Basic phone
A basic mobile device can make and receive calls and send and receive text messages. They may also include predictive text, calculators and alarm clocks. This type of phone is often chosen when:
- Living on a budget. One is able to obtain a basic mobile phone for little cost.
- Looking for a mobile phone for a young person
- Looking for a mobile phone for emergency purposes
Feature Phones
Feature phones offer additional functionalities and often include multimedia applications such as a camera or mp3 players and additional storage space. They are a midway point between smartphones and basic phones. Some common elements to a feature phone include:
- Multi-media applications
- Texting
- GPS
- Mobile browsers
- Social networking abilities such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter
Smartphone
These mobile devices have advanced capabilities and allow users to add applications to their phone. They may have a QWERTY keypad and include 3G and Wi-Fi capabilities. Some of the common features of smartphones include:
- Still and video cameras
- Dictaphones
- Music and video players
- E-mailing
- Calculators
- Calendar syncing
- Document editing
- Web browsing
- Navigation and GPS
When you’ve decided on which mobile device is the best for you, go through LINK our checklist to make sure you considered all the features you may require on your phone.