\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSmartphones are critical devices for most people in their everyday lives. We use them daily \u2013 as a communication tool, we do our banking on it, we video conference and use it as entertainment.<\/p>\n
With hundreds of smartphones to choose from \u2013 each with its unique technology and features, how would you go about in choosing your next cellphone?<\/p>\n
Here are some tips to help you choose.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Price<\/b><\/p>\n
Probably one of the most important criteria is how much you\u2019re willing to spend and is it value for money? Smartphone prices range from R399 to thousands of Rands. Remember to stick to your budget.<\/p>\n
Network technology<\/b><\/p>\n
Your smartphone\u2019s capability to connect to Wi-Fi is not enough anymore. Look at smartphones that support LTE\/4G.<\/p>\n
Camera\/s<\/b><\/p>\n
A smartphone serves as the primary camera for most social media users and \u2018selfies\u2019 are the latest trend. If you\u2019re a regular user on social media platforms such as Instagram, your images need to impress. Apart from quality images, it is essential to have a back and front camera.<\/p>\n
Operating system<\/b><\/p>\n
Consider a smartphone that runs on Android PGo as a baseline. The Go edition learns your preferences and prioritises your apps on how often you use them ensuring you seldom or never drain your battery life. If you want to curb your data spend, PGo will show you how much time you spend on your phone and which apps you use the most. Use this information to set daily weekly and monthly limits on your app- and data-usage.<\/p>\n
Memory<\/b><\/p>\n
The smart choice to make here would be more than 1GB of RAM.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
South African smartphone brand, Mobicel, recently launched its LTE-enabled Trendy 2 phone which fits all of the criteria above.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nYou can find the Trendy 2 at all major retail stores around the country at R899.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 22-06-2019 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) \u00a0 With a plethora of various brands of smartphones currently on the market, consumers are spoilt for choice. But how do you know which smartphone is the one for you, or how do you choose your next smartphone?\u00a0 Smartphones are critical devices for most people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-6AX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 05:11:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}