What yesterday was a luxury inaccessible to mere mortals is today a necessity. In our country, there was a time when not every citizen could have a cell phone. The cost of the services of operators and the first devices equipped with a SIM card was fabulous. However, today almost everyone has a telephone. Manufacturers produce a wide variety of models, which allows customers to purchase exactly the version of the cellular that suits them the most.
How to choose a phone? It would seem that this is the simplest question. You need to go to the nearest specialized store, take any model you like and pay a certain amount for it. Does it really matter which phone to choose? However, this is not such a simple matter. Your model should serve you for many years, working properly.
What you need to consider if you decide to choose a phone? First, why do you need it? Purely for communication or also, for example, to listen to music? Perhaps the correct answer to this question will help you save a certain amount. If you do not need any functions, then why do you overpay for them?
Also pay attention to the battery. It will depend on its type how long the phone will last without charging. There are several types of batteries. Nickel metal hydrides have a relatively low cost and high volume. Such batteries must be periodically brought to a complete discharge. As a rule, they are installed on inexpensive phones.
Lithium-ion batteries have more capacity and compactness. They are more expensive than nickel-metal hydride, although their shelf life is limited to one and a half years. It is not recommended to keep them in a fully discharged state or use at low temperature.
Lithium polymer batteries have a large capacity.
Pay attention to options that may require additional energy costs, in particular, the presence of a keyboard backlight.
You can choose a phone from three main varieties: clamshell, slider or candy bar. The last option is the simplest in form and the most compact. The “clamshell” is characterized in that its microphone and speaker are close to the speaker’s mouth and ear. In addition, it is very convenient to receive calls, just by opening the top of the phone. The disadvantage of this type of cell is the design. Such a device can be quite fragile in the event of a fall.
The slider, or, as it is also called, the “shell”, has a number of positive aspects. The display occupies most of the area. Some functions can be used without even opening the phone itself. Such cell phones are stronger than “folding beds”, however their thickness can be more.
It is unlikely that you will want to choose a phone without a camera. This feature has not surprised anyone for a long time. For decent picture quality, the camera must have at least two megapixels.
If you want to choose a phone on which to store a large number of media files, a solid amount of memory is required for this. It can be either built-in or equipped with a special card. Both the one and the other option may suit the phone user. There are models with so much internal memory that no card with additional gigabytes is needed for them. For example, an inexpensive clamshell Fly M130 or Nokia N81.