Many years ago, phones allowed you to make a call. You could send a simple text, and you could play some sort of snake game in which little pixels slithered along with the screen. When it came to phones, that was about it. At that point in time, phones were not considered much more than a phone.
They certainly were never described as a smartphone.
If you fast forward to today's era of phone evolution, a phone is not just a phone. In fact, research has shown that people rarely even use their phones for voice conversations. Over the years, during the time it took for yesterday's phones to evolve into today's smartphones, it is not a particularly bold comment that phones are some type of invasive technological species that have displaced native technologies, such as cameras, flashlights, and even medical scanners.
When it comes to the smartphone you hold in your hand, it is elegant, functional, and versatile. Via apps, it can connect to a variety of objects. In short, compared to the phones that existed 10 years, ago, your smartphone is more of a genius.
Folding phones have gone out of style, but the new folding screen allows you to have a compact computer in your pocket that unfolds into a phone-sized or even a tablet-sized computer. The screens are made of a durable and pliable material that is dubbed foldable glass. When it comes to customers wanting convenience along with a large viewing screen, foldable glass is the feature you want.
If you have a high-resolution smartphone of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, you know that zooming in on photos or viewing hi-resolution movies will not provide you with a sharp viewing experience. However, the new 5K phones offer a tremendous resolution for zooming in on photos without any subsequent degradation in quality. Moreover, high-resolution videos are sharper and easier to see on a small screen.
Cameras can now take photos and render video with a rip-roaring 4K or 5K resolution. In fact, 8K cameras are making an appearance, and this feature allows your tiny smartphone to outperform expensive Hollywood cameras that were in use just five to eight years ago. Because of the output quality of any new smartphone, video can be displayed on virtually any screen of any size without any degradation of the video.
Such resolution is paramount for people wanting to capture baby videos or cat videos and share them with the universe. It is also important for people who use their phones professionally for photography or videography. Additionally, it is important if you want to document live events from a safe distance from said events.
Recording in a higher resolution is not very effective if the corresponding color gamut is limited. If you record a video or snap an instant memory with a limited color gamut, the colors will not be vibrant, and the differences between the whites, grays, and blacks will be high in contrast. Such contrast can make for stark, rough-edged photos. HDR photography allows you to capture a much wider range of light frequencies.
This sensitivity to light frequencies results in smoother photos with colors that are much more true to the experience of what the human eye sees. HDR capability is critical for people taking shots to be used for 3D gaming or movies because the lighting makes digital animations and virtual sets extremely realistic. Shadows are softer, and they do not wash into blacks. Without HDR lighting used as a backdrop against virtual environments, there is virtually no realistic way to create a photo-realistic world or game.
For Android phones, HDR photo features are important for anyone wanting photos of the highest quality. For Apple smartphones, you will want to look for what is known as ?LiDAR technology.
Being able to connect to the internet at high speeds will create a more immediate experience because the high speed reduces lag on movies and music. Additionally, apps run smoother, so your casual gaming can result in impressive high scores. The reason 5G is a killer feature is because 5G will be up to 15 to 20 times faster than 4G. Because smartphones have limited processing capability, to begin with, faster connection rates will result in fewer instances of your screen freezing.
Simply put, if you are looking for a new phone, you should not buy a smartphone without 5G capability. If you do, you should also trade in your vehicle for a wagon and get some neighborhood kid to pull you around in it on your way to work because that experience is what 4G is compared to 5G. With 5G, you can forego the wagon and enjoy your Lamborghini.
Currently, most smartphones require a password to bypass the screen when it becomes locked. However, more sophisticated smartphones offer owners the ability to swipe a path on the screen, which serves as a visual password. Because swiping a path across a grid of nine dots can be done in just a second or so, it offers owners an easy way to get back into their phones.
However, the beauty of this type of security is that in making that one simple swipe, the owner is actually connecting six or seven dots. Connecting six or seven dots in a particular order is like having a password with six or seven digits, which can be hard to remember. Moreover, entering a password of six or seven digits onto a small screen can be formidable for many people.
Even worse is the fact that a password that relies on seven digits can test the limits of many people's short-term memory. Being able to swipe a curvy line across the screen only requires you to remember one pattern, and this pattern will soon become part of your muscle memory. As a result, you get much better security with less hassle.
Other types of security include fingerprint technology and facial recognition. Used in conjunction with one another, these technologies provide a type of three-factor security for your phone.
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