Phone manufacturers design and build mobile phones and provide you with the latest technology and innovations. Among the leading players are Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, LG, Siemens and Sony Ericsson.
So what makes one mobile phone better than the other? The key, as outlined earlier, is to decide what type of user you are and which tariff best suits you. However, beyond that there are numerous extras available from the various networks. By using the price comparison tool at moneysupermarket.com you can compare the mobile phone tariffs and the features available with each handset.
Here are some of the features you may wish to consider:
- Battery life – Anything between 40 and 100 hours between charges.
- Bluetooth – Short range wireless connection that allows people to talk between a range of devices.
- Call screening – Provides the ability to know who’s on the phone before deciding whether to answer.
- Camera – Built in to the phone and can often be used for picture messaging.
- Colour screen – Can make reading the mobile phone display easier.
- Games – Most handsets will come with a standard issue of basic games. A JAVA-enabled phone will give you a wider choice.
- GPRS – Allows 2G phones to connect to the internet.
- Hands-free – Allows you to answer the phone without lifting the handset. Particularly useful when driving.
- MMS – Multimedia messaging is used by camera phones to send pictures.
- Ringtones – Can be downloaded to your phone and linked to specific callers.
- Roaming – Allows you to use your phone abroad on other networks.
SIM-free – SIM stands for Subscriber Identity Module. It carries the user's identity to access the network and stores information. SIM-free mobile phones do not give this information to the network. - Text messaging – Generally standard – allows you to send brief text-based messages to other mobile users.
- Vibrating alert – Lets you know when your phone is ringing.
- Voicemail – Generally standard – allows caller to record a message if you don’t answer.
- WAP – Wireless Application Protocol. Allows mobile phones to connect to internet-type services.
3G is the latest technology for multimedia content allowing for online gaming, TV, video messages and more on your mobile phone. I-mode delivers information to mobile phones and enables exchange of e-mails from handsets on the PDC-P network.
Source: Moneysupermarket
