Modern Mobile Phones: Common Flaws to Look Out For

In today’s mobile phone market, manufacturers often attempt to lull consumers in to a false sense of security, selling handsets that boast excellent features and come complete with innovative gadgets, when really the basic necessities have been excluded from the overall package. In this article, we review the different flaws and faults that are often at the heart of the phones we invest in.

 
With a camera without flash, you can forget night photography

Despite sporting top-of-the range, 5-megapixel cameras, many camera phones do not actually have flash capabilities, which is very disappointing.

Since the invention of flashlight powder way back in 1887, flash photography has developed to become a camera must-have, an essential, especially when taking shots at night time or in poor light conditions.

In fact, when flash is not present within the camera, photography can be made as equally difficult during the daytime as at night. Not only does this useful technology permit extra illumination to be added to dimly lit scenes, it also enables quickly moving objects to be captured clearly.

All things considered, without flash, photos taken in negative light or at high speeds will be practically useless, even if the camera boasts an impressive 5 megapixels.

Getting connected must mean WiFi

WiFi is the modern world’s answer to connecting to the internet. Basically, it translates to wireless networking or wireless fidelity. If a phone sports WiFi, that’s half the battle over in terms of connectivity. This is because not only is it fast, but it is reliable and comes at a relatively low-cost to the user.

Typical WiFi (also known as 802.11) networks are faster than any of their rivaling competitors - even EDGE, 3G or ASDPA. In truth, WiFi offers such a high transfer rate per second – a mobile phone without it is practically unbearable, especially in the cosmopolitan society we are part of.

The reasoning behind WiFi’s electrifying pace is due to its smaller service range, i.e. each connection operates over a small, local area, meaning that when outside of the locality, the connection cannot be sustained.

Another decisive factor that separates WiFi from the rest is the fact that you can often access it in public spaces. Many airports, coffee shops, libraries, hospitals, colleges, hotels and fast food restaurants now offer a WiFi connection – free of any added charge.

Adding to the thread of positivities, promising initiatives are up and running on a worldwide basis to cut costs for internet users in city residences through the provision of a local WiFi connection. Government plans imply that this kind of service could be delivered at an attractive, low fee, or else entirely free of charge.

Poor battery life equals poor performance

Many modern mobiles offer so many stimulating applications and additional features that they completely and utterly exhaust themselves – quite literally.

Phones which flaunt the most extravagant features often also offer the worst performing batteries, many of which only last for 12 hours or less– even if they are untouched within that time period. When your phone struggles to make it through the working day, you must begin to worry somewhat.

There are various ways in which you can improve battery life, for instance, by putting your phone in a low-power state, but the implications of such terrible charge cannot be evaded entirely. Eventually, despite all of your desperate attempts to prolong the battery life, your handset will succumb under the pressure.

Purchasers often find themselves in a state of sheer shock when their phone appears to fail after such a short time, but the stupefaction rapidly transforms in to irritation as to why your phone needs to be re-charged on a daily basis. Particularly when you have forked out a great deal of cash to pay for a phone, the last thing you expect is for it to continuously cut out on you.

Consumers beware: even if your phone does offer gripping games, enticing extras and awesome applications, what is the point if it doesn’t last past the hour?

Empty boxes could leave you out of pocket

Upon purchasing a mobile, you ordinarily receive a box of some description, containing not only the handset, but the vital accessories necessary to get the maximum potential out of your phone.

Most manufacturers are considerate enough to include the bare minimums at least, i.e. a fully compatible charger, USB cable, USB headset, an SD card, a headphone jack, a battery and a user manual.

However, some of the more sinister companies will leave you very disappointed indeed; excluding the majority of the above stated necessities from the boxing, which is quite ridiculous considering that mobiles don’t come at a low cost in the first place.

Without a charger – what purpose does a phone serve over a prolonged period of time? Without a user manual, how is the user supposed to fathom out the ins-and-outs of their mobile? Ultimately, if you are missing one or more of the above essentials, you will eventually have to cough up the cash.

To make matter worse, having to fork out for these accessories at a later date often delivers quite a killer punch where it hurts – the pocket. Under most circumstances, you won’t even be able to cut corners by purchasing the additional items from a secondary retailer, as only the exact manufacturer will sell the much-needed part (a common example with Sony Ericsson and Nokia phones, which both have custom-sized headphone sockets).

All in all, it really is imperative that you investigate what your desired mobile really has to offer; especially in a market where conning the customer is unfortunately a common occurrence.

Does the handset of your dreams really meet up to the high expectations that you have come to think of it? Does it provide the bare essentials, or just elaborate extras to masquerade the missing links? By not distinguishing the truth at the beginning, you could well be letting yourself in for a wide array of problems in the long-term future.

Remember: look beyond the glorified aura of the phone, get down to the clear-cut facts and avoid any unpleasant disappointments.