5 Specs to Consider When Buying a Smartphone
Settling for a smartphone that best suits your needs can be a hard decision to make. However, there are some factors that can guide you to buy the best smartphone.
With the rise in the number of good and affordable smartphones in the market you can not overlook some specifications lest you buy a less desirable phone.
Specifications such as the purpose of the smartphone, battery size, camera specs, RAM, internal storage, display, touch sampling rate and refresh rate are the most important specs to consider before you buy an affordable smartphone. In this article we have put together an in-depth list of these 5 Specs to consider when buying a smartphone.
1. Purpose of the Smartphone
Communication is the single most important purpose of any phone, smartphones however come with other custom uses. Some come with exceptional capabilities of photography, videography, playing music, voice recording, vlogging etc. Once you have decided to buy a smartphone, this various purposes will guide your choice of the best smartphone to buy.
When buying a smartphone to scale your photography, videography and minivloging skills you need a phone with good camera.
Examples in this category include are Iphone 13 Pro, Iphone 13 Pro Max. On the other hand smartphones suitable for playing music come with two Dolby Atmos speakers to create that 3D effect for a great listening experience. Examples of phones with inbuilt Doly Atmos speakers are Iphone 11 Pro, Iphone 11.
2. Battery Size and Fast Charging ability
Nothing is more tiring than a smartphone with an unreliable battery capacity. Such phones go off when you need them most. To enjoy best the specs your phone has to offer you need a phone with a powerful battery.
Most good and affordable smartphones come with Li-Po ion batteries with capacities between 4000mAh and 6000mAh. These phones will serve you for the better part of the day on maximum usage on a single charge. Examples of phones in this category include Xiaomi Redmi 10, Xiaomi Redmi 9 Power.
Also ensure that the smartphone supports fast charging from 12W to 45W is a good range for fast chargers.
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3. RAM and Internal Storage ( ROM)
The difference between RAM and ROM is that RAM stores the data as long as your device is still running i.e. temporarily whereas ROM permanently stores the instructions to your device.
A good smartphone is one with a sufficient space to store a large chunk of data without slowing the speed of your phone. Smartphones can have a RAM of up to 1 GB and an internal storage of upto 1 TB.
4. Smartphone Processor
Processors in smartphones determine the performance of your device. The performance of your processor will directly affect the functioning of all the applications.
A processor basically receives the commands and executes all instructions fed to the device. Going for a smartphone with a good and fast processor will ensure that all your applications run seamlessly.
Most smartphones use Qualcomm Snapdragon, Apple, MediaTek, Exynos and Kirin processors.
5. Display: touch sampling rate and refresh rate
There are different types of smartphone displays, most mid to high range phones use LED,LCD,AMOLED, IPS,LED, TFT and OLED.
This jargons should not however scare you because any of this are reliable difference being their brightness. What one should however consider when buying a smartphone is the touch sampling rate and refresh rate of the display.
Touch sampling rate means the number of times a screen can refresh to register a user touch input per second whereas a refresh rate means the amount of time a phone’s display takes to update.
