The Newest Generation Of Cell Phones, The Smart Phone
The newest generation of phones are the smart phones. These sometimes expensive cell phones are considered as big of an advancement as cell phones were to landlines. These smart phones have revolutionized the way we run business, run our lives and influence how we interact with the world at large.
Many people do not truly understand what a smart phone is, so I will briefly tell you. A smart phone is a application device that can perform a number of tasks for you normally done by computers or PDA devices. These applications can range from finding a nearby parking lot based on your location to managing your business deals through e-mail and websites. Also you can store video and mp3 files and play them on usually very high resolution screens.
Pros: The smart phone can be a fully functional mp3 player, just like an ipod or any other mp3 player on the market. The only difference is the battery life will not be as good because you are using it for other things, and typically the storage ranges from 4 to 16 GB however some phones are known to have as high as 32GB of storage.
You can also have unique features such as touchscreen and motion sensing that while they do help you to interact readily and easily with any of the applications you can also play fun games that have never dreamed of before.
Cons: Battery life is a huge problem, however this is typical considering how much more people who own smart phones end up using their phones in their daily life compared to a regular phone. Also with the wide arrangement of chargers and ability to charge with your laptop, in your car, while you sleep, there is almost never a time when you are without charge.
The biggest con of owning a smart phone is the sometimes outrageous monthly fee. You can end up spending over 100 dollars a month which ends up being 1200 dollars a year on your phone service! This is on top of the 200-400 dollar price range that they typically require when you first buy the phone as well.
When you look over these things in review you should really try to determine why exactly you want this smart phone, and whether or not you need this smart phone to be happy. If it is mainly used for entertainment purposes you should compare the costs to other entertainment things. If you use it to look cool, think about the clothing you could buy with that money. If you want to use it for business however, I strongly suggest you immediately buy one as they are invaluable tools to running your business on the go.
Looking over all of the pros and cons to summarize you should figure out if you have the extra money to spend, if you want it to consume your personal life or expand it, do you really need the extra features or do you just want it to look cool.
