final work smart phones project

Smart Phones

MUNZ

10/21/2014

Manish N Halai Smartphones SC_12_14

Table of Contents

Executive summary...................................................................................................2

Introduction...............................................................................................................2

Features.....................................................................................................................5

Applications..............................................................................................................5

Smartphone uses.......................................................................................................6

Impacts......................................................................................................................9

Future Smartphones................................................................................................11

Conclusion..............................................................................................................14

Bibliography...........................................................................................................15

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Executive summary

This is a report regarding what is a smartphone on its introduction, how it differs

from other devices, other smart phones, difference in its power, functionality and

use ability, different applications available in it, how it can be used, its impacts in

terms of advantages and disadvantages, and how smartphones will change in the

future.

This report will also include charts, photographs and tables to show extra

information regarding the topic.

Introduction

A smart phone is a device that lets you make calls but together with that it also

has other features that, in the past, were not there and on device such as a

computer had other advanced functions such as sending and receiving e mails but

now with the inventions of the smart phones all this can be done with the use of a

mobile phone.

How smart phones differ from other devices and also their computing power.

There are many ways using which smart phones can be differentiated from other

devices such as:

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Topic Computer Smartphone

Power They require greater

amount of power and

cooling as they have more

powerful computing

processors that require

this.

Smartphones do not have

high computing

processors hence they

don’t need a lot of

cooling so they require

less voltage processors

but yet these processors

later become more

advanced and powerful

Cost Computers are very costly

depending on their

capabilities and these

prices start from $400 to

$2000

Smart phones on the

other hand even though

they have various feature

they are not as expensive

as computer as their

prices start from $150 to

$ 500

Storage Computers have a high

memory of 0ne

terabyte(TB) and

continuing to increase but

most computers come

with 250 gigabytes(GB)

Smart phones have

storage, ranging from

8GB to 64 GB with an

additional memory chip

for extra storage.

Although this space is

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hard drive which is

enough for users as they

don’t get filled fast

enough in the future as

memory chips will keep

on increasing in size even

the storage capacity will

keep on increasing

Connectivity Although computers can

connect to mobile

networks, they do not

come with equipment

required as mostly they

rely on Wi-Fi

Smartphones do not have

a problem in this as data

plan allows them to

connect to the Wi-Fior

the 3Gnetwork

Portability Laptops require bags to be

carried from one place to

another weighing up 7-8

pounds

Smartphones are light

weight and can be carried

anywhere in a purse or

pocket.

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Features

In today’s world a smart phone helps you do everything from sending and

receiving e-mail and also showing a person the best root the nearest bus stop.

There are many functions of a smartphone some of them are:

It can allow access to internet.

Allows access to digital media hence users can load music, videos and

pictures.

They can be used in form of voice recording, taking photographs, and

shooting videos.

Biggest feature of a smartphones is that it can run applications. These can

be used to see sport scores, display animated cartoons in short they can be

used to make our lives easier.

Applications.

There are many smartphone applications available for users and many more are

invented every day. Modern smartphones can do many things from entertainment

to tracking social networking,reading books; applications are also used in

businesses for translations, exchange currency or even purchase stock.

One of the most popular applications is networking websites which is used

in getting news, knowing accurate weather.

Entertainment is also something that can be done using smartphones for

example the application can be used in watching videos, reading books, or

playing games. Some websites also allow us to download them.

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Smartphones can also be used by business people, but as for them they use

it for a different purpose and these include sharing documents,

downloading file extensions and share presentations.

Another application that is useful for consumers is a map, which can help

them in locating things like nearest bus stops, and also applications are

available to tell users where the cheapest gasoline can be found or when to

book airline flights to save money.

Smartphone uses

According to the report from Experian Marketing Services Millennial smart

phone are accounted for 41% of the time that Americans spend using the device,

despite making 29% of adult population.

Total time spent, in hours, using smartphone during, a typical week and share of

total.

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41%

30%

26%

3%

Usage Hours

MillennialsGeneration XBoomersSilent Generation

Pic 1.1 Source (Millennial come of age, Experian Marketing Services, 2014

Millennial users use their smart phones more than other generations to

engage in activities such as social networking, watching videos, chatting

and using mobile GPS.

Percentage of smartphone owners who engage in smartphone activities

during a typical week

Millennial Generation X Boomers Silent Generation

Talk 92% 92% 92% 91%

Text 915 92% 92% 94%

Browsing 89% 90% 87% 84%

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E-mail 82% 83% 80% 83%

Social networking 74% 69% 67% 58%

Download apps 63% 63% 60% 65%

Camera 54% 50% 50% 56%

Play games 52% 49% 50% 53%

Watch videos 46% 39% 32% 33%

GPS 43% 40% 34% 35%

Listen to music 35% 30% 27% 31%

Chat 27% 26% 23% 19%

Read news 18% 17% 15% 13%


Different people use their smartphones on different times of the day for example

people using millennial mostly use their phones during night time from 4PM to

6PM and this is about 69% of a certain age group. Mostly for Americans their

peak hours of using their phones is between midnight and 1AM and among all the

smartphones 15% are more likely to be using Millennial smartphones.

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43%

20%

SmartPhone Users

Millenial usersOther users


Impacts

Impacts of smartphones can be described in two ways either positive

(advantages) or negative (disadvantages). Some of these include.

Positive effects (advantages)

Communication Options.

Smartphones gives us other options other than calling and texting and these

options are access to email, video calling and video conferencing. You can also

use social networking such as Twitter and Facebook.

Web Everywhere.

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Normally to get web you can only get it on your computer using a wire which

could reach your PC. Wireless access and laptops moved to almost everywhere

from houses to offices,smartphones moved further and have made web available

in cars and other Places where there is coverage. Advanced smartphones can now

display nearly as much as internet PCs can, some of these are games and high

definition videos.

Device Merger.

Earlier you needed a bag to carry around all devices needed for your daily business

activities. You would need a cell phone, your PDA, maybe a MP3 player, e-book

reader, and camera and GPS device. Smartphones add all this to your pocket.

Endless Applications.

In the early twenty-first century thousands of smartphone applications were

introduced. Programmings made to the smartphones have made them capable

enough to run all these applications. Beyond games it also gives us access to other

applications such as fitness applications. It also provides Internet radio to get news

of all countries. Moreover it also provides applications that modify photos or

create music tap into creativity.

Smartphones also have negative effects some of these include:

Negative effects (disadvantages)

Disconnect

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Some people find it difficult to leave their smartphones as they become addictive;

due to this some people miss something that may happen once in their life time for

example one may miss to see their baby first footsteps because they were busy in

texting.

Texting and driving

We all know that texting while driving is very dangerous. Yet, many of us do this

and end up losing their lives and also of others. Do not let your smartphone

distract you while driving it is not worth it.

Stress

While many of us love staying connected to the net, texts and calls with our

smartphones, they lead us to stress. It is true as for people with high stress jobs.

Every time their phone rings or a message alert is heard the get slight tinge

anxiety. There is no need for this.

Productivity

People usually take their smartphones to use them thinking that they might do one

necessary job then continue with their daily work, but this does not happen some

people often keep on using their smartphones to do other things on their

smartphones.

Sleeping Problems

Smartphones are also linked to sleep problems. It happens to be that a person is

about to sleep he or she picks up his or her smartphone and starts using it, hence in

this way instead of relaxing your mind you are rather adding extra information to it

hence your sleep is disturbed.

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Future Smartphones

As the name suggests, smartphones contain smarter capabilities than mobile

phones,providing additional and essential functions such as web browsing,

multimedia entertainment, games much like mini-

computers, but small enough to fit in your pocket.

Image source (yanko

design)

What should we expect to see in the development of smartphones in the near

future?

Flexible screens

It may soon be that smartphones will be released that are flexible. This will be

by the help of Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) technology.With such

physical flexibility for smartphones; some companies intend to make flexible

smartphones that can be worn as a wrist watch or even using it as a headset.

In-built projector

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Samsung Galaxy Beam was released back in the second half of 2010. It features a

built-in (Digital Light Projection), a WVGA projector that is able to project up to

50 inches in size at 15 lumens image. Now that is not enough so future

smartphones can beturned into an interactive gaming consoles without a need for a

TV but only a flat screen, in which you don’t need a physical controller but only

your voice or your body. But yet you can imagine the amount of battery usage and

other issues such as amount of light input. Hence the smaller it is the better as all

this will be needed in fewer quantities.

Seamless voice control

Smartphones have been given much attention since Siri hit the headlines. Also

other phones including earlier mobile phones had this feature whereas for people

have been trying to use this application combined with a gesture application to

bring the seamless voice control application to a new level for the users.

Image source (vladstudio)

3D Screen and Holograms

Although apples retina can provide an image that

is sharper than the human eye can see, smartphone

companies are thinking of moving from 2D to 3D.

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Though these are already available in some smartphones such as LG Optimus,

Motorola MT810 and also the first Samsung AMOLED 3D. But this is not enough

so 3D screen will be added to a hologram, and this might help us to resize our

photos by using our hands to ‘pull’ or ‘compress’ the holographic photos that

appear in front of you, and also move objects by ‘grabbing’ them from one place

to another.

Image source (Laptopmag)

Conclusion

Smartphones are the future. They have everything one may or will need anytime of

the day. They have various advantages and disadvantages but yet when we look

from a point of view where a person need a the net in a place where you can’t find

a computer smartphones will always help us, and other than the prices I don’t

think we have anything to worry about.

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