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<h1 style="text-align: center;">smartphones</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>This article attempts to outline some of the <strong>'key factors'</strong> involved in choosing the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>right/best smartphone for you</strong></span>. It is written with the '<strong>good intention'</strong> of helping the non or less technically inclined, new smartphone user/s decide on which smartphone might be the best choice for them.</li> <li>There are <strong>a lot of variables that come into play when choosing a smartphone</strong> (os, device, brand, apps, service provider, service package) and I can imagine that walking into any 1 of a myriad of smartphone vendors with the countless choices, mix in some sales person bias, personal opinions, current promotions, etc and it could make choosing that new smartphone somewhat overwhelming/confusing or even frustrating.</li> <li><strong>It's doesnt have to be confusing, its really quite simple!</strong> Start by choosing your operating system(os). Currently there are 2 primary choices. ios (by apple) and android (open source) are the 2 biggies and together they account for almost 90% of the mobile os market. Choosing between them based on market share (66 to 22) may make it seem pretty straitforward BUT keep in mind that apple has been around a lot longer and that android is coming on strong for a number of very good reasons. Check out my <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ios-VS-android</span></strong> comparision which attempts to outline some of the basic differences between these 2 os.</li> <li><strong>There are other operating sytems, and even more coming ... </strong> </li> <ol> <li>] blackberry os 7 by RIM is another option to consider IF you NEED/WANT a device with a physical keyboard and ...</li> <li>] windows phone 7 by microsoft is a windows os version for smarthphones which barely anyone uses but they </li> <li>] Both RIM(blackberry 10) and microsoft (windows phone 8) have newer (and much improved) versions of their mobile OS coming to market soon. Check back for more</li> <li>] still more ... ] symbian, ]</li> </ol> <li><strong>] disclosures & disclaimers</strong></li> <ol> <li>] personally i use an android phone(samsung galaxy sII).</li> <li>] there was no money/incentive earned by myself for publishing this opinion. </li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] why do i need/want [that]</strong></li> <ol> <li>smartphone - an all-in-one device thats a phone, an address book, web browser, alarm clock, camera, HD video camera, audio player, video player,</li> <li>screen size -</li> <li>processor -</li> <ol> <li>ram -</li> <li>hdd -</li> </ol> <li>keyboard -</li> <li>battery life -</li> <li>talk time</li> <li>standby time</li> <li>wless stds - lte </li> <li>wifi stds</li> <li>bluetooth -</li> <li>microphone -</li> <li>speaker - </li> <li>camera -</li> <li>i/o -</li> <ol> <li>storage</li> <li>audio</li> </ol> <li>[]</li> <li>connectors</li> <ol> <li>power</li> <li>usb</li> </ol> <li><strong>[extras]</strong></li> <li>NFC</li> <li><strong>[dimensions]</strong></li> <ol> <li>height:</li> <li>width:</li> <li>thickness:</li> <li>weight:</li> </ol> <li><strong>[intangibles]</strong></li> <li>] who made this?</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li>] to use [what]</li> </ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] to use [what]</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li>] apple iphone 5</li> <li>] samsung galaxy s3</li> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] choose your OS - <span style="text-decoration: underline;">how to choose a smartphone os</span></strong></li> <ol> <li><strong>ios</strong> - apple os, limited to</li> <li><strong>android</strong> - open source os, backed by google,</li> <li>COMING SOON (2012-11) <strong>windows 8</strong> - microsoft os,</li> <li>COMING SOON (2013-??) <strong>blackberry 10</strong> - BB os,</li> <li><strong>others</strong> -</li> </ol> <li><strong>] choose your HW - </strong></li> <ol> <li><strong>ios</strong> - if you've decideD on the apple os, basically you have only have 3 devices to choose from ...</li> <ol> <li>iphone 5(newest), The newest version has these feature differences that the previous version does not have. It is the most expensive</li> <li>iphone 4s(previous), almost all the features, less money</li> <li>iphone 4(older) The previous version will likely be available for <$ (est 200)</li> </ol> <li><strong>android</strong> - lots of choices from many different mfgs(samsung,sony,htc,lg, ... ) the following models are some of the most popular choices today (this will change )</li> <ol> <li>samsung galaxy sIII</li> <li>htc one x</li> <li>sony experion</li> <li>motorola razr</li> </ol> <li>NEXT <strong>windows 8</strong> - a handful of choices from a few mfgs (nokia, htc, )</li> <li>NEXT <strong>bb 10</strong> - touch or keyboard or both</li> <li><strong>others</strong> - ??, dont think there are any others for consideration at this time, that may change</li> </ol> <li><strong>] choose your APPS -</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong>ios</strong> -</li> <li><strong>android</strong> -</li> <li><strong>windows 8</strong> - yeah OK, microsoft is new to the apps game, but they are getting into it and there is a huge 'windows' development community that exists infrastructure</li> <li>bb - the bb 10 os will run android apps,</li> <li>others - ??, dont think there are any others for consideration at this time, that may change</li> </ol> <li><strong>] choose your SP Service Provider </strong></li> <ol> <li>] Keep in mind, not all providers will have all phones, right now.</li> </ol> <li><strong>] choose your SP Service Provider / Package -</strong></li> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] ANA COMPARE - iphone (x) VS samsung (x)</li> </ol> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p>