Selecting a Smartphone...

Selecting a Smartphone... | Ecency

The golden rule of selecting a good PHONE is - Use your brain not heart

For example,.

Practical approach would be to know why do you need that particular PHONE and what are your needs.

The boxes I would like to tick before buying a phone-

1) BUDGET

Right now I would prefer a phone under 30,000 Indian rupees (around 360 USD)
Setting the budget is important to avoid confusion. If I don't set an upper limit I would be confused with the features as the market has unlimited to offer.

2) DISPLAY

CURVED OR FLAT ?

Despite having visual benefits like reducing glare etc. in curved display, I would go for a flat one. I've used flat ones and I am quite satisfied with them. Durability wins for me as phones have a very little contribution in my screen time.
Already large phones are too big for my hands so I don't wanna risk dropping them.

3) CAMERA

Once someone told me that - "If you want good pictures, buy a camera not phone", he further explained by saying that, in India people buy cars seeing their big trunk and compromise with the engine.

This statement seemed logical at that time.

But, now I think phones these days can serve the dual purpose of being an above average camera if not a great one so why not use them.

4) PROCESSOR

I definitely want a Snapdragon processor as my previous experience with Mediatek and Exynos in the same range has been quite average. (I've not tried others)

5) STORAGE

Storage warning pop-ups are the worst, you need to keep deleting files to make space for new ones. I definitely want my phone to store a decent amount of data.

Not less than 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage.