In this day in age companies, and carriers are releasing phones which appears to be daily. And you may be asking yourself. Which phone is correct for me? Well today im gonna do my best to help you with this decision. Screen size, processors, memory, camera, and bloatware (stock applications). So take this stroll with me as I help you with this tough decision.
Heres the scenario, you walk into your brick and mortar tech store, It may be best buy, Radioshack, or for your city you may have well known Cell phone stores, Wherever your shopping you will be bombarded as soon as you hit the door. Here are some tips to make this situation a lot easier. It helps to know what phone you are looking for, that salesperson will ask you questions such as, what are you looking for? How much data do you think you will use? Do you like apps? They may even ask you do you have children. It makes the experience easier when youve already done research on phones and carriers that you are interested in.
In this ever evolving field of data and technology, Companies are producing phones that adhere to certain parties, Take the newly released HTC Evo Design 4G. This phone is a middle of the pack smartphone. Now for the average consumer specs and hardware doesnt matter, They would just like to know how smooth does it run, and what apps am i able to download. This specific handset rocks the beautiful 4 inch qhd screen. A downgrade from its predecessor the original Evo 4G in terms of screen size but and upgrade in pixel density. All of you may not understand what that means. Basically a more visually appealing screen, better viewing angles and brighter colors. The internals, for a lack of better words are underwhelming. Thats only in the eyes of those who would love a superphone. The device only sports a 1.2 ghz processor a small bump up from the original. Which isn’t that bad. The price point is very wallet friendly only sporting 99$ on a new contract or eligible upgrade. Now i used this phone as my example because its the most current middle of the pack phone that is available, but believe there are quite a few middle of the pack phones out there that hold their own weight in a smartphone fight. Samsung, which has just released the flagship Galaxy Nexus has quite a few handsets that reach out to those “lower needs consumers”. The Infuse, the Transform, and the still strong nexus s, the phone that introduced gingerbread, just as its younger brother has introduced ice cream sandwich. Now those are just android handsets, i chose to speak on android first as all carrier serve the android os. Its the whore of smartphones...If im allowed to say that.
Now windows phone, which operates a large percentage of their phones on att, dont really produce Superphones. No windows phone have yet to cross over into the dual core market, thus keeping their price points very modest. But they did strike a great deal exlusively with Nokia whose already Pushed 2 beautiful windows phone devices, and the third isnt very far off. Windows phone is a straighforward Os, everything that you need is right ther on the home screen, similar to apples ios, but very different. They try to make it simple to integrate your windows home operating system with your phone, bringing a rich experience that connects home, business, and personal life at all times. I like the idea for families, but for a single person, im not sure if its the greatest os. Now dont get me wrong the build is solid, the learning curve is low, but it is microsoft branded...If that speaks anything to you. According to a list i stumbled upon on wikipedia there are only 22 wp7 devices, 21 technically because the Nokia Lumia 900 has yet to be released. And im not sure if is exclusive to the os itself, but only 4 of these handsets offer you front facing cameras for video chat. But with many os upgrades and overhauls on the way, whos not to say that all wp7 devices will have front facing cameras, and began to ship with dual core chips. Dont worry microsoft. We wont hold our breaths.
Blackberry? Blackberry, blackberry, blackberry....Im not sure what to say about the once PROMINENT smartphone giant. I believe in terms of a Superphone nothing is in the works, unless they have their lips sealed tight. But they did release the all touch version of the torch, the series 9850 and 9860 i believe. They keep their prices very manageable, between 99 and 199. I dont know the exact specs, but i do know that Blackberry has its series 10 os in the works and looks to release it 1st or 2nd quarter of 2012. Blackberry who used to pump out phones like nobodies business have deathly slowed down as of late. Im not sure if its because they are completely switching their focus to the business consumers, or what it may be. But blackberry i have one thing to say, I MISS YOU.
Last but not least, we have the simple, straightforward, and always easy to use, apples ios. The iphone will always be a superphone that any consumer will be able to pick up and use with ease. Prices vary depending solely on the amount of internal memory you desire. The operating system is very straightforward. the apps are what offer you the customization. What sets ios apart form android or any other os is he continued vigilance against hackers. Android purposely hands hackers and developers the source codes, thus giving them the abilities to build their own roms. the furthest you can get with ios is jailbreaking it, this just offers the abilities of further customization, and some installation of 3rd party apps, not found in the app store. But that information will all be placed in another, smaller blog. Apple’s ios, every since its landing some 5 odd years ago, has continually revamped, and evolved its os and user experience. Every year offering something absolutely groundbreaking. Witht he introduction of this years version 5, apple has given birth to the cloud, and that little voice search option known as siri. Siri has to be the most in depth voice search available for any os. You can schedule calendar events, add reminders, automatically have yourself navigated to a destination. I mean honestly, the possibilities are quite endless. So far Siri si still just an infant, i believe she will grow to be an amazing core application, and google/android will have to go to the drawing table to compete. In terms of helping the average consumer ios is simple, fun, intuitive and moves at a pace that doesnt disappoint, screen transitions are fluent, apps open with ease, and for the most part (when you update the handset through itunes) calls are crystal clear. facetime is in my words the most fluid video calling software available...i have yet to tinker with anything outside of skype and tango. But you have to realise facetime is apple branded and im sure that anything that is apple branded, and apple exclusive.....will be developed with the utmost apple finesse. Not much goes into the choice of actual handsets, with only the 3gs, 4 and 4s available. the only true difference next to form factor is siri is only available on the 4s... so far that is. Im sure there are employees out there looking to compress siri’s data and make it able to operate on a single core chip, at least for the iphone 4.
So what phone is right for you? Superphone? Middle of the pack? do you want to just stick with that good ol flip phone with the amazing battery life and always great call volume? (thanks Verizon) I don’t know the answer only you know that answer but, what i can tell you is that I’m here to brighten those dark corridors when you walk into that store.
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