6 Things to Consider Before Deciding What Phone Should I Get

By Carrie Tsai,  Last Updated: May 10, 2019

The one question nearly all my friends and family ask me, aside from “what the hell are you doing with your life?”, is this: “I need a new phone, which one should I get?”

With excellent new flagships from Apple, Google and Samsung all vying for your attention, plus dozens of high-quality options for those on a budget, such as the folding screen, flash charging, 5G cell phones. Choosing the right smartphone has never been more challenging. But we're here to help.

In the last ten years, we have tested more than 100 smartphones( maybe we have even tested several hundred smartphones). Each smartphone has its own features. When choosing a mobile phone, these features can be an important measure. Our Smartphone Buying Guide covers everything you need to know before you buy, use this advice to make sure you get the very best handset for your needs and budget.

Bezel-less

How to buy a cheap smartphone? Full-screen smartphones can be a good choice. Full screen has been used broadly since two years ago. Thanks for the emerging market of smartphones, this technology has been fully developed. Today a full-screen smartphone usually sales at a price of more or less than 147 dollars.

Type-C USB

Type-C USB has gradually replaced Micro USB these years.  The most important reason is that it can be plugged into both sides. Besides, it has a faster velocity. Today, even Apple uses it on its newest Mac-Book.

Large Battery

When buying a smartphone, it is also important to consider how long does a smartphone last. As the development of technologies, the capacity of a battery is not a problem for users anymore. Now many batteries' capacity has been up to 3000mAh-4000mAh, some of them even have reached 5000mAh. If you need a new phone, choose a phone with a battery's capacity of more than 3500mAh. If not, you may have to recharge your cell phone three times one day.

Flash Charging

In addition to a high capacity of the battery, a flash charging is also important. Smartphones serve different functions. People can't leave a smartphone for a long time.  For those who heavily rely on smartphones, a phone of 4000mAh is still not enough. So a flash charging is very important.

Now the charge speed of phones can reach over 40W. However, only the flagship handsets can reach that speed. A speed of 18W can be the highest one for most of the cell phones. For example, Note 7 has a speed of 18W with a battery capacity of 4000mAh. That is to say, it can be fully charged within 2 hours.

Fingerprint Lock

Nowadays, Finger Print Lock and Facial recognition have been widely used by the dominant flagship handsets. Even the low cost cell phones have used this technology. It has become a standard for cell phones. If you will buy a new smartphone, you need to look up whether it uses Finger Print Lock or not. If not, this smartphone may be out of date.

Storage Space

When choosing a cell phone, you should also consider the storage space. With the appearing of various functions on the smartphone, the storage space of a smartphone has become larger and larger. Some of them can even reach an amazing storage space of 12GB plus 512GB. In general, low-cost mobile phones can also reach a storage space of 3/4GB plus 64/128GB.

NOn one hand, we are downloading more and more Apps for different functions. On the other hand, these Apps are continuously occupying the limited storage space. For example, the Game Lion’s Glory takes up an amazing storage space of 1.56G. A smartphone with no enough space cannot be used to play just one game like Lion’s Golory.

Conclusion

So, when choosing a new smartphone, you can just consider from these six factors. When purchasing a mobile phone, the product you are buying is more than just the phone. The appearance, photography devices or CPU are less important than the above factors.

Before the shopping impulse takes over you, ask yourself these questions. When you provide the answers, the impulse will probably be gone. You’ll be happy for not spending your money, and you’ll figure out that the phone you have now should not be replaced.