How to choose a new smartphone?

How to choose a smartphone?

Unless you are a rich kid with more money left to spend, you possible won’t buy a smartphone every 6 month. So, I am going to help you choose the smartphone you want in your pocket. Don’t worry, you can change your smartphone when you get bored, so it’s not like choosing a wife! Ain’t that a kick!!

First, you need to fix your budget. Budget is based on what performance you want what benchmark you want. If you want high power smartphones with dashing snapdragon processors and sleek body and juicy battery with enough RAM, normally, you go above 400$.If you want midrange and powerful, you get to choose from 250-400 $ and the basic is from below 250 $.

Next, you have to be conscious about the product. Right now, the most influential phone makers are definitely Apple, Samsung, HTC, Microsoft (formerly Nokia) LG and Sony. These are the major player but some substantially good players are Oppo, One plus one, Xiaomi, Gionee, Micromax, and Karbon. Brand value gets the attention. Resale value too, gets the attention. If your phone is from Apple, then you get the best resale value. Well, if your phone is unheard brand, you get minimal value. If your phone is rare, and specs are amazing, you get more than Apple.

The next thing you got to check is its OS, Size, Screen Resolution, Processor, RAM, Storage and its juice. They need to be in symphony and if one is disturbed, it hampers the whole phone.
So, here is a quick notice:

OS:
The latest is the best. For android, it’s Android 5.0. It is also known as Lollipop. For windows, it is Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 is coming pretty soon. For iOS, it is iOS 8.

Size:
The current flagship ranges from 5 inch to 6 inches. It’s your choice since it’s up to your hand that can hold and use single handedly. Better go for 5 inches.

Screen Resolution:
Greater the screen resolution, more juice it consumes. So even if you opt for quadHD screen resolution, your eyes can’t see more than 300 ppi. It’s all battle in figures. Stay for the FHD, which is good enough for you.

Processor:
Choose wisely. Cheaper phones use mediate processor or other unheard processor. While most of the manufacturers opt for Snapdragon processor, it is equally better to look for the model. I have compiled the snapdragon on this post. See Snapdragon. New one is nvidia, which makes gaming processor, and now is available for android phones as well. The latest snapdragon processor is Snapdragon 800 series. The newest in the series is Snapdragon 810.

RAM:
RAM assumes the amount of memory that can be used by phone to do some functions. The bigger the RAM, more fluidic is the phone. Currently, the maximum RAM holder is Samsung Galaxy Note 4 with 3 GB of RAM.

Storage:
It is almost useful if your phone  supports external storage, USB OTG. A phone with no external card support is almost useless. At this time, maximum support of external storage or memory card is 128 GB. So, better buy a phone with support for external storage/memory card.

 Juice/Battery
The bigger the battery, the more time to charge and more time to use. A 5 inch phone with quadHD display and 3 GB RAM would need around 4000 mAH of battery. Nowadays, USB 3.0 allows faster charging.
And new phones come with wireless charging. That’s a plus point for considering.

Other:
Wireless connectivity, Network connectivity, tethering capability, applications in the ecosystem all matters.
Better to use a phone with 4g capability since it supports high speed data and voice transfer. The latest iteration of Wi-Fi is 802.11 a/b/g/n, a/c. Bluetooth 4.0 or above, NFC etc.

If you are considering to buy a phone, and you want to know which phone is in your budget, feel free to comment below.