Modern Smartphones
How good are the different features on a smartphone?
Smartphone Features
Nowadays you can get anything you want on your smartphone. Modern day smartphones include features such as:
- Camera
- Apps
- Access to Social Networking sites
- Messaging
- Emails
- Phone calls
- Internet
- Calendar
All these features are making the technology world get more advanced every day.
Comparing the Smartphone
Digital Camera
Although cameras these day are good, the new smartphones can offer a similar amount of megapixels to a camera. . People often buy phones with high quality cameras on them because cameras can be quite big and heavy to carry around. Although smartphones do not have digital zoom features, tehy can take high quality images. They can be stored in the phone or emailed or kept in the cloud very easily. Although cameras are still popular, the Smartphone designers have come up with some good and in some cases better camera technology for us to use, but it does depend on the users requirements.
Checking Emails
Now it is possible to check and compose emails on smartphones, although some people still prefer to use laptops. This is because the screen and keyboard is bigger so its easy to read and write. However people still use the emails on smartphones because it is good for people on the move and it's easy to carry around. Laptops have an advantage over smartphones in that they can send many different attachments by email as the different files are made and stored on the laptop. Many smartphones only have basic email software attached with limited features.
Gaming
Gaming is still popular on games consoles throughout the world, but the app shops on smartphones are beginning to change that. Games consoles have been around since 1972. The popularity of which has started to decrease since the first smartphone was released in 1992, and with Apple apps first released in 2008. Sales of apps now make more money that games. I think apps are getting more popular than games consoles because they are cheaper, with some being free, there is a big variety, and they are easier to purchase. Gaming on a laptop or PC is often more enjoyable because of the larger screen, better sound and graphics and quicker speeds.
Pros and Cons
Smartphone:
- All in one
- Easy access
- Small and light so easy to carry around
- Free apps available
- Apps suitable for all ages/abilities
- Range of prices
Camera:
- Generally more megapixels than phone cameras
- Ability to add memory - memory card
- Different sizes
- Zoom features
- Chunky and big so not many people carry them around
- Cameras to suit ability level
Emails on laptops:
- Easy to read
- Quick reply
- Qwerty Keyboard
- Full version software installed
- Helpful for business workers
- Laptops/computers are big
- Laptops/Computers offer other uses such as internet
- Have to have Wi-Fi
Gaming on laptops:
- Easy to use controls
- Bigger Screen
- Wi-Fi - connect with people over the internet
- More expensive
- In big competition with smartphone gaming apps
- Range of Game devices i.e wii and psp
- Handheld devices available
- Some devices offer other uses such as cameras