Smartphone market is growing fast around the globe, but emerging markets including India are seeing better growth in this market. Smartphones are growing because of usability and features. Phones are now just not meant for calls but also help us in various other things related to our personal or professional life. While most of the people, especially old age people, see it just a phone, it is a phone with smart abilities. Featured phone market is going down quarter by quarter, still it is a large market which cannot be neglect. People can go for a featured phone for many reasons. Primary reason can be the affordability and secondary can be the interest. But, smartphone is now a must have a device and every person thinking to buy a featured phone should also consider and try to buy a smartphone in place of featured phone. If you have budget issue, you can go with entry level Android smartphone which now starts for around Rs. 3000. If you are still not convinced, I would like to talk about reasons why you should go for a smartphone. As a #TEchnocrats, I know how important this smartphone is for us. It is putting technology in our pocket and easily accessible.
These are the primary reasons which make smartphone a must have device for us.
1. Better access to Internet
No one can neglect the importance of Internet. With a smartphone, you will have a better access to Internet. Yes, featured phones also come with Internet access but browsers on these devices are not so good. On smartphones, we can use Chrome, Firefox and Opera like browsers for better experience. On featured phones, we can also use Opera Mini if we try to go for best. But smartphones are still better in terms of Internet access.
Not just browsers, we have dedicated apps to access different services including Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Flipkart and other services. These apps offer better user experience on mobile devices that it could offer on mobile websites. Apps also offer personalized things and better recommendations based on our interest.
In featured phones, you can only get connectivity up to 3G data network. But smartphones are now coming with faster 4G LTE connectivity. So, you will experience much faster experience than you could get in featured phones.
So, overall smartphones offer better Internet experience as compared to featured phones.
2. Better camera experience
Featured phone also come with camera and even few featured phones can compete with entry level smartphones in terms of camera hardware. If you need powerful hardware, you can buy expensive smartphone packed with better imaging technology. But software also plays an important role in overall photography experience. Smartphone offers different camera apps which helps you use your camera in better way. With the availability of different modes and functions, we have more control over the camera of phone.
So, smartphones are also winning in camera segment too.
3. Wide range usability to make your life easier
Smartphones let us access various kind of data with dedicated apps available in different app stores. We have access to Google maps and other mapping services which not only provide map but also offer turn-by-turn navigation. It is helpful when we are at unknown city. Various education apps are now available which lets us download content and access it offline. Most of the schools and universities have made available their content.
Now, there are various apps for different things to help in our daily life. Foodpanda and Zomato like apps offer on-demand food services, Uber and ola offer on-demand cab service, Flipkart and Myntra are app only and news content is accessible in one click. These things also make our life easier.
You are also connected to different cloud services. So, you can save your important data to cloud. Smartphones also send notifications. So, you are always updated with latest news happening near your location or in your network.
Now, fitness apps are also there to help us in our fitness. Security apps help us in getting quick help when needed.
4. Quick and easier way of communication
In featured phones, we have call and SMS as the only way of communication. We can also access mail via mobile browser but that is complicated in featured phones. In smartphones, we have WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, Hangouts and other communication apps. Few of these even work on slow data connection to offer better way of communication. Frankly speaking, whatsapp is cheaper than traditional SMS way.
We also have option to do video calls in smartphone by using native video calling or different video calling services.
5. Various options for entertainment
Smartphones not just let you listen to music but also come with the support to various games. Depending on the phone’s hardware, you can download different games and enjoy. You can also watch videos or movies in the phone. Most of the smartphones offer high data storage capacity. So, you can save photos, videos, and movies in the phone.
These are the reasons why you smartphone is a must have device for us. Reason 1 and 3 are the primary factors which makes this device a must have thing. It is not just a phone, it is a tool to make our life easier.
But, I also want to add an important thing. This is a must have device but you should restrict its usage. Using smartphone all the time is not good for health and personal life. We should not leave a chance to interact people outside the phone.
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