgets, launchers, and more..
- Many more choices than iOS or WP when it comes design, display size, specs, capabilities, and price. ( Android is TechTricks recommended).
Benefits of iOS
- The biggest reason to opt for an iOS device is its selection of apps. Apple's App Store tends to get the hottest apps and games.
- Family Sharing lets up to six people in your family share iTunes, books and app purchases.
- iPhone users enjoy the broadcast array of accessories because there's less variation in design from one model to the next.
Benefits of Windows Phone
- Offers some compelling feature on its own, such as a dynamic Start Screen and the Cortana digital assistant, but they haven't been enough to sway shoppers.
- Only available on selected number of devices, mainly in Lumia phones.
CPU and GPU
Before choosing a smartphone, look for the following specs for hassle free experience.
CPU Speed
- The CPU Speed for most smartphone fall into 1-1.3 GHz and 1.5 - 2.2 GHz for high-end smartphones.
- Higher number of cores like QuadCore or OctaCore ensures better performance than dual core ones.
- Look for dual core if you want to perform basic functionality.
- If you want to watch Full HD videos, want rich multitasking then preferred choice is quad core.
- If you want to perform high-end gaming and tasks without the CPU coming to crawl then go for OctaCore processors with Mali or Adreno GPU.
RAM
Ram in the smartphone is associated as to how its performance would be. The speed of RAM is measured in terms of MHz generally and they are classified as LP DDR1 < LP DDR2 < LP DDR3etc in order of their capabilities. Now a day's smartphone manufacturers use DDR# for enhanced performance.
- Having more RAM gives you freedom for switching between apps or frequently used and more RAM results into better multitasking.
- If you want to play heavy graphics game like Asphalt 8 or Dead Trigger you should choose at least 2 GB of RAM.
Storage
Go for as much as possible. Usually, phones support 32 GB and then you from 64 to 128 GB of external storage option. Before making a choice keep in mind that micro-SD can often store a portion of apps.
Data Connectivity
LTE stands for Long Term Evolution, which is a new of faster data connectivity for both GSM and CDMA technologies. Often referred as 4G or 4G LTE, it's the speediest data throughput you can get right now. Now-a-days most phones are 4G ready.
TechTricks recommend 4G phones with VoLTE Technology.
Battery
Again go for as large as possible. While smartphone are growing more advanced and are becoming powerful, with HD screens and professional camera technology, but they are still limited by power.
- Measured in mAH, go for higher numbers to give you more talk time, and enough juice to run your music and videos.
- Some smartphones are also equipped to Low Power Mode where battery is about to get fully depleted and can still run for hours which can be useful when you are out travelling and want to get hooked on remaining battery in case of emergency.
TechTricks hopes with this you will be able to choose best smartphone next time you're out there to buy one. This is complete guide to buy a smartphone.
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