Buying a new phone may seem easy, you may think "All I have do is just get my money and buy the phone" It seems easy right?? Actually it aint so!.
Buying A new phone is actually a very important thing seeing as you and your newly bought phone would spending a lot of time together, so it has to be worth it!. would you like to spend the next couple of months with a phone that lags a lot, Has terrible multi-tasking ability or gets hot all the time??.
Below are some of the Important things to look out for when buy a new android phone based on my exprience as an android user.
RAM {Random Access Memory}
Personally, I believe the RAM of your phone is one of the most important things to look out for when buying a new phone, because in many ways your RAM affects the general functionality of your phone. I know the non-tech guys would be wondering
what is RAM? . well as I said earlier RAM is random access memory. When you run an application on your phone, the application is loaded from your device/sd card memory into your RAM. The main purpose of this is to access greater speed. So, when the RAM of your phone is low it tends to lag/hang/freeze.
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The RAM of your phone can freed by long-pressing the home key(on most phones...) the pressing Clear RAM / Remove all or whatever it may appear as on your device. But this only frees it momentarily because certain applications run in background and even though you clear the RAM, they ressurect and get loaded back into the RAM, thus decreasing the cleared RAM almost immediately
So, I advice you opt for a phone with a Large RAM (AT LEAST 1GB) if you want to enjoy smooth usage of your new device.
SOFTWARE VERSION
This may not matter much but when buying that new android phone be sure to check the version. Higher versions comes with better goodies so when buying that new phone make sure its the highest version available which right now is the
lollipop (5.1), but since the lollipop isn't available all phone yet going for kitkat(4.4.2) wouldn't be too bad as long as its upgradable. So before you buy your new android devices ask your dealer the version and if its upgradable.
BATTERY LIFE
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Androids, no, smartphones generally are battery consuming beasts, this is because there are lots of background processes going in them and their features also play a major role in consuming battery, for instance imagine a phone with a 23 mega-pixel camera don't you think it will need a lot of juice (battery) to power it up?. So when buying your next android phone check the battery capacity (2000 mAh or there about should be enough).
CAMERA
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If you intend to take a lot of pictures on your new phone you should check the camera beforehand, if not you can skip this. Sadly, this is not something your spec list would tell you. You have to test the quality at the store before buying (if possible). Contrary to what many people believe the mp (mega-pixel) of a phone doesn't determine the quality of pictures taken it only determines the size i.e how large the photo would be. Take a couple shots at the store if you are impressed buy it, if not try another one.
PRICE
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Buying an android phone on the cheap may seem like the smart thing to do but actually its the opposite. why? Because most cheap android phones are not very promising, for instance I bought my first android phone (tecno h5) because i saw it for N11,900 at a store, I didn't even stop to look at the specs it was only after a week that I realised I had made a big mistake . It had an RAM of 512MB, was running on a 1.0ghz dual-core processor, had a not-so-good camera, had a battery capacity of 1800mAh and was a non-upgradable 4.2.2 (jelly bean). So, learn from my mistake don't go for a phone just because its cheap, don't be hesitant to spend money while buying a phone. When you spend good money on a good phone you would be feel relaxed and might end up using your new phone for two years without any complains or trouble.
These are some of the important things I believe you should check for before buying that new android phone you've had your eyes on but since no man is an island of knowledge so don't be reluctant to add new things to look out for in the comment box below.
