Six basic things to keep in mind before buying a cell phone.

BUDGET

Let's begin with the basics- The Budget. Fix your budget before you step into the shop or browse through the websites. Once you enter the showroom or start surfing the internet, the options available in the market may be overwhelming & can overpower your senses.

This means you may end up all confused &  buy an expensive phone with many features that will be of no use to you. Result ? The price tag haunts you for months together especially with the uselessness of many features you paid continue paying for in the EMI s.

COMPARE THE PRICELIST

A good budget gets better with a competitive analysis of the pricelists on the various e-commerce websites. A little patience with this one will take you a long way in being a fully satisfied consumer.  Haste may waste a lot of money and patience will definitely earn perseverance of satisfaction . There are several websites that gives a comparative pricelists of the product, please utilise them. If there is a drastic difference in the price of a product on certain websites, please make a thorough check of the credibility of the  portal, before placing any order. They cannot promise a miracle afterall.

SERVICE CENTRES

Imagine your beloved phone is under the weather suddenly and you have no doctors till miles away! That would affect your health and happiness too. So why not ensure you have help just a call away, before you promise love and care to your phone. Make sure you have ample service centre options to your disposal.

With the boom and stiff competition in the cell phone industry, the companies have been rigorously launching their products but what they forget in thid competition is to set up enough service centres. In case of any issues with your cell within the warrantee period, you will be stranded with no technical support for your product & the warranty period redemption  dreams will be shattered.

 

SIZE MATTERS

Small

Small screens (4.5-4.9 inches)

Medium

Medium screens (5.0-5.4 inches)

Large

Large screens (5.5 inches or greater)

 

BATTERY

Batteries are lifelines of your phone so for those depending highly on cell phones for their official work, it is important to choose the phone that has high MAH batteries.

With the endless data usage and Whatsapp downloads bad battery life means you are dead too! It is of utmost importance to have your battery capacity of minimum 3,000 MAH. If your budget is slightly on the higher end ,  you can even opt for phones with 3,500, 3,800, 4,000 or 5,000 MAH batteries.

Just remember that more MAH batteries also tend to make your phones little heavier. The maximum 5,000 MAH batteries lasts atleast for one and a half days depending on your usage.

OPERATING SYSTEM

iOS

The most expensive and trusted brand in the country. If you already have a Mac, an iPad and/or an iPod, it's probably easiest to go with an iPhone. Though it is the best operating system so far, maintaining it for a long term is expensive. In the long run you will have to shell out more money in buying the apps that are compatible with this system. 

Android

Android is the name of the mobile operating system owned by American company, Google. It most commonly comes installed with a variety of smart phones and tablets from a host of manufacturers offering users access to Google’s own services like Search, YouTube, Maps, Gmail and more. Compatible with all the Google apps, it is also the most economical operating system to maintain in the long run.

Windows

Windows Phone is a family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones. Easier to use and operate. Though the phones could not do well in the market, the cameras in some of the high-end phones of this operating system has been the favorites of many users.

Blackberry

BlackBerry, once the premium brand of mobile communication devices, has not seen the sunshine lately. With its dwindling market, many service centres had to shut their shops.