Majority of mobile phone users can not differentiate between a feature phone and a smart phone, this is a very interesting aspect in the mobile phone industry given the fact that the boundary between these phones has become blurred with technology advancements.
From a lay man's perspective, one can easily give the reason that feature phones are less complex and cheaper in price while smart phones are complex and more expensive in terms of cost. These reasons no longer hold water with the technology advancements in making feature phones not so simple anymore, base on them and you are Fukked!!
So back to basics, Let me start with the definition of both the feature phone and smart phone the truth is that there is no standard definition of both these phones in the industry, the definitions i use are general. A feature phone is low end mobile phone having low memory and storage. CNET defines a smart phone as a phone running third-party operating system forexample Android, windows mobile, symbian and so on. Smart phones allow third party software to be installed on them.
Breaking down smart phone features which are:
1. larger screen
2. powerful processor
3. large memory capacity (gigabytes)
4. Cost – a smartphone will generally be more expensive than a standard phone.
5.Applications – Smartphones allow you to install applications, or ‘apps,’ onto your mobile phone.
6. Email – This feature allows you to receive emails (in real time) as they are detected by your phone.
7.Mobile Operating System – The most popular operating systems include Symbian OS (Nokia, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson), iPhone OS, BlackBerry or Android (HTC). The mobile operating system will allow you to perform specific tasks such as editing a document or viewing a PDF file.
I hope this is useful to some people out there or even help them be a part of a conversation..hehehe
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