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What is
smartphone?
A smartphone, or smart phone, is a mobile phone
built on a mobile operating system, with more
advanced computing capability and connectivity than a feature phone.The
first smartphones combined the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA) with a
mobile phone. Later models added the functionality of portable media players, low-end compact
digital
cameras, pocket video cameras, and GPS
navigation units to form one multi-use device. Many modern smartphones also
include high-resolution touchscreens and web browsers
that display standard web pages as well as mobile-optimized
sites. High-speed data access is provided by Wi-Fi and mobile
broadband. In recent years, the rapid development of mobile app
markets and of mobile commerce have been drivers of smartphone
adoption.
The mobile operating systems (OS) used by
modern smartphones include Google's Android, Apple's
iOS, Nokia's Symbian,
RIM's BlackBerry OS,
Samsung's
Bada, Microsoft's
Windows Phone,
Hewlett-Packard's
webOS,
and embedded
Linux distributions such as Maemo and MeeGo. Such operating
systems can be installed on many different phone models, and typically each
device can receive multiple OS software updates over its lifetime. A few other
upcoming operating systems are Mozilla's Firefox OS, Canonical
Ltd.'s Ubuntu Phone, and Tizen.
Worldwide sales of smartphones exceeded those of feature
phones in early 2013. As of July 18, 2013, 90 percent of global
handset sales are attributed to the purchase of iPhone and Android smartphones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
Why people
use smartphone?
Is social networking the real reason
that people are so obsessed with their smartphones? Mark Bonnett attempts to
answer this question for us.
After months or even years of rumours,
Facebook finally unveiled its plans for the mobile industry, in the shape of
Facebook Home, a homescreen replacement that will be made available for Android
phones through Google Play, and which will put the Facebook experience front
and centre on your phone. However, it wasn’t just the new software which was
unveiled at the time; Facebook Home will also find a home in a phone
specifically optimised to use it, the aptly named HTC First.
During the unveiling of Facebook Home,
Mark Zuckerberg went to great pains to point out that Facebook is the most used
app on mobile phones, with the clear implication being that Facebook was at
least partly responsible for the success of smartphones.
But how true is that? Is social networking
really the big reason why people use smartphones?
That’s an intriguing question, because
there can be very little doubt that social networking has had a massive
effect on the popularity of smartphones; the statistics do indeed show
that Facebook is used by millions of people, on phones as diverse as the iPhone
5 or the Android-powered Sony Xperia Z. Some phones take that to an even deeper
level, with HTC phone sin particular being adept at integrating Facebook
contacts into your phone; the same can also be said about the Windows Phone
platform, powering phones such as the HTC 8X.
However, Zuckerberg posited a world
where Facebook was the main reason why people use their smartphones, and
it’s this claim which we can examine in more detail. This claim is what
led Zuckerberg to compare current smartphone interfaces to the very first
Windows interface on PCs (whereby people click on icons, to start programs, or
apps in the case of smartphones) after all, and it is why Facebook Home
was designed to be the way it is.
However, while Facebook is undoubtedly a
reason why people use their phones, many have come out to say that it’s not the
main reason. It’s notable that the stats shown at the Facebook Home
unveiling only included downloaded apps like Instagram; the stats didn’t
include core functionalities of modern smartphones, features like the
web browser, the music player or the camera, for example. This immediately
throws some doubt on Zuckerberg’s assertion, as many suspect that if those
features were included, their usage statistics would trounce even the Facebook
app.
Thus it seems likely that, while social
networking has played a crucial part in the success of smartphones, it’s
not the whole story.
Of course, in this case, there is
an easy way to find out a definitive answer, and it’s this: simply wait. If
Zuckerberg is correct, and Facebook is what people really want to use on
their phones, then logically, Facebook Home will become one of the most popular
mobile apps ever, while simultaneously, the HTC First will sell by the million.
Considering that it’s going to be going
up against the truly epic Samsung Galaxy S4, and considering that the Samsung
Galaxy S3 should naturally drop in price once the S4 goes on sale, taking it
into the kind of mid-range territory where the HTC First will sit, it’s
definitely going to be a baptism of fire for the newcomer!
Source: http://www.buymobilephones.net/news/the-big-reason-people-use-smartphones#sthash.sMn235xT.dpuf
Top Ten Reasons Why People Buy Smartphones
The use of smartphones has seen a steady and
rapid increase over time and space. These days, any decision to buy a
smartphone is one motivated by knowledge that a good smartphone can allow you
to accomplish more than you thought you could - whether professional or
personal - and remain mobile.
However, as with most other electronics
market spaces, there are an insane number of manufacturers and smartphones,
making choosing your next big gadget-related investment a dicey proposition, if
you have not conducted sufficient research into all possible angles.
There are a number of requirements you need
to consider, ranging from something as simple as price and budget to whether or
not you want a camera or a particular kind of technology; even brand can play a
big role in determining what you will eventually plump for.
Social networking refers to the use of online
platforms that focus on building social networks across the world, allowing
users to share common interests, notifications of activities or events and even
daily thoughts. The popularity of platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Google+
has grown exponentially in recent times and shows no real sign of slowing down,
suggest that a smartphone capable of seamlessly integrating with any one or all
of the aforementioned services is a must.
According to the survey, 53.2 percent of users polled tend to update and
read statuses as well as upload photographs to their networking accounts every
day, while another 26.6 percent do so occasionally. The most frequent users
are, logically, enough, the younger generations (up to 24 years old) are the
most active and account for nearly 60 percent
Smartphones users have long realised
the utility of a good camera on their phones and manufacturers have hastened to
comply with their requests. The survey suggests that 98.6 percent of polled
users are frequent users of their smartphone's cameras - teenagers are the most
frequent (take photographs every day) compared to people over the age of 50
(take photographs once a week). Women tend to use the camera's special features
more often than men, who, however, retaliate by taking more photographs.
As much as 60.7 percent of polled users said they listen to
music on their phones every day, while another 34.6 percent said they do so
occasionally. In effect, more than 95 percent of people with smartphones use
their phones as much as portable music players as anything else.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, men are more likely than women to watch videos online and
these usually tend to be music videos or short comic clips and GSM Arena claims
their popularity is almost double that of regular films.
Business Wire reported a 34 percent increase in accessing videos on
smartphones over the past year and that 52 percent of all smartphone videos are
watched at home, between 5 pm and 11 pm.
Naturally, the thrill of mobile gaming is a big reason to buy a smartphone,
particularly since the high-end devices like the newly launched Samsung Galaxy
S3 sports such fantastic graphics and processing power. Predictably, mobile
gaming is most popular among youngsters, with 60 percent enjoying games every
day. The interest in mobile gaming seems to decrease with age though; the
feature's overall score is only 47.7 percent. Finally, the survey suggests
women are less enamoured by mobile games than men.
According to the survey, 78.6
percent of all users browse the web on their phones daily. In fact, only one in
80 respondents has never done so. Women and people over 50 years of age tend to
use the web less often than young men do.
Unlike traditional cell phones, smartphones allow users to install apps of
their choice. According to the survey, only 45 percent of the users check the
app stores every day, while the total visitors who tend to browse the app
stores are double that number. Naturally, teenagers are the most frequent
users, while women and people over 50 hardly browse the app stores.
One of the most obvious advantages of any mobile phone, let alone a
smartphone, is the ability to text. Although its popularity has waned a little
over the years, the report says as much as 78.7 percent of polled users confirm
texting is something they do often
Interestingly, according to the survey, a total of 97.8 percent of all phone
users use the alarm clock feature; 82.7 percent use it every day.
The reports suggest people in the age group of 25 - 32 use it the most, while
the youngest (under-18) and the oldest (over 50) rarely do so.
Finally, the lure of mobile Internet on the go makes for a very convenient way
of accessing the Internet from a smartphone, via a USB modem. According to the
survey, over 90 percent of all the users access the Internet (71 percent do so
every day). Incidentally, teenagers score below average on this count, possibly
because of the high cost of using the Internet.
Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/348123/20120603/smartphone-features-camera-browsing-gaming-apps-gps.htm
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